The essay may be the bane of students, but it's an endlessly flexible form for writers. Join NPR's Neal Conan in a discussion with writers about the art of crafting the essay. Guests: Hilary ...

For Torroja, the beauty of structure grows out of the mathematical laws that express the flow of stresses and tensions. “For the first time in the history of art,” says Torroja, “the ...

From Art in America’s very useful issue on the “digital museum,” Provan’s essay relating the art institution’s changing contemporary relationship to ideas of originality goes so far ...