The "Distance of Excessive Reverence"
Why we put our heroes on pedestals (and probably shouldn’t)
Slayer of Windmills
Essays about art and artists by the painter Christopher W. Benson
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Why The Hell Do I Do This?
I’ve been putting up these Substack essays about art and the artworld — and about my own life as a painter — for a couple of years now.
When Life Tells the Art What to Do
My Artist Friends — Part Two
The Problem of an Artist's Livelihood
Responding to a piece on this same topic by another arts writer
Building the New System in the Shell of the Old
My artist friends — Part 1
The Career Map of an Art World Outsider
Part 3
The Career Map of an Art World Outsider
Part 2
The Career Map of an Art World Outsider
Part 1
The Goodness of the New and the Free
I seem to be on a tear this week with these almost daily posts.
Money and Art
On speaking about the unspeakable