Katie Kresser

How do two utterly dissimilar things come together? How can they be reconciled? By rising.…

I am an art historian by trade, and recently, I had the opportunity to deliver…

This year, at my daughter’s suburban, mostly upper-income middle school, a certain kind of water…

I am an Art Historian. And one way of making a “history” of art is…

But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news…

In the modern world, youth culture, and especially collegiate culture, is often activist culture. Among…

Lately, I have been especially attentive to outbreaks, like a rash, of what I call…

Every year in my Contemporary Art class, I guide my students through a 1960s manifesto…

The world is full of recrimination nowadays. There’s the online marketplace of terror, for one thing:…

Though few of us have the patience to really contemplate them, great pictures are rich…

“We are not living in an era of change, but a change of era.” -…

A few days after Easter, the Wall Street Journal published a story titled “Our Many…

In the Seattle Art Museum, there is a little painting that often perplexes my students.…

Albrecht Durer, Rock Study, ca. 1497, Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria In a memorable exchange from…

John Everett Millais, A Huguenot, on St. Bartholomew’s Day, 1852 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Huguenot,_on_St._Bartholomew%27s_Day In 1852, the pious…

This December, in her Language Arts class, my fifth grader is retelling the Christmas story.…

(John Everett Millais - Blind Girl)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blind_Girl#/media/File:John_Everett_Millais_-_The_Blind_Girl,_1854-56.jpg In 1856, the British artist John Everett Millais painted…

In the mythology of modern art, there are a few old chestnuts that get repeated…

In my life, there’s a lot of beating up going on. Personally, there’s the matter…