Sculptors

Melly Shum Forever

“Every city needs a monument to the problem of hating one’s job.”

Mar 4, 2024 •

The mantra issue

Smooth as butter

Jul 24, 2023 •

The truest thing I’ve ever read about making art

From the British painter and sculptor Maggi Hambling

May 15, 2023 •

“Think today, done tomorrow”

Martin Kippenberger’s extravagant life

Sep 19, 2022 •

Claes Oldenburg was always starting from scratch

“It’s terrifying to do it this way, but it’s always a great pleasure if it works.”

Jul 25, 2022 •

The artist Charles Ray walks to Burger King every day

“Not to eat but to think.”

May 16, 2022 •

Louise Bourgeois’s daily routine

Art, orange marmalade, and mushroom pizza

Oct 11, 2021 •

Niki de Saint Phalle’s secret jealous lover (her work)

"He is tall, elegant, and like Count Dracula wears a black cloak."

Apr 19, 2021 •

The art life has always been a struggle

Fifteenth-century artist hijinks via Vasari’s Lives

Mar 15, 2021 •

Eva Hesse’s diaries

"I SOMETIMES WONDER WHAT HAPPENS TO ALL THOSE HOURS IN A DAY."

Jun 1, 2020 •

Was Leonardo da Vinci a procrastinator?

“Men of lofty genius sometimes accomplish the most when they work the least.”

Mar 30, 2020 •

Sculptor Anne Truitt’s retreat routine

Plus: Advice on doing the hardest thing first so you can't avoid it later

Mar 16, 2020 •

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