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August 27, 2023

Books

Murdered by My Replica?

Margaret Atwood

August 26, 2023

Ideas

M.F.A. vs. GPT

Xochitl Gonzalez

August 24, 2023

Technology

Welcome to a World Without Endings

Charlie Warzel

June 5, 2023

Family

How Raising a Child Is Like Writing a Novel

Rachel Heng

April 10, 2023

A line drawing of a woman writing, overlaid with colorful silhouettes of a pregnant woman and a mother and child holding hands

The Wonder Reader

The Emotional Range of Tattoos

Isabel Fattal

March 25, 2023

Culture

The Fine Art of Failure

Stephen Marche

February 21, 2023

An illustration of a typewriter, the surface of which is transforming into a crumpled piece of paper

Culture

Ben Okri on Manipulating Reality

Katherine Hu

February 15, 2023

A black-and-white image of Ben Okri set on a lavender purple background, with illustrated hot pink, dark yellow, and black squiggles surrounding his portrait.

Fiction

The Third Law of Magic

Ben Okri

March 2023 Issue

Black-and-white image of snow falling between buildings

Book Recommendations

Six Books That Will Change How You Look at Art

Farah Abdessamad

February 4, 2023

A group of bystanders look at a painting.

Global

The Bitter Truth Behind Russia’s Looting of Ukrainian Art

Anna Nemtsova

January 21, 2023

A worker in Kherson at a museum that was looted by the city’s Russian occupiers

Book Recommendations

Seven Books About How Homes Shape Our Life

Yurina Yoshikawa

January 13, 2023

An illustration of a house inside a set of books

Family

The Quiet Profundity of Everyday Awe

Dacher Keltner

January 3, 2023

The Atlantic Daily

The Superhero Movie That Actually Pulls Off Blockbuster Magic

Kelli María Korducki

January 1, 2023

Still from the 2018 film 'Black Panther'

Newsletters

Movies Don’t Need Reviews. They Need Something Else.

Jordan Calhoun

December 31, 2022

Evelyn (Michelle Yeoh) in ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’

Newsletters

The Best Feeling Art Can Give

Jordan Calhoun

December 10, 2022

Culture

Tár Has an Answer to Art’s Toughest Question

Spencer Kornhaber

November 19, 2022

Books

Oliver Munday on Expression and Transgression

Katherine Hu

October 15, 2022

A salmon pink, stylized version of a picture of Oliver Munday and his daughter, Lilly. Lilly sits on Oliver's shoulders and looks straight at the camera. There are yellow, blue, and green squiggles around them both.

Culture

Depicting Injustice

Oliver Munday

October 12, 2022

MR WASH sits in a chair facing the camera, with a solemn expression. The room around him is covered in artwork.

Newsletters

The Rite of Spiritual Hygiene

Imani Perry

October 10, 2022

Technology

The GIF Is on Its Deathbed

Kaitlyn Tiffany

October 7, 2022

An animated GIF showing the stylized words "the_end.gif" animated over a background evoking the Looney Tunes title

Technology

We’re Witnessing the Birth of a New Artistic Medium

Stephen Marche

September 27, 2022

An image of the painting "The Creation of Adam." It's mostly pixelated, with an eyeball superimposed over the center, which clearly shows the hand of God reaching toward Adam.

Technology

Is AI Art a ‘Toy’ or a ‘Weapon’?

Matteo Wong

September 23, 2022

Ideas

Fear of a Black Hobbit

Adam Serwer

September 14, 2022

Illustration showing white, half-open matchbox, the front of which shows face with glasses and expression of outrage.

Newsletters

I Went Viral in the Bad Way

Charlie Warzel

August 17, 2022

Newsletters

Salman Rushdie, Offense, and Artistic Expression

Xochitl Gonzalez

August 16, 2022

Newsletters

The Power of the Black Portrait

Imani Perry

August 5, 2022

Culture

The Seminal TV Series That Changed How We See

R.E. Hawley

May 10, 2022

GIF illustration of classical art portraits and blinking eyes

How to Build a Life

Art Should Be a Habit, Not a Luxury

Arthur C. Brooks

January 27, 2022

A person plays a string instrument, the body of which is made up of two smiley faces.

Press Room

The Atlantic, Artist Glenn Kaino, and Superblue Announce Immersive Art Experience

December 3, 2021

Global

Vladimir Putin’s Waning Tolerance for Art

Anna Nemtsova

October 26, 2021

A colorful playground with a slide is placed in an old ballroom.

Books

Writing Should Be a Visual Art

Amitava Kumar

October 6, 2021

An illustration of a book with colorful illustrations: a red blotch and black circle against a yellow background on one page, and a blue smear against red on the other

America In Person

The Unorthodox Art of an Ultra-Orthodox Community

Avital Chizhik-Goldschmidt

September 24, 2021

Ideas

The Emerging Artistry of Hunter Biden

Casey Michel

September 22, 2021

Illustration of framed $100 bills covered by fabric

Culture

The Most Surreal Aspect of Returning to the Office

Oliver Munday

August 3, 2021

The magazine wall at The Atlantic's New York office

Culture

The Minimalist Who Wasn’t

Leslie Jamison

October 2020 Issue

Sections

The Print Edition

Opening Up the Hip-Hop Vault

Murdered by My Replica?

M.F.A. vs. GPT

Welcome to a World Without Endings

How Raising a Child Is Like Writing a Novel

The Emotional Range of Tattoos

The Fine Art of Failure

Ben Okri on Manipulating Reality

The Third Law of Magic

Six Books That Will Change How You Look at Art

The Bitter Truth Behind Russia’s Looting of Ukrainian Art

Seven Books About How Homes Shape Our Life

The Quiet Profundity of Everyday Awe

The Superhero Movie That Actually Pulls Off Blockbuster Magic

Movies Don’t Need Reviews. They Need Something Else.

The Best Feeling Art Can Give

Tár Has an Answer to Art’s Toughest Question

Oliver Munday on Expression and Transgression

Depicting Injustice

The Rite of Spiritual Hygiene

The GIF Is on Its Deathbed

We’re Witnessing the Birth of a New Artistic Medium

Is AI Art a ‘Toy’ or a ‘Weapon’?

Fear of a Black Hobbit

I Went Viral in the Bad Way

Salman Rushdie, Offense, and Artistic Expression

The Power of the Black Portrait

The Seminal TV Series That Changed How We See

Art Should Be a Habit, Not a Luxury

The Atlantic, Artist Glenn Kaino, and Superblue Announce Immersive Art Experience

Vladimir Putin’s Waning Tolerance for Art

Writing Should Be a Visual Art

The Unorthodox Art of an Ultra-Orthodox Community

The Emerging Artistry of Hunter Biden

The Most Surreal Aspect of Returning to the Office

The Minimalist Who Wasn’t