What piece of art changed your life? And how did it affect you?
Barnett Newman’s Vir Heroicus Sublimis (1950-1951) changed how I think about novels, which is my life.
It is a huge canvas, 8’...
What piece of art changed your life? And how did it affect you?
When I was 14, my mother gave me a copy of the book Marjorie Morningstar by Herman Wouk. It was such a love letter to New York City....
What piece of art changed your life? And how did it affect you?
Hearing Brahms' String Sextet in B flat major when I was 12 years old made me suddenly understand that music can change one's life...
What piece of art changed your life? And how did it affect you?
I first saw Kubrick's Paths of Glory as an undergraduate at the University of Maryland. The last scene -- an affirmation of the...
As part of our Fall Arts Preview two years ago, I posed two questions to various artists around town: What piece of art (visual art/film/literature/music/dance/whatever) changed your life? And how...
