The Line Dividing Good and Evil

My latest in Quillette.

Nov 25 • 

Megan Gafford

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On the Value of Drawing

Humans have been drawing for tens of thousands of years for good reason.

Nov 11 • 

Megan Gafford

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5

2

October 2025

Beauty is Not a Luxury

How American Founding Father John Adams misunderstood the value of art.

Oct 28 • 

Megan Gafford

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1

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Artist Statement: Henchman

A closer look at the drawings.

Oct 14 • 

Megan Gafford

6

September 2025

Annual Print

Would you like to own some art?

Sep 30 • 

Megan Gafford

1

The Power of Art in the AI Age

On 21st-Century Painting and the Backlash Against the Thinking Machines

Published on The Metropolitan Review • Sep 16

The Purpose of 21st Century Painting

An invitation

Sep 2 • 

Megan Gafford

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2

August 2025

Liberalism as the Shining City on a Hill

Why we all need to read Benny Morris

Aug 19 • 

Megan Gafford

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5

3

Smuggling Art to the Moon

Looking back 56 years later

Aug 5 • 

Megan Gafford

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3

July 2025

Learning How To See The Moon

On the value of observational drawing

Published on Drawing Never Dies • Jul 22

Henchman

Chapter I

Published on Castalia  • Jul 8

June 2025

State of the Art Criticism

Interintellect Salon with The Metropolitan Review founder Ross Barkan

Jun 24 • 

Megan Gafford

, 

Interintellect

, 

Anna Gát

, and 

Ross Barkan

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