By Emily Cho 27'  • Nov 11, 2025 When Claude Monet painted Impression, Sunrise  in 1872, critics accused him of being careless—his brushstrokes too loose, his forms too vague. Yet that very painting gave birth to Impressionism , a movement that transformed how we see light and emotion on canvas. Nearly a century earlier, another artist had already captured the drama of light in a very different way: J.M.W. Turner, whose Fishermen at Sea  (1796) marked the beginning of his ris

By Janice Yang ’26  • Nov 11, 2025 The Death of Marat, © Wikipedia — public domain image The Death of Marat is a famous depiction of a crime scene from the past 250 years, painted in 1793 by Jacques-Louis David. This work, created with oil on canvas, is currently housed in the Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium in Brussels. This painting commemorates the death of Jacques-Louis David’s close friend, Jean-Paul Marat. Marat was a politician and journalist who belonged to the

By Seoyeon Claudia Kim '28  • Nov 10, 2025 Cover of   Fahrenheit 451 — Ray Bradbury’s timeless warning against censorship and conformity. Introduction Fahrenheit 451, a novel written by Ray Bradbury, takes place in a dystopian society where books are banned by the government. In this society, firefighters are figures that burn books and arrest those who possess books; they are not the ordinary firefighters who put out fires. The protagonist, Guy Montag is a firefighter, who b

Sean Hwang ‘26 • Nov 2, 2025 Colin Choi ’27 is a Junior from Seoul, South Korea. At school, he is co-head of the Math Club and Songs for Smiles, co-captain of Varsity Swimming, and a member of Varsity Tennis.  He is also an accomplished pianist, who won first prize at the Audrey Thayer Competition in 2022. At school, Choi frequently performs in piano recitals.  How did you become involved in music?  I discovered my passion for piano in seventh grade at a chamber music camp, w

Can’t Wait Till The Night Comes © Yoshitomo Nara 2012 Yunah Yujin Joe ‘26 • Oct 24, 2025 Often mistaken for a child’s doodle, Yoshitomo Nara’s work not only hangs around the Aomori Museum of Art, but also decorates countless teenage girls’ Pinterest feeds. As one of Japan’s most recognizable figures in contemporary art, Nara has redefined how innocence and rebellion can coexist on canvas.  Big eyes, whimsical faces, and faintly frowning smiles: ‘ The Girls ,’ Nara’s signature

By Emily Cho ‘27 • Oct 24, 2025 Bal du moulin de la Galette  — Pierre-Auguste Renoir, 1876. Oil on canvas. Musée d’Orsay, Paris. A Sunday afternoon in Paris—sunlight filters through trees, laughter floats in the air, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir captures it all in Bal du moulin de la galette . Painted en plein air , his canvas gleams with movement and warmth: a swirl of color and life where every brushstroke flickers like music. Half a world away in feeling, though not in time,