Henry Alford

“Flora,” 2010. Detail from residency studio, Victoria & Albert Museum, 2010

Dirty art

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What kind of art is made out of lint, dust and dirt?

A building radiator in Paris

Henry Alford composes a radiator symphony

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The World

Down and Dirty at the Museum of Math?

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Dirty Art

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Sarah Jessica’s Next Great Artist

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The Heat Is On

Arts, Culture & Media

With the rough weather this winter, writer Henry Alford has been cooped up inside more than he’d like. He’s been listening to the radiator clanging, banging, and hissing so long that it sounds like music. So he created his own composition for radiators, and he got a professional opinion from classical music critic Fred Plotkin. […]

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Renovating The Classics

Arts, Culture & Media

A “restored edition” of Hemingway’s A Movable Feast was made by his grandson, Sean. The writer Henry Alford asked some fellow writers to share their own revisionist editing fantasies.

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America’s Next Top Artist

Arts, Culture & Media

The Bravo network is planning a new reality series that pits artist against artist in a competition for a national gallery tour. We sent Henry Alford to a casting call to talk strategy with the art star hopefuls. With production by Owen Agnew.

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Gang Side Story

Arts, Culture & Media

A revival of ?West Side Story? is up for four Tonys. With choreography, and score, and songs that are all regarded as classics, we sometimes forget the show is all about gang violence. The writer Bruce George is a former member of the Bronx gang Kaos Crew, and he gave writer Henry Alford a reality check on “West Side Story.” Produced by Studio 360’s Pejk Malinovski.

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Reincarnating Dinner: The Art and Etiquette of Leftovers

Global Politics

To discuss the etiquette of leftovers, we are joined by Henry Alford and Melissa Clark, food writers at The New York Times.