This is the second part of a two-part essay. Read the first part, here. Towards the end of Sean Tatol’s “Negative Criticism,” there’s a curious, even startling turn. Unexpectedly, the essay shifts ...

To get a new and different perspective, instead of painting the positive space, which includes people, objects, etc., artists sometimes paint the negative space, which is what is in between people, ...

People are more willing to engage with negative content when it is presented as art rather than as a straightforward photograph, according to new research published in the Proceedings of the National ...