Nell Painter 
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10/5/18
A Distinguished History Professor Retires—Then Goes to Art School
by Robin Lindley
A conversation with historian Nell Painter on her life in history and her “encore career” in art.
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SOURCE: The Chronicle of Higher Education
4-8-18
This Historian Gave Up an Ivy League Professorship
Now Nell Painter Says She Is "the Uncoolest Artist in the World.”
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
12-10-15
Ta-Nehisi Coates sides with Nell Painter: Racism is probably here to stay
Writers who commit themselves to only writing hopeful things are committing themselves to the ahistorical and the mythical.
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