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Sophie Haigney

Sophie Haigney is a critic and reporter who often writes about art and technology.

FictionJuly 20, 2021

Jeremy Cooper’s Art of Ambiguities

His epistolary novel Bolt From the Blue is a sort of Künstlerroman about artistic inspiration, parenthood, and the frustrations of interpretation.

Sophie Haigney
FictionApril 13, 2021

How ‘Things’ In Fiction Shape the Way We Read

Sarah Wasserman’s recent book looks at how the objects we take for granted in stories can reveal even deeper meaning.

Sophie Haigney
Autobiography and MemoirNovember 9, 2020

Celia Paul Sits for Her Own Portrait

The painter’s memoir Self-Portrait is a revelation.

Sophie Haigney
Books and IdeasJanuary 6, 2020

Rewriting Roman Myths From the Perspective of Their Victims

Nina MacLaughlin reimagines Metamorphoses from the perspective of the women in the text, exploring sexual violence, agency, and power dynamics of all kinds.

Sophie Haigney
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Books and IdeasAugust 28, 2019

Rachel Monroe’s Elegant Dissection of True Crime Fanaticism

In Savage Appetites, she sketches an unconventional history of some of the 21st century’s most notable and horrific crimes—through the eyes of women on the edges of these acts.

Sophie Haigney
Fine ArtMay 6, 2019

Museums’ Recent Tech Obsession Does Not Compute

A spate of recent shows, including one at MoMA about the material and cultural role of 21st-century technology, shows how little the art world understands its buzziest new interest.

Sophie Haigney