Marc Haefele Contributing Writer, Off-Ramp

Contact Marc Haefele
Off-Ramp literature and culture commentator, discovered Stephen King, edited Philip K. Dick.

Stories by Marc Haefele

Sculptor Alina Szapocznikow's work got better as she got worse

By Marc Haefele | Off-Ramp

Alina Szapocznikow's sculptures got better as she got worse with cancer.

Marc Haefele looks into the Huntington's ancient mirrors

By Marc Haefele | Off-Ramp

Over 4,000 years ago, someone in China made the first mirror. We haven’t stopped looking at ourselves since. They’re so familiar, but they retain a mystery to this day, a mystery explored in a new exhibit at the Huntington of ancient Chinese bronze mirrors.

Bauhaus Beauty - Marc Haefele on the Getty's "Lyonel Feininger’s Photographic Vision"

By Marc Haefele | Off-Ramp

So stuffed full of creativity was Lyonel Feininger’s life that even its 84 years seem too short. So says Off-Ramp commentator Marc Haefele about the life and work of one of America and Germany’s most prolific and enigmatic artists, whose little known photographs are now showing at the Getty.