But Bad Art Friend needles deep under our collective skin, forcing us to look at ourselves in the mirror and ask if we’re the Dawn or the Sonya — or, perhaps more realistically, ...

Like the story Ms. Larson wrote, “Who Is the Bad Art Friend?” is a Rorschach test. Some readers might land on team Dorland, others on team Larson.

Who is the "bad art friend?" is the question underpinning a 10,000-word New York Times piece written by Robert Kolker, which describes a years-long feud between Dawn Dorland and Sonya Larson, two ...