Reflections January 2024
Propaganda & uglification
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On tattoos & brutalism.
On tattoos & brutalism.
On “Henry Taylor: B Side” at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
On “Frans Hals” at the London National Gallery.
On “Marie Laurencin: Sapphic Paris” at the Barnes Foundation.
On “The Treasury of Notre-Dame Cathedral: From Its Origins to Viollet-le-Duc” at the Louvre.
On “Max Beckmann: The Formative Years, 1915–1925” at Neue Galerie.
On America’s Collection: The Art & Architecture of the Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the U.S. Department of State by Virginia B. Hart.
On Pat Lipsky, “Africa & Byzantium,” Harry Smith, the British countryside & more from the world of culture.
On the recent spat between the critic Jerry Saltz & the artist Refik Anadol.
On Greek intellectuals, traveling artists, medieval manuscripts, Georgian classical music & more from the world of culture.