Ironic that in the case of Warhol Foundation v. Goldsmith an otherwise astute member of the court’s liberal minority, Justice Elena Kagan, should offer a surprising arrogant and patronizing dissent that pretends to art-historical savvy while merely parroting postmodern “theory” and art-market rationales. […]
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The only disappointment on the otherwise momentous and joyous occasion of Donald Trump’s first-ever indictment on criminal charges? NYC D.A. Alvin Bragg decided, presumably for strategic reasons, to forego not just public documentation of the arrest and processing but also the production and distribution of the standard mug shot of the accused. […] For the first time in over half a century I have (a) my very own resident groundhog but (b) no designated local season prognosticator of the woodchuck persuasion. Hence a dilemma I faced this past February: Who to believe about the advent of spring? […] A week from now, on the evening of April 17, Douglas I. Sheer, president of the critically acclaimed series Artists Talk On Art, will conduct a virtual interview with me, hosted via Zoom. I invite all readers of this blog to join me for this event, which is free and open to the public. There’s no registration required; just log in via the link below, shortly before 7 p.m. EST: […] |
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Straight Outta Stone Ridge: Sumer is Icumen In
Evidence showing that Covid-19 enters the brain and causes dementia, especially in older brains provides ample reason to err on the side of caution, regardless of whether masking up entails experiencing head shakes and smirks and side-eye and even aggressive verbal snark from a-holes in the supermarket. […]