The Gramscian march through arts institutions – and arts funding
Some years ago – perhaps ten? – I pretty much stopped going to art museums. Most of the exhibits were no longer of art I wanted to see, and even the ones that seemed promising turned out to be an...
View ArticleAnd then there’s the new Martin Luther King statue in Boston
The perfect statue for our times. Is it “a big old dong“? Is it a turd, or the portion of the anatomy from which a turd might emanate? Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. But it’s hard to understand...
View ArticleOur Planet
I’m still out west, staying in an airbnb. Last night I was trying to relax – fat chance! – and watched some TV I thought might be soothing. It was the first episode in the Netflix series “Our Planet.”...
View ArticleThe Met jumps on the “even abolitionist anti-slavery artists were actually...
Heather Mac Donald describes the latest art-world insanity, this time at the Met. You may have to concentrate very very hard to follow it: Why Born Enslaved! has been understood since its creation as...
View ArticleAnd speaking of adventure tourism…
…there’s this: …[T]he Taliban are now selling tickets to visit the ancient monuments that they demolished in 2001, in an attempt to boost Afghanistan’s flagging economy. The Washington Post reported...
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Trump’s mug shot and beyond
The left is apparently chortling with vengeful glee (the two can coexist) at Trump’s mugshot. However, Trump knows its value and is using it this way: https://t.co/MlIKklPSJT pic.twitter.com/Mcbf2xozsY...
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Here’s another go-round about ideas for Gerard’s book cover
Wow! What a lot of suggestions, much appreciated. However, I realize on reading them that I have more ‘splaining to do. Thus, this post. (1) I originally thought of course I’d use a photo of the...
View ArticleStringers and collaborators: Hamas and elsewhere
This is unconscionable behavior: On October 7, Hamas terrorists were not the only ones who documented the war crimes they had committed during their deadly rampage across southern Israel. Some of their...
View ArticleWhat would you pay for Pablo Picasso’s palette?
Seventy thousand dollars or so? Someone shelled that out back in 2020. I looked that fact up because of this comment by “Oligonicella”: I have a long running joke of a habit as I paint. I clean my...
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The statue and me
As most readers here are well aware, I’m a person who likes privacy. So I suppose it’s odd that I’ve put myself out there as a blogger. Of course, I’ve hidden behind that apple. Every now and then I’ve...
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