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The National Museum of American History, like so many aspects of the Smithsonian, has strayed far from its original purpose. Read More
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Modern art stopped challenging convention long ago. Now it challenges only common sense—and rewards the people willing to applaud the loudest absurdities. Read More
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Although the Victorian Classicist Jane Ellen Harrison has now pretty much faded into that limbo populated by authors whose work is occasionally cited but not much discussed or read, it… Read More
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Kitsch is more than bad art; it’s a flight from freedom to servitude. Read More
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Most of us regard art as mere decoration. We don’t admit that, of course, especially not among the beautiful people we may jostle against in our leisure hours. Read More
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Some modern artists pretend to be “challenging” or “transgressing” conventional boundaries, but all such boundaries were long ago erased. Read More
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Every age has its architectural master projects, those programs that not only attract the signal architectural talent of the time but also, in the reach of their tentacles, seem to… Read More
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