November 25, 2021 • View in browser
Good morning. 🌤️ Today, reviews of William Hogarth, Stephen Westfall, Mike Mills, why Frida Kahlo still can’t be considered “great,” and vintage Thanksgiving postcards.
We hope everyone who is celebrating today has a restful day surrounded by those you love.
— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief
Vintage Thanksgiving Postcards Are Bizarre
Nothing like saying Happy Thanksgiving with a postcard of a turkey with a knife and fork sticking out of it. | Hrag Vartanian
LATEST NEWS
Edward Burtynsky, "Phosphor Tailings Pond #4, Near Lakeland, Florida, USA" (2012) (© Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Howard Greenberg Gallery and Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery, New York/Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco)
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ART & OPINION
Geometry in a State of Collapse
Westfall stays true to his love of planar geometry, while finding ways to undermine all traces of predictability and stability. | John Yau
The Great Painter of London's Mayhem
Hogarth and his contemporaries agreed that human life was a stinking and dirty business once you had skimmed the froth off the top. | Michael Glover
Why Frida Kahlo Still Isn't a Great Woman Artist
Greatness, in this new golden age of wealth and vanity collecting, is inextricably linked to money, selling prices, and auction results. | Hall W. Rockefeller
FILM & DOCUMENTARY
This Thanksgiving, Don’t Forget the History of Native Bounties in the US
The documentary short Bounty and its accompanying website make a potent statement from the Penobscot Nation that they are still here. | Dan Schindel
C’mon C’mon and Mike Mills’s Vision of Masculine Vulnerability
In the films of Mike Mills, sensitive male characters reckon with who they are when who they are doesn’t seem to measure up. | Eileen G’Sell
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