Bush: Methodist Preacher or Horse Thief?
By way of Martini Revolution, I came across this Scott Horton post about Bush’s favorite painting, “A Charge to Keep.” We definitely need better art history education in the U.S., if for no other...
View ArticleGeorge Bellows Exhibit at the Boston Public Library
The Boston Public Library has a really interesting exhibit of George Bellows’ drawings. Here’s one drawing, “The Law Is Too Slow”: Powerful stuff. Some additional pictures are here.
View ArticleTwo Great Boston Public Library Exhibits
(from here) The Honoré Daumier exhibit is at the Central Library and is phenomenal. The BPL also has a great online exhibit of old travel posters (the amount of stuff the BPL has is incredible–if only...
View ArticleOf Course, Ted Nugent Would View This Differently
Rockwell Kent, Heavy, Heavy Hangs Over Thy Head: Kent meant this as a commentary on the fragility of the Cold War detenté, but, sadly, gun nuts would view this very differently…
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