John Singer Sargent’s Scandalous “Madame X”

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“Love Letters,” Received Forty Years Too Late

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The vast spectrum of streaming platforms is like so many libraries: countless treasures line the shelves but little attention is paid to them. One of the virtues of the Criterion Channel,…

Jack Whitten Went Hard in the Paint

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story He poured the paint in layers and combed through it with an Afro pick. Or he froze and shattered it, reassembling the shards into new wholes. Like an alchemist, he altered…