Art Isn’t Supposed To Be Safe
30-04-2024 22:32 via nytimes.com

Art Isn’t Supposed To Be Safe

Here on my screen was the distillation of a peculiar American illness: namely, that we have a profound and dangerous inclination to confuse art with moral instruction, and vice versa. – The New York Times
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