Four All Art Has Been Contemporary

The art that we see was intended for its own audience every single time. Just because a bunch of art historians came along in organized it into a canon, doesn't mean these artists were necessarily gunning for their tidy spot in the ages. So take that into account, nothing here is static. No one person's opinion is the final word, even among the experts. We'll go painting by painting, story by story. Here's my process. Whenever i go into a museum, i ask people to describe the paintings we'll be looking at. Ask them to imagine that they're with someone who, like you, can't necessarily see the painting. So describe it for them. What jumps