Your periodic reminder that there are aesthetic dimensions to political competition, and that representational kitsch is the Republican brand in the visual arts https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-hangs-tacky-fantasy-painting-of-himself-with-gop-presidents-in-white-house …
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Well indeed, "if that's art then I'm a Hottentot" is Truman's famous response to Advancing American Art. Perhaps it's a social-elite vs. middle-American identity that's the relevant division
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There's a good scene in
@rickperlstein's Goldwater book about Nixon being pissed off at Nelson Rockefeller's taste in modern art. - Show replies
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