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If you want a clear X-ray of an era, every triumph and delusion crisply rendered, you can always study its art. In the case of the United States, however, it might be more revealing to study its art museums. Such anxious, blustery things! By the time a new museum renovation has hatched, a successor is already pecking through its shell. The final products slant and shift their weight as though aware that there is nothing final about them. I have started thinking of them as spaceships to nowhere. In New York, there’s always another on its way. …
摘自《哈泼斯杂志》(Harper's Magazine)第352卷 第2108期 · 2026年1月刊,Jackson Arn。仅引用开头一小段供了解文章,版权归原刊所有,全文请阅读原刊。