Alice Gribbin
@asgribbin
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Poet, remystifying art. Writing books on the Muses and on Correggio's nudes. Essays: https://t.co/cNyzYEegcS
Joined June 2021
“When the absolute value of the aesthetic is doubted, the reality itself of the aesthetic is doubted”
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Intended to add here: Alberti's 1470 façade of Santa Maria Novella has elements UNEXHAUSTED in architecture. The future stems from this, not deco. White, green, and pink marble have more to give us than they have https://t.co/jnIPBwxVsX
How to make a new aesthetics https://t.co/XQJom54nkx
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How to make a new aesthetics https://t.co/XQJom54nkx
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Some proposed forebears of a new aesthetics
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No brainer for a tech billionaire: a gesture of goodwill & respect to their biggest skeptics, the fine arts world; potentially a way to undercut Saudi's claim on a storied US institution; no complaints from patrons & NYers as the murals stay put https://t.co/alGbFPQom5
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Despite a promised $200m deal with Saudi Arabia, the largest performing arts organisation in the US is taking drastic measures to cover its costs
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Lol at the people arguing stats. The canon wars and "moral clarity" (explicit non-objectivity in journalism) passed you entirely by? Academia, arts, media are full of people who believe meritocracy has not & cannot exist, that only values exist (then, patriarchy; now, diversity)
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My book, The Information State, an in-depth elaboration of the story first laid out in my @tabletmag essay, "A Guide to Understanding the Hoax of the Century," will be out from @HenryHolt on March 24, 2026. You can pre-order it now and should give it as gifts to friends and
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Today in @WSJ, I have a piece on the institutional capture of American poetry, and why poetry should be defended against it.
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Boomer professors will say “let me tell an anecdote” and it’s a overt, slam dunk violation of federal employment law
So that DEI story is making the rounds. Lemme tell an anecdote There was a search. The pool was very white (field reasons) and mostly men. The shortlist was three white men. They were... Ok, but nobody wowed us. The dean saw the list and threw it back at us 1/
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The Nymphs are wherever there is running water, and that is why you get your best ideas in the shower
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Delacroix, the first and last painter, on beauty. In English at last https://t.co/pdKPPg133J
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By Eugène Delacroix, the first and last painter, now in English
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Genuine opinions sought
Are any print magazines taking risks these days?
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The man who thinks he can cheat death did mushrooms and didn’t go outside is really too on the nose
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Of the people, and there will be more in the coming years, who invoke the Renaissance and say they wish to bring about another, reserve your trust for those heedful of Petrarch, the umanisti, and the absolute centrality of virtue
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The best thing the art world can do is rally around, come together, and say.. "this painting sucks"
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BRIEFLY: with the @NationalGallery rehang, Correggio's School of Love is back on display (room 31)
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Logging off until muses book is done. Good people, keep up the irreverence
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