Yesterday the National Gallery did a virtual tour of a gallery devoted to women's art of the 1960s. Most of the replies were so crass and close-minded that I got very depressed. The room is beautiful and if you read the thread and actually LOOK, you learn a lot. 1/3 https://twitter.com/ngadc/status/1263557540543115271

I was familiar with Eva Hesse due to a documentary I reviewed. But Yayoi Kusama is new to me. The explanation of her methods and why she used them, and the careful discussion of her painting, mean I'll never just stroll by another one of her canvases. 2/3 https://twitter.com/ngadc/status/1263559831849521152

Earlier in the day I read some American reviews from the first run of CONTEMPT, and wondered why a few critics were so rude and dismissive when the movie's not hard to get—again, if you LOOK. So I guess in that sense, the replies to the Natl Gallery were useful. 3/3