George Grosz , “Daum” Marries her Pedantic Automaton “George” in May 1920 , 1920

André Masson , Corrida mythologique , 1936

Richard Kern , Lucy with head in toilet , 1997

David Wojnarowicz , Silence = Death, 1989

HEAT HURTS

Swans, Cop

“Mass Propaganda discovered that its audience was ready at all times to believe the worst, no matter how absurd, and did not particularly object to being deceived because it held every statement to be a lie anyhow.” ~ Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 1951

Richard Lindner , Uptown from Fun City , 1971

Richard Lindner, The Meeting, 1953

Félicien Rops , The Human Parody , 1879

Esbjörn Svensson Trio, Eighthundred Streets by Feet

Harald Engman , Strøget , 1941

Lost Horizons, Reckless

"If we do not have the capacity to distinguish what’s true from what’s false, then by definition the marketplace of ideas doesn’t work. And by definition our democracy doesn’t work. We are entering into an epistemological crisis." ~ Barack Obama, 2020

Norman Rockwell , The Problem We All Live With , 1964

Edward Burra , Striptease (Harlem), 1934

Gustave Moreau , The Apparition , 1875

Edward Burra, Dancing Skeletons, 1934

Julie London, Cry Me A River

Umberto Boccioni , Head + House + Light , 1912

Gerardo Dottori , City in Flames , 1926