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Julia Friedman

12 Posts

Julia Friedman is an independent art historian.

Luigi Mangione is a man in his twenties with dark hair. He wears an orange jumpsuit and bears his teeth in a grimace.

Moral Permission to Murder

Julia Friedman 23 Dec 2024 · 6 min read

Detail from Life of Washington (1936) by Victor Arnautoff, shows a white man in 18th-century dress, a troop of fur trappers.

Culture of Complaint and the New Deal Murals

Julia Friedman 16 Oct 2024 · 7 min read

Crackhead Barney, Deborah de Robertis, and Ava Louise

The Perfect Trifecta

Julia Friedman 4 Jun 2024 · 8 min read

Narcissus looking at his reflection in the water from “Echo and Narcissus” by John William Waterhouse, oil on canvas 1903.

Narcissism for All

Julia Friedman 30 Mar 2024 · 10 min read

Faking Hope: AI Art as Propaganda

Faking Hope: AI Art as Propaganda

Julia Friedman 3 Nov 2023 · 8 min read

Bob Ross, Populist Artist

Bob Ross, Populist Artist

Julia Friedman 19 Jul 2023 · 10 min read

A Royal Grift

A Royal Grift

Julia Friedman 20 May 2023 · 8 min read

Nudity and Nonconsensual Viewing

Nudity and Nonconsensual Viewing

Julia Friedman 28 Apr 2023 · 10 min read

Boring Art, Impotent Politics

Boring Art, Impotent Politics

Julia Friedman 27 Jan 2023 · 11 min read

Poetic Justice

Poetic Justice

Julia Friedman 25 Oct 2022 · 9 min read

Against De-Materialization: Tom Wolfe in the Age of NFTs

Against De-Materialization: Tom Wolfe in the Age of NFTs

Julia Friedman 9 Mar 2022 · 15 min read

A Treasure Trove of Priceless Pornography

A Treasure Trove of Priceless Pornography

Julia Friedman 31 Jul 2021 · 11 min read