Jan Gossaert, Portrait of a Merchant, c. 1530
(definitely a thing, but that binding looks very square and modern from the still you posted)

"This photograph can't now be seen without Jenny Holzer's name being in the same sentence, and I am happy about that. I have looked her up like everyone else and am proud to be associated."
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“pride” is too weak a word: megalomania

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Here’s a more substantial Columbia Journalism School Statement: journalism.columbia.edu/news/cjs-fac...

Because the current publisher of Riverhead has ruined the brand by chasing commercial hits and abandoning any commitment to the possibility of a vibrant, surprising, and international literary culture.

As the UAW has emphasized, the assault on First Amendment rights being jointly committed by the federal government and Columbia University are an attack on all workers who dare to protest, speak out, or exercise their freedom of association under the US Constitution.

In the latest assault on First Amendment rights, Columbia University has expelled and fired Grant Miner, President of UAW Local 2710, which represents thousands of Columbia student workers. The firing comes one day before contract negotiations were set to open with the University.

Here is the attempted clean up. Where is the condemnation of CU’s role in failing to protect free speech? And the affirmation of the primacy for journalists to speak truth to power (yes, sometimes at great risk)?

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