adam's review
The Accidental Masterpiece: On the Art of Life and Vice Versa by Michael Kimmelman
No less an authority than C. Montgomery Burns once said "I may not know art, but I know what I hate. And I don't hate this." I don't know the first thing about art, but I'm sort of fascinated by it and I love reading great, accessible art criticism. This collection of essays by the New York Times art critic Michael Kimmelman is unbeatable, and the opening piece about Pierre Bonnard is godlike.
