Susan Sontag on great art

Tuesday, 10 July 2012 Nico Mara-McKay 0 min read

Is it the obligation of great art to be continually interesting? I think not.

–Susan Sontag, “Michel Leiris’ Manhood,” in Against Interpretation and Other Essays

Portrait of Michel Leiris, by Francis Bacon

Read it, but not in Comic Sans
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Nico Mara-McKay

Nico Mara-McKay (they/iel) is a historian, writer, editor, and occasional curator whose work focuses on histories of gender and sexuality through lenses of embodiment and identity. They write about queer and trans history, culture, and community ephemeralrecord.com, and share updates on Bluesky @nicomaramckay.com.

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