.In a recent article in Britain’s The Independent, critic Adrian Hamilton reluctantly agreed with his counterpart at The New Yorker, Peter Schjeldahl, who in 1999 said, “(Norman) Rockwell is terrific.” Â Loathe to too strongly praise the American artist, however, Hamilton followed his compliment with the rejoinder that “‘Terrific’ isn’t the same thing as good.” Â Hamilton’s…
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