portrait

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The result is an inspiring portrait of an enslaved man whose “relentless pursuit of greater liberty,” Mr. O’Malley writes, “pushed America toward those lofty ideals despite being disenfranchised.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

The Independent's reviewer, Nick Hilton, though, gave the "generation-defining show" four stars, saying it "paints a clear-eyed, unflattering portrait of modern America".

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

Compressing and occasionally revealing all that she has been through in “The Handmaid’s Tale” and before, what she manages to make Aunt Lydia is both Dorian Gray and his portrait.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

Within hours of her ouster, Bondi’s portrait had reportedly been pulled from the walls of the Justice Department.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

In the newspaper L’Intransigeant, the modernist poet Guillaume Apollinaire praised the portrait: “The Mona Lisa was so beautiful that her perfection has come to be taken for granted.”

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day