This one was hard to get through. I think I was expecting more of a broad take on art in general, and there is some of that, but it was mostly hooks praising one specific artist in each essay, and if you didn't know about them before it's hard to follow the analysis because *most times we don't have a picture of the work in question*.

We also get a bunch of interviews which honestly didn't feel like added that much considering there were often full paragraphs of a single person talking. It felt like transcriptions of two friends' unplanned conversation: there are some great takes but they're peppered in rambling about the subject.

Still, bell hooks essays on art are incredible, and the one about photography and black culture particularly stayed with me. It's undeniable that even if you don't necessarily agree with something she says, she says it with perfect precision.