{"id":9245,"date":"2025-04-30T23:37:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T23:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/782270259042353152-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T05:16:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:16:38","slug":"782270259042353152-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/782270259042353152-2\/","title":{"rendered":"782270259042353152"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<div class=\"npf_row\">\n<figure class=\"tmblr-full\" data-orig-height=\"525\" data-orig-width=\"700\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/index\/wp-content\/uploads\/tumblr\/media\/e44b1f2c4e732dded26217abe411058fdeff7e5a.jpg\" data-orig-height=\"525\" data-orig-width=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/3555cecd04087dcbb8bde2d2f4a142bb\/74ba36a0139a3392-d9\/s75x75_c1\/3cb91589c94dd9cc7547c1725cf4616ca635424c.jpg 75w, https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/3555cecd04087dcbb8bde2d2f4a142bb\/74ba36a0139a3392-d9\/s100x200\/cddc097dce96b5cf66320915fe6a628b63681d35.jpg 100w, https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/3555cecd04087dcbb8bde2d2f4a142bb\/74ba36a0139a3392-d9\/s250x400\/ddd84a9411e0381d6a594eb2db42e576aa39d4f6.jpg 250w, https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/3555cecd04087dcbb8bde2d2f4a142bb\/74ba36a0139a3392-d9\/s400x600\/1ed7992d957be46265067647d8b5cc3cca8a9623.jpg 400w, https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/3555cecd04087dcbb8bde2d2f4a142bb\/74ba36a0139a3392-d9\/s500x750\/3768ce9418a04bf414b04175dc45b1d31553faf7.jpg 500w, https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/3555cecd04087dcbb8bde2d2f4a142bb\/74ba36a0139a3392-d9\/s540x810\/4065b7110f71c814e3a1f57f57c1886e9d03ca58.jpg 540w, https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/3555cecd04087dcbb8bde2d2f4a142bb\/74ba36a0139a3392-d9\/s640x960\/e44b1f2c4e732dded26217abe411058fdeff7e5a.jpg 640w, https:\/\/64.media.tumblr.com\/3555cecd04087dcbb8bde2d2f4a142bb\/74ba36a0139a3392-d9\/s1280x1920\/e2678b093b16649b95df2a786dc30cd0d5e12acb.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t listen to what art critics say. I don\u2019t know anybody who needs a critic to find out what art is.\u201d \u2014 Jean-Michel Basquiat<\/p>\n<p>Jean-Michel Basquiat in his studio, New York, 1982. Photo by Gianfranco Gorgoni \u00a9 Maya Gorgoni.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI don\u2019t listen to what art critics say. 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