Status Updates From The Art Spy: The Extraordin...

So far, very ~ to Edsel’s Rescuing Da Vinci; hoping it shifts to more of Valland’s part in WW2’s undercover art operation. The author has clearly researched in-depth, a little bogged down; history narrative is challenging to follow bc of the bounciness of her chapters

“In an uncertain political climate, art was a reminder of the beauty in the world and humanity’s capacity for creation” (21).