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One Fine Show: “Bellezza e Bruttezza” at Bozar in Brussels

From da Vinci's grotesques to Cranach's mismatched couples, some of the Renaissance's most compelling works posit that beauty only means something in the presence of its opposite.

The old joke stipulates that once the New York Times has reported on a trend, it’s safe to say that it’s over. Consider, for example, their profile of the influencer Clavicular, a representative of the Looksmaxxing fad who “believes any step toward increasing his beauty to be virtuous.” About a month later, the young man was arrested in Florida on a battery charge, which feels like a symbolic death knell for Looksmaxxing. What self-respecting advocate of human beauty would even consider a trip to Florida?

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