At preeminent museums, some justices are more equal than others
Had the Met, National Gallery, and Smithsonian memorialized Antonin Scalia as they now do Ruth Bader Ginsburg, they’d broadcast to conservatives the importance of engaging the arts.
“We’re flipping your perspective today. Can you identify this slice of architecture? What strikes you about this image?” So reads the caption of the National Gallery of Art’s Instagram post on Feb. 13, 2016, a Saturday. The next day, it wished followers a happy Valentine’s Day with a detail of François Boucher’s 1750 painting “The Love Letter.” The foll…