The In Memoriam segment of this year’s Academy Award ceremonies lasted for 15 minutes. On a night when several winners’ speeches were cut short—the songwriting team behind “Golden” was interrupted mid ...

Alison Luchs is a curator and deputy head of sculpture at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.

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