The critic’s job is to explain why he or she feels a certain way about a work, not to tell you how to feel. That’s why most art critics — and curators — generally avoid talking about beauty. The word ...

But when the global branding team at Lippincott was staring at her on a wall seven years ago, she just didn’t work–and they didn’t know why. She wasn’t beautiful; she was uncannily beautiful, a bit ...