Reflections on art and architecture by TIME critic Richard Lacayo.

No Labor Day

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The Stone Breakers, Gustave Courbet, 1849-50 (destroyed 1945)/FORMERLY DRESDEN STATE ART COLLECTIONS

At least no labor for me — I'm taking today off. Courbet's tireless (and, alas, lost) pair will labor in my place. Back Tuesday.

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