The heart of the matter
Carl Andre is remembered for his bricks. He is also interested in red cedar, tin and bismuth
THE small, austere town of Quincy, Massachusetts, has had some famous sons. Two American presidents, John Adams and his son, John Quincy Adams, were born there, and the grandson of the younger of them devoted a whole chapter to the town in “The Education of Henry Adams”, one of America's greatest works of autobiography.
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