The Greatest Painting of the 21st Century @automachination
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Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
Mark Tennant's "Clothesline" (2018) is one of the greatest paintings of the century, seamlessly going from specific to universal while capturing how memories form and how nostalgia functions. In this video, filmmaker and photographer Alex Sheremet explains why it works so well.

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