Day 2: "Reframing Vermeer"
Teju Cole (The New York Times Magazine, May 28, 2023)
In this twenty-two-day series, we are counting down the days to publication (October 22, 2024) with a brief passage from each of the twenty-two essays included in The Best American Essays 2024. These excerpts were curated by Best American Essays Editorial Assistant Cheyenne Paterson and are presented in the order of the volume’s table of contents.
“I am still moved by the quiet miracle of that boyhood afternoon. But my relationship with art has changed. I look for trouble now.”
—Teju Cole, “Reframing Vermeer,” The New York Times Magazine, May 28, 2023.