Eyes Like Goya’s

Goya: Self-portrait, ca. 1796, brush and point of brush, and carbon black ink on laid paper, 6 by 3 5/8 inches.
Nearly two centuries after his death, Goya is still worth fighting over. He forces you to pick sides, dares you to claim him for your own. Critics can’t tame him, but they’ll set him on their opponents like an attack dog. For the young John Berger, Goya was the nemesis of glib midcentury Parisian cynicism. For Robert Hughes, he was the nemesis of glib Manhattan postmodernis