Sublime

Of these late flowers—and especially The Roses series—I’m unconvinced, a reliance on grand gestures to prop up empty ideas. His faults,

Because sometimes the powerful commit or condone or bankroll acts of unspeakable evil, and any institution that prioritizes cashing the checks over calling out the evil is no longer an arts organization. It’s a reputation-laundering firm with a well-read board.

Card-handling legends like Jason England and Derek DelGaudio lambasted Madison on Facebook, with DelGaudio calling him “the Milo Yiannopoulos of magic.” Memes were created, jokes were made, and Madison loved every second of it. He used it as fuel for his fire.