The Sunday Read: 'David's Ankles'

<p>“We are conditioned to believe that art is safe,” Sam Anderson, a staff writer for The New York Times Magazine, explained in this week’s The Sunday Read. “Destruction happens in a number of ways, for any number of reasons, at any number of speeds — and it will happen, and no amount of reverence will stop it.”</p><p>Today, Sam explores his personal relationship with Michelangelo's David and the imperfections that could bring down the world’s most “perfect” statue.</p><p><em>This story was written by </em><strong><em>Sam Anderson</em></strong><em> and recorded by Audm. To hear more audio stories from publishers like The New York Times, </em><a href="https://www.audm.com/?utm_source=nyt&utm_medium=embed&utm_campaign=davids-ankles" target="_blank"><em>download Audm for iPhone or Android.</em></a></p><p><br /></p>