“It is depressing to see how you are once again being dragged through the mud. I’m still proud to call you a friend.” That’s a line from a correspondence between David A. Ross, chair of the MFA art practice program at New York’s School of Visual Arts, and convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. It’s just a snippet of a sickening chain of emails between the two men, revealed with the last release of Epstein files. The two also discussed the idea of an exhibition about “girls and boys ages 14–25, where they look nothing like their true ages.” Epstein suggested titling it “Statutory.” Ross sounded thrilled. The good news is that Ross resigned yesterday from his post at SVA, after pressure from students and alumni. Read the full story by rhea.nayyar and isaislearninghowtouseacamera at our link in bio. . . . David A. Ross (photo by Lea Suzuki/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) #DavidARoss #Epstein #SVA