'Mars destroying the arts' by Michiel Sweerts, c.1650-52
‘Art’ or ‘culture’? Let’s scrap both
After centuries of trying to define the arts and culture, we remain deeply confused about what they are and their benefits, says Liam Dee.
Despite centuries of scholarship and armies of curators and arts bureaucrats dedicated to classification, we are no closer to defining what art is. Part of the problem seems to be baked into the const...
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