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Is that it, though, just Vermeer? I was quite caught up in his early work, but in retrospect it now just looks like a product of the...

What is it you don’t like?

I think I might agree with Hockney. How important is it that people in the UK can wander into the museum to see it, weighed against the...

By the way, if you use inverted comments then you’re suggesting a direct quote. In this case I didn’t use the term “serious art” or deem...

I think it exists in a realm outside of art, like dance. Dance is an action in time. It leaves no trace. That doesn’t mean it’s any the...

I think it exists in a realm outside of art, like dance. That doesn’t mean it’s any the less or less important.

No, music is not art. You’re using art as a catch-all.

I understand the point you’re making, but we can only go by the evidence we have. To build a theory based on what we can’t find, or what...

No, and I wasn’t suggesting that.

Would you consider this as work done for pleasure, or having some other purpose? “Cave art is generally considered to have a symbolic...

I can see that nothing’s going to change your mind about Neanderthals and Homo Sapiens doing cave drawings for pleasure. Which doesn’t...

My feeling is that you shouldn’t indulge them in their adolescent ways. Make them reach for the next level which pulls them into...

Yes, I have noticed this: the ones who like art are almost impossible to keep from drawing. Makes me think of a somewhat harsh thing...

From my experience there are students who love art. They love having a pencil in their hand, making marks. They love the time being...

I had thought that the Mona Lisa might be one of the first art for arts sake paintings, but it turns out it was a commission. So I then...