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September 7, 2023
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September 7, 2023
by Aesthetics for Birds
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If it seems impossible to turn abstract philosophical concepts and ideas into concrete images, think again. Continue reading
November 2, 2022
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If readymades and photography are art, then so is art made by DALL-E, Midjourney, and the rest. Continue reading
November 10, 2021
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Philosopher Renee Jorgensen reflects on the power of a Rothko painting Continue reading
October 13, 2021
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Philosopher Jennifer Morton discusses the unresolved questions in Giorgio Morandi Continue reading
May 20, 2021
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This is entry #78 in our ongoing 100 Philosophers, 100 Artworks, 100 Words Series.
April 22, 2021
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Philosopher Ruth Chang writes one hundred words on a Judit Reigl painting Continue reading
December 28, 2019
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This year marks the end of the second decade of the 2000s. In honor of this, we thought we’d take a look back at our decade with an end-of-year series. The internet loves lists, especially year-end ones, and we’ll feed that love a little bit this December. We’ll be hosting seven lists of expert Decade-Best picks. We’ve done movies, games, writing, TV, and music, and you can look forward to one more surprise list at the end. Our experts include philosophers and other academics whose work concerns these topics, and people working in the relevant media. Up today: art! Okay so obviously movies and music are art, but what we mean by “art” today is arty art, that special kind of artworld art that’s in galleries and art fairs and museums, and attended to by art magazines and news outlets. We’re looking at photography, painting, video art, performance art, and more. … Continue reading
October 26, 2018
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This is entry #70 in our 100 Philosophers, 100 Artworks, 100 Words Series.
March 27, 2018
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Frank Boardman interviewed by Roy Cook for AFB Frank Boardman is is a visiting assistant professor at Worcester State University. Most of his work has been in philosophy, art and rhetoric. He has a completely unwarranted belief that he could also write about parenting, technology or basketball.
January 15, 2018
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What are colors, really? If we see colors differently than bees do, does that mean that colors aren’t real? Should we take into account the fact that some painters are color blind? Issues like this have occupied painters since at least the 20th century. Josef Albers wrote extensively about color theory and his paintings reflect that. Neil Harbisson, a British artist with a severe form of color blindness (achromatopsia, i.e., grayscale vision), thinks that being colorblind has made his art better, and now has implants that (debatably) allow him to hear color. And other stories like this abound. It’s even rumored that Van Gogh was color blind, though the Van Gogh museum disputes that. A recent book, A Naive Realist Theory of Colour by Keith Allen, defends the existence of colors despite all of the worries we might have. In a blog post over at Oxford University Press, Allen writes: One of … Continue reading