NFTs: an artistic breakthrough with a dark future
The 225-year-old auction house Christie’s, which has only ever sold physical art, recently auctioned its first digital piece…
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Category: Controversies in Art
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#MeToo and the ‘continuum of male sexual violence’: A Review of Liz Kelly’s Concept
Liz Kelly, in her influential 1988 work Surviving Sexual Violence, introduced the concept of a ‘continuum’ to describe…
Who is afraid of vulvas?
The Japanese authorities apparently. Rokudenashiko describes her work as manko-art, manko means something along the lines of pussy,…
‘Killer’ Art
Throughout history, a lot of attention has been paid to art’s capacity for moral education. From Plato to…
The Street Art Debate: Banksy Controversy
I recently saw a mural being painted on the corner of a street near mine. It represents two…
Artists and their controversies: a question of profit?
In In May 2018 two famous contemporary (male) artists were scheduled to exhibit in the National Gallery in…