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Bar charts won't save the reef baby
Why scientists are ditching powerpoints and picking up paintbrushes, and what that means for every teacher still flogging a pie chart.
Duchamp's Readymades Return
MoMA's first major retrospective since 1973 challenges what we call art; in itself a dry, wispy notion often accompanied by an obligatory manifesto that may justify what can sometimes resemble ' a pile of crap on the floor' ... or a urinal.
When universities treat art like ATMs
Valparaiso University’s plan to sell masterpieces for dorms reveals a crisis in values. For students and communities relying on these galleries as cultural and teaching resources, the move is more than a transaction; it’s a betrayal of trust and a narrowing of educational vision.
The White Cube Isn't Neutral
Everyone around you is doing the same quiet choreography; a conveyor belt of pause, consider, move on. Art in a white cube can justify higher prices than the same art on a cafe wall, but if the buyers who are comfortable in the white cube are diminishing, should the space evolve?