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The year is 2018. At the prestigious Christie’s fine art auction in New York City, a blurry portrait of a besuited gentleman hangs alongside an Andy Warhol print and a bronze sculpture by Roy Lichtenstein. It is titled: ‘Edmond de Belamy, from La Famille de Belamy’. An anonymous phone bidder purchases the portrait for a whopping $432,500, against an initial estimate of $7,000-$10,000. At the bottom of the frame, rather than a signature, there is a line of code. It was not produced by human hands, but by an
When I was a young teen, I fancied myself artistically talented. I drew and sketched all the time. I kept notebooks of drawings. I had a modest portfolio or two. I took art classes in high school. Even back then I recognized my talent was drastically inferior to my friend Jennifer (whose book-cover sketches of…
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But is it art? A bitter lesson in not being completely uncultured
As an avid art lover myself, I must admit that I have also gazed in confusion at creations that I did not consider ‘art’. What could the artist have been trying to say by suspending a toilet in a gallery? Is it a comment on our society or just someone having a laugh? In this amusing piece by Lesley Stones, we’re reminded that our choice of art is always down to personal taste, but that there’s nothing wrong with looking deeper and asking questions to discover the artist’s intention. This article first appeared on FirstRand Perspectives.