Disease and disorders can affect how we see. Can the images in painted artworks tell us something about the state of an artist’s vision?
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ABC’s cancellation of the hit reboot Roseanne because of its star’s racist tweet raises complex questions about freedom of speech and the line between public and private selves in the age of social media.
Synaesthesia – a rare experience where the senses merge – comes in many different forms.
Comics often portray those with dementia as abnormal or less than human.
It is some years since such a classical work as Yvette Coppersmith’s has won the Archibald.
Hers is a most intelligent self-portrait in the very mannered style of George Lambert’s work.
There’s a disturbing disconnect between the polite etiquette of arms fairs and the hell that their products create.
Figurative art may derive from Neanderthal hand prints and the hunter’s keen eye for perceiving animals.
They’re silly, but the singer’s statement pants are an important comment on female storytelling.
Essays on Air: can art really make a difference?
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Art has always depicted the crimes of our times throughout centuries of wars and humanitarian crises. Can we really expect it to truly make a difference in the real world?
Charging over £20 for admission is one thing – but what about reaching beyond the usual audience?
Despite various exceptions, the UK’s proposed ivory ban will be among the toughest in the world.
Philanthropists are creating new galleries to share their private collections with the Australian public. But these gifts do not ameliorate the deficit left by declining government arts fundings.
Turkish painter Esref Armagan uses colour and perspective that he has never seen.
Artists have long tackled global issues, from war to human rights. While Picasso’s celebrated Guernica may not have stopped the Spanish Civil War (or any war), art still holds value, as witness and as truth teller.
Women with AIDS were excluded from the US definition of the syndrome until 1993. What’s changed?
If the nature we desire is, in fact, its expression as untamed wildness, then we should turn to the creativity of artists as well as urban designers when building our cities.
Art can help us explore and understand some of the more abstract ideas in maths - such a topology.
A judge in New York City just awarded graffiti artists US$6.7 million after a developer whitewashed their murals. On the surface, it seems like a huge victory for street artists. But could it backfire?
The decision to remove a 19th-century painting because of its portrayal of naked women was a heavy handed way of making a valid point.
While it may have a reputation for narcissism, Instagram is being embraced by the art world, with Insta-friendly works and exhibitions.
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Joanna Mendelssohn es Amigo de The Conversation.Honorary (Senior Fellow) School of Culture and Communication University of Melbourne. Editor in Chief, Design and Art of Australia Online, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Professor, Edith Cowan University
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Associate Professor in History of Art, University of Nottingham
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Lecturer in MA Creative Media Practice and BA(Hons) New Media Art, University of the West of Scotland
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Director, Gender and Women's History Research Centre, Australian Catholic University
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Visiting Researcher in Journalism, Media and Cultural Studies, Cardiff University
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Lecturer, School of Art & Design, Nottingham Trent University
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Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Criminology, York St John University
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Senior Lecturer, Art and Public Engagement, King's College London
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Associate Professor Visual Communication, University of Technology Sydney
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Reader in Intellectual Property Law, City, University of London
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PhD Candidate, School of Culture and Communication, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Computer Science and Director of the Art & AI Lab, Rutgers University
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PhD candidate in the History of Art, University of York
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Dean, College of Fine Arts, UNSW Sydney
