Art's Shock Value, and More

For a long time, a primary goal of the artist was to violate taboos.

For a long time, a primary goal of the artist was to violate taboos. Then the culture simply ran out of ways to shock... more »

Is Gauguin redeemable? Probably not. Would he want to be redeemed? Almost certainly not ... more »

Secularism has given rise to substitute religions — Romanticism, communism, social crusades. Each has failed in turn ... more »

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