The dangers of separating art from beauty | Julian Spalding

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Published on December 22, 2022 4:30:02 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7Dwxob-gCc

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Legendary critic Julian Spalding scrutinises our relationship to beauty.

Have we lost beauty in art?

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From Rubens to Rembrandt, we used to see art and beauty as inseparable, then in the 20th Century, beauty for many became a dirty word. But was this an error? According to public surveys, we don't recognise many of the key works of the 20th Century as valuable art. Have we been hoodwinked by Saatchi, and the art market? Is contemporary art the ultimate advertising con in turning the valueless into the most highly valued? Or was much of 20th Century art right in viewing beauty as a clichéd dead end?

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