6/28 Controversies in Art

Tuesday 6/28, 6:30pm
MU Student Center 2200 (study rooms near traditions lounge)

Controversies in Art

Ethics of buying and selling art:
http://thegazette.com/2011/03/28/art-experts-break-down-pollock-controversy/
http://www.jrank.org/history/pages/6579/Trafficking-In-Antiquities.html

Cultural and jurisdictional ownership rights:
http://gogreece.about.com/od/museumsingreec1/i/marblereturn.htm
http://www.spiegel.de/international/spiegel/0,1518,447136,00.html

Gender and culture concerns:
http://msmagazine.com/blog/blog/2011/02/01/where-are-the-women-in-googles-art-project/
http://paintingsgalleries.blogspot.com/2010/10/artists-painting-beauty-of-women-figure.html


The implications of forgeries:
http://www.archaeology.org/0101/abstracts/goddess.html
http://www.spiegel.de/international/zeitgeist/0,1518,768195,00.html

What is Art?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkteNuJepzU
http://www.philosophytalk.org/pas