Listen "What Makes Something Art? & What Makes Art Valuable?"
Episode Synopsis
When you look at a clump of random coloured clay being valued at USD $20 million and a piece of white canvas being sold at USD $15 million, you begin ask yourself what makes something art? And what makes art so valuable? Tonight, I bring you on a philosophical journey to understand the truth behind art, as I look at the philosophies of Plato, Aristotle, Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida and George Dickie.
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