Friday essay: in defence of beauty in art
- Written by Robert Wellington, Senior Lecturer, Art History and Visual Culture, Australian National University
Detail from Emily Kam Kngwarray, Anmatyerr people
Yam awely 1995
synthetic polymer paint on canvas
150 x 491 cmNational Gallery of Australia, Canberra Gift of the Delmore Collection, Donald and Janet Holt 1995 © Emily Kam Kngwarray.
Art critics and historians have a difficult time dealing with beauty. We are trained from early on that the...