aesthetics

Sound of Metal: a review

Teresa Blankmeyer Burke

Teresa Blankmeyer Burke reviews Sound of Metal, an Amazon original movie directed by Darius Marder.

Dieter Declercq

Now that Trump is no longer President, Dieter Declercq reflects on the value of political parody.

Julia Minarik

Julia Minarik muses on post-mortem ink.

Mary Beth Willard

Mary Beth Willard asks, is a moral obligation to abstain from the art of morally monstrous artists?

John Dyck

John Dyck asks, does it make sense to say something is good just because it’s bad?

James Garvey

Issue 86.

Joan Forry

Joan Forry on fire hydrants and the aesthetics of the everyday.

Elizabeth Scarbrough

Elizabeth Scarbrough seeks out the aesthetics of ruins.

Aderemi Artis

Aderemi Artis argues that cups, bowls and mugs might stand above pretty, but useless art.

Andrea Baldini

Andrea Baldini considers the philosophical significance of elegance.

Aili Bresnahan

Aili Bresnahan explores a wide-ranging book about performance.

Derek Matravers

Derek Matravers asks, what do we do when we engage with art?