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Arthur Danto

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About Me

An American philosopher, art critic and professor. Teaching at Columbia University since 1951. Served as President of the American Society for Aesthetics. The author of numerous books, including Nietzsche as Philosopher; Mysticism and Morality; The Transfiguration of the Commonplace; Narration and Knowledge; Connections to the World: The Basic Concepts of Philosophy; Encounters and Reflections: Art in the Historical Present; and After the End of Art: Contemporary Art and the Pale of History. Most recent book is Unnatural Wonders: Essays from the Gap Between Art and Life. As art critic for The Nation, also published numerous articles in other journals. In addition, also the editor of the Journal of Philosophy. And not the biggest fan of Greenberg.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Andy Warhol, Marcel Duchamp, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Arthur Schopenhauer, artists, philosophers, and other interesting people.

My Blog

Cinema Studies - The Nation

Cinema StudiesThe Nation, June 4, 2007While there is little question that photography is the central medium in Jeff Wall's arresting works, one would hardly consider him a photographer. For one thing,...
Posted by on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 13:16:00 GMT

America's Most Wanted

United States: Most Wanted PaintingAccording to Komar and Melamid. Click on the painting to get more information about these two artists.
Posted by on Sat, 10 Jun 2006 08:03:00 GMT

offering a little advice for the law

WHEN DOES ART BECOME PORN?OIA NewsdeskNEW YORK - Art photographer Barbara Nitke got her day in court Wednesday. In contrast to the great hullabaloo surrounding Howard Stern and Michael Powell duking i...
Posted by on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 19:06:00 GMT

recent article in The Nation

I'll Be Your Mirror - The Nation, April 13, 2006The Whitney Biennial 2006 draws its title, "Day for Night," from François Truffaut's 1973 film La Nuit Américaine, a celebration of making movies as a w...
Posted by on Tue, 06 Jun 2006 20:37:00 GMT