The Age of the Artless

We visted our local art gallery a few weeks ago. It was one of the best exhibitions I’ve seen. Monet’s Water Lillies was the anchor piece and attracted enough of a crowd to justify central position, the tasteful lighting, and the included bench seating. As amazing as it was to see Monet’s masterful use of colour and space, what amazed me more were the other artworks included - some of which I never thought I’d see: Renoir, Degas, Picasso, Cezanne, Gaugin, Frankenthaler, Hofmann, Rauschenberg, AD Reinhardt, Albers, Matisse, Mondrian, Richard Diebenkorn, Grace Hartigan. When the swirling yellow haystacks of a Vincent van Gogh occupies a humble corner, you know the exhibition is full of the heavy hitters of the art world from the last century. I went for the Frankenthaler and left amazed at the breadth of art on show. Imagine my disappointment when I continue to see justifications for art generated by ai with human prompting. The loudest voices seem to emanate from the least skilled: the…

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