Arthur Smith will be performing a one off lecture, offering a radical reconfiguration of Art History, at the Assembly Rooms on Saturday 16th August.
Arthur Smith writes:
“Why do you never hear the sound of laughter in art galleries? Among the interminable Last Suppers of the renaissance why do we perceive only unrelieved pain and religious martyrdom?
The Sistine Chapel is an awesome sight- but laughs? Nothing. Zilch.The Cavalier is laughing but I’m not. Look at Modigliani. Why the long faces?
In this inaugural biannual memorial lecture I will set forth the agenda for a new understanding of art.”
This promises to be one of the highlights of the fringe with Smith, having garnered numerous awards and international recognition for his epoch defining Arturartworks now lending his considerable academic clout to the field of Art History.
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