Solving the Arts Puzzle (Hardcover)

Richard Fox considers a series of puzzles that have led to massive confusions about the arts in society. The arts are in something of a muddle: A sculpture is removed from a New York square by public demand and destroyed. A fire destroys GBP50 million worth of art and people laugh about it. Avant-garde poetry and music disappear into tiny subcultures of devotees. Many of us care deeply about the arts and yet we cannot say what art is. We are not sure if art is music, painting and literature have anything in common. Underlying these uncertainties lies the deeper question: