The Art History Newsletter

Panel Politics

by | 23 February 2006 | Conferences

Artist-blogger Gerard Brown reports from the “Ruins and After: Art in the Age of Global Violence” panel: “When the Q&A started, a number of people in the audience (some of whom admitted they hadn’t been present for all the presentations!) expressed disappointment that the panel wasn’t ‘political’ enough.” This reminded Brown of … teaching. “[S]tudents expect to be taught something which is not really on the agenda.”