Paul Daniels (Melbourne): Kant on the Beautiful: The Interest in Disinterestedness. From Consciousness, Literature and the Arts, Alexey Aliev (Moscow State): The Intentional-Attributive Definition of Art; Robert Pepperell (Wales): The Conscious Act of Looking at a Painting; Justin Harmon (Houston): What Is It Like to Be Mysterious, Alienated, and Wildly Rich through Less Than Savory Means? Phenomenal Consciousness and Aesthetic Experience. A review of Aesthetics of Anxiety by Ruth Ronen. Do we take art a little too seriously? Marcus Westbury wants to know. From Amsterdam Law Forum, should we want art to be transgressing moral norms? A tool to deceive and slaughter: A piece of obtuse contemporary art captures the zeitgeist — sort of. From e-flux, a two issues on the theme, “What is Contemporary Art?”, including an essay on contemporaneity as points of connection; and take the money and run: Can political and socio-critical art “survive”? From Australian Humanities Review, a special section on The Art of the Real. From the Journal for Learning Through the Arts, a special issue on arts and technology. An interview with Sarah Thornton, author of Seven Days in the Art World (and more at Bookforum). A review of Loot: The Battle over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World by Sharon Waxman and Who Owns Antiquity? Museums and the Battle over Our Ancient Heritage by James Cuno. From Arion, Paul Barolsky (Virginia): Homer and the Poetic Origins of Art History. From TNR, Jed Pearl on why art should never be a slave to the market: A call to arms. A look at the ten most expensive pieces of art ever sold. As they await their big break, today's young artists are having to make ends meet with day jobs — how are they coping?
