Art Critic Arthur Danto lectures at Guelph University

March 4, 2008 at 5 p.m

World-renowned philosopher (and one of VoCA’s favorite art critics) Arthur Danto will speak on “From Photograph to Philosophy: Two Moments of Post-Traditional Art.”

Arthur Danto. Image: tate.org.uk

Well known for his expertise in philosophical esthetics, Danto is highly regarded for his work on the classic question of how you decide whether or not something is a work of art.

A longtime art critic for The Nation, Danto has published a number of books and journal articles on art criticism and won the National Book Critics Circle Prize in 1990 for his book Encounters and Reflections: Art in the Historical Present. In addition, he is a contributing editor to the Naked Punch Review and Artforum.

Andy Warhol, Brillo Box, 1964. Image: warhol.org

Danto is also the author of numerous articles and books on philosophy and is an editor of the Journal of Philosophy. He taught at Columbia University for more than half a century and is now Johnsonian Professor Emeritus Philosophy.

His extensive knowledge in both art and philosophy have garnered him many fellowships and grants, including two Guggenheims, a Fullbright, and an American Council of Learned Societies Fellowship. He has served as vice-president and president of the American Philosophical Association and president of the American Society for Aesthetics.

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