The Marxist philosopher, art critic and novelist popularised complex ideas and helped bring art into the mainstream.
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What is art for? The answer to this question changes depending on who you ask – and ultimately, it will help us measure ourselves.
I first came across modernism through the lens of postmodernism in the early 1980s. At that time postmodernism – explained here – was washing through the academy, promising to transform everything by placing…


