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Kunstens betydning

Dette er gammelt nytt, men jeg var faktisk ikke klar over at "When Colin Powell went before the United Nations on 5 February 2003 to make his case for war against Iraq, instructions were given to cover Picasso's Guernica, usually displayed at the entrance of the Security Council, with a blue cloth; this cover-up was in turn to be covered up with a display of the council's flags. According to U.N. diplomats, the picture would have sent too much of a "mixed message"; quipped Maureen Dowd, "Mr. Powell can't very well seduce the world into bombing Iraq surrounded on camera by shrieking and mutilated women, men, children, bulls and horses" (New York Times, 5 Feb. 2003, p. A27)".

Artikkelen sitatet er hentet fra er leseverdig av andre årsaker. Miriam Hansen diskuterer hvordan perspektiver fra studier av massemedier har noe å tilføre de tradisjonelle kunststudiene, og vicé versa.