In his new book, eminent critic and researcher Dr Iqbal Afaqi discusses ideas about aesthetics that are commonly out of bounds for an Urdu reader When Dr Qasim Bhugio was the chairman of the Academy ...

Arthur C. Danto’s The Transfiguration of the Commonplace: A Philosophy of Art (1981), a classic of American philosophy, widely read by contemporary artists, opens with a marvelous example. Søren ...

Philosopher of aesthetics who had exceptionally high standards and was kind to students and colleagues ...

For Americans of my generation doing philosophical aesthetics, Arthur Danto (1924-2013) was the key figure. He became famous because he offered a system defining art and linking it to other activities ...

I work primarily in intercultural philosophy, focusing largely on social and political issues and sources from East Asia and from the African diaspora. I am also interested in art, aesthetics, bodily ...

This article originally appeared on Imprint. It's part of Print magazine's annual New Visual Artist series that profiles 20 of the most promising rising talents around the world in the fields of ...