Alexander Adams This article briefly outlines what happened with the toppling of the Edward Colston statue in Bristol, why it

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nginx happened and its ramifications. On 7 June 2020, a large protest took place in the centre of Bristol, ostensibly against racism. The large gathering was in contravention on

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national and local restrictions on public gatherings due to COVID-19. No dispersal […]

Alexander Adams November/December 2017 Alexander Adams investigates the status of the canon

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in art under Post-Modernism and the dangers of undervaluing it. The canon of great art has never been the target of greater ire than it is today, but many leftist critics and their traditionalist opponents misunderstand the canon. The truth

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nginx is unsettling for both groups. This essay seeks […]

Alexander Adams We are told that in many fields women face systematic disadvantage and are under-represented. It has become a core belief of many and goes almost unchallenged. When politicians came under pressure regarding

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nginx supposed gender discrimination in the workplace, the British government conducted a survey of arts organisations.

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The 2018 report found that women comprise 56% of the British […]

Alexander Adams September/October 2017 New Order An Allegory Once upon

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nginx a time there was a society which made objects that had meaning and that people enjoyed looking at. The society put these objects in museums so that more people could enjoy them. Then an elite of that society

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decided that the objects did not matter so much but the skin […]

Alexander Adams July/August 2017 Why Are Artists Poor? Imagine the most absurd and outrageous provocations about art that you can. For example: there is no such thing as a pure work of art; artists are unusually ill-informed; there is no market reward for good art; government subsidies make artists poor.

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supporters of state funding and critical traditionalists will […]

Alexander Adams “Was Lt Columbo’s name really Frank? We’ve all seen the freeze-frame close-ups of Columbo’s ID badge which states that his first name is ‘Frank”. But should we consider this canonical?” I’m becoming more and more

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confused by this ‘canonical’ business. The above is from Columbophile website. I love his joke about the Jewish

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Alexander Adams May/June 2018 The Road to Reparation – The Restitution Question This essay will discuss reparations. The

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definitions of “restitution” and “reparations” used in this

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nginx essay are as follows: restitution is the return of specific unlawfully acquired goods to the lawfully determined owner or descendants (or estate) thereof; reparations are the return of goods or payment of compensation by […]

If you’re thinking of committing an art crime, now’s your moment. In June budgetary pressures forced the ‘temporary’ closure of the Met’s Art & Antiques Squad and the transfer of expert staff to the Grenfell Tower fire investigation, and

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no knowing when, if ever, they’ll be back. So it’s bye-bye blue light, hello green light to thieves, fakers, fraudsters […]

WHOLESALE GRATIFICATION  In the last issue I noted the gradual but relentless erosion of space allocated to historical pictures in Tate Britain. This contraction will now accelerate because the collection is to be

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re-hung, yet again, on this

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nginx occasion thematically – a policy undoubtedly designed to demonstrate the State Art Commandment that all roads shall lead to the Usual Suspects. […]

  ALEXANDER ADAMS rehearses recent arguments concerning freedom of expression before arriving at his own conclusion.   “One person with a belief is equal to a force of 99 who have only interests.” JOHN STUART MILL       On February 14th, 2015

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nginx an Islamist gunman attacked a café in Copenhagen where a debate

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on free speech was being held. […]