But the lesson of Art Dubai might be that such regional groupings and divisions are increasingly irrelevant, anyway.
THE 20th century's experience with the dubious aesthetics of Fascism, Nazism and Communism left several clear lessons: works of art commissioned by governments are generally mediocre; creativity does not flourish inside ideological boundaries; artistic expression is by definition a kind of questioning.
"The lesson of 'The Art of War' is that a dispassionate solution and all tactical decisions flow from a realistic assessment of where you are, and if you don't do that initial assessment right, you'll make mistakes," Mr. James said last Monday, referring to the book by the ancient military strategist Sun Tzu.
That's one of the lessons of "Groundwaters": In art, please yourself first.
Goodman's taste is firmly rooted in the late nineteen-sixties and the seventies, when strong Europeans, having assimilated the lessons of American Pop art and minimalism, began to erode the creative centrality of New York.
Hey, if you want commitment in the world of art lessons, buy a dog.
And everyone will have thorough lessons in the enchantment of art.
In high school the lessons on the history of art were awful, and in lit classes they taught us all about the Florentine poet Burchiello and nothing about Shakespeare.
I spoke to him before I came out to Toronto about his preparation for the part, which included months of art lessons to be able to emulate Turner's style.
A bag of prosthetic bones, used as a prop to teach hours of art lessons, has been identified as the skeleton of a real person, the Yorkshire Post reports.
