Ugly Beauty: How To View Modern Art

Beauty today can be subtle and elusive. It can be found in the LCD sculptures of Tatsuo Miyajima, the subtle light installations of James Turrell or cancer paintings of Damien Hirst. Januzczak, Waldemar goes searching. When modern art is viewed - say, an unmade bed or a pickled shark - it may be hard to see the beauty in it.

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