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What's so good about bad art?
Umeå University, Faculty of Arts, Department of historical, philosophical and religious studies.
2024 (English)In: Philosophy Compass, E-ISSN 1747-9991, Vol. 19, no 11, article id e70015Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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Some artworks are aesthetically better than others. But can bad artworks have certain merits in virtue of being bad? Can something be so bad that it is good? In this paper I distinguish several interpretations of the question and consider whether contemporary theories of aesthetic value can render such a claim true. I also present a handful of desirable features which a plausible theory of the value of bad art should satisfy.

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John Wiley & Sons, 2024. Vol. 19, no 11, article id e70015
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URN: urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-232496DOI: 10.1111/phc3.70015ISI: 001368979800001Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85209899039OAI: oai:DiVA.org:umu-232496DiVA, id: diva2:1917919
Available from: 2024-12-03 Created: 2024-12-03 Last updated: 2025-04-24Bibliographically approved

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