这是最好的时代,也是最坏的时代,这是智慧的时代,这是愚蠢的时代——这是狄更斯的《双城记》开篇第一段话,用来言说如今年代的全球艺术状态,似乎也不为过。美国美学家与艺术批评家阿瑟·丹托就称这个时代为“坏的审美时代”(Bad Aesthetics Times)!那么,为何当今艺术所面临的时代情境既好且坏呢?丹托回答说:“在任何一个其他方面,这个时代都是对艺术有利的:有更多的艺术杂志;有更多的画廊和博物馆;在世艺术家的作品拍卖也达到了难以置信的价格;有更多的艺术学院生产出更多的艺术家,这些人将艺术视为像牙医和会计一样可以谋 This is the best and worst time. This is the era of wisdom. This is the stupid age. This is the first passage of Charles Dickens’s ”Twins“, which is used to describe the global state of art in the present age. It seems that Not too much. American aestheticist and art critic Arthur Danto called this era ”Bad Aesthetics Times.“ So why is the contemporary situation facing contemporary art both good and bad? Said: ”In any other way, this era is good for art: more art magazines; more galleries and museums; alive artists’ auctions have reached an incredible price; there are more Art institute produces more artists who see art as a dentist and an accountant