Democratization of Art

Pablo Helguera
© Pablo Helguera

Pronounce the word “art”, to conjure up the image of an intellectual and sensitive practice reserved only to the upper class and aristocracy. A sacred aura still attaches to the word. Yet the notion of art as elitist is decades out of date. So out of date, in fact, that a new paradigm is emerging, and has been since about the turn of the millennium. The essential nature of art and the importance of creative expression has not changed though, it has just begun to expand and become more accessible and more democratic.

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Pablo Helguera
© Pablo Helguera