Skepticism and Art
All the well-known Skeptics are globetrotting this week so, in an attempt to fit in, I thought I would tell you about my recent trip. Art Basel is an international art exhibition held each year in both, Basel, Switzerland, and Miami, USA. I went to the one in Miami, because I don’t think my car would make it to Switzerland. If you ever find yourself in South Florida around the first week of December try to make it over to some of these shows. From Picasso to Shepard Fairey to Hello Kitty, I promise there is some art collection just for you. This year my wife and I concentrated on the smaller fringe shows which popped up around the main convention. This gave us the opportunity to see incredible cutting edge stuff along with (to be frank) some real crap. My wife is good at defining which is which. Fanciful taxidermy creating a whimsical creature which is part iridescence peacock and part full scale rhinoceroses – that’s art. Decaying foam...