Figure the Future, 66 min

Figure the Future By Michael Newberry Presented by The Atlas Society, 2008 The premise of this talk is that the heroic and beautiful nude is contemporaneously linked with human evolutionary advancements. The great nudes witnessed the development of individuals rights in politics, with reason replacing superstition in the humanities, and with authenticity.

Innovation in Art by Michael Newberry

Newberry Art Lecture   https://youtu.be/QnfYvyucpwg On October 6th, 2003 The Foundation for the Advancement of Art presented this conference at New York's Pierre Hotel. Stephen Hicks gives the introduction to the conference and to Michael Newberry's talk, Innovation in Art. Part 1 0:09 Stephen Hicks Introduction3:03 Michael Newberry Innovations in Art4:11 Zuburan, Mondrian, John Moore6:05 …

Innovation, Substance, Vision – The Future of Art Conference in Art in NY, 2003

Newberry, Hicks, Koenderink, Vaugel, Kelley

On October 6th, 2003, The Foundation for the Advancement of Art presented Innovation, Substance, Vision--The Future of Art at The Pierre Hotel in New York City. With a panel of philosophers, artists, and scientists, the conference addressed the importance and future of art. The international audience included major figures from the worlds of art and …

Detecting Value Judgements in Painting

Goya, The Shootings of May 3rd 1808, 1814

A few years ago I read the book What Art Is: The Esthetic Theory of Ayn Rand by Torres and Kamhi. I was disquieted to read their take on Rand's definition of art, specifically about the meaning of metaphysical value-judgements. Perhaps the thing that was the most surprising to me was that their perspective on this issue is so much not the way that I experience art; either as a creator or as in appreciation, or how I understand Rand's meaning. In a sense, their book has been the catalyst for this lecture. I hope to answer them by showing how you can detect metaphysical value-judgments in painting. But, more importantly, I hope to show you how to find and, perhaps, share the artist's incredible passion that lies just beneath the surface of the paint.

Pandora’s Box Part 2

Duchamp, The Fountain (facsimile), the "original" from 1917 was rejected

... pathetically, only Hope remained inside. In the other version the box held all of humanity's glories. When she opened the box progress, knowledge, and exaltation vanished into oblivion, forever lost to humanity.