The Performance of Art - Linda Merrill

A close analysis of the “Ten O’Clock” lecture in which Whistler declared an end to the public’s participation in art. Also reveals the role played by Oscar Wilde. On 20 February 1885, James McNeill Whistler delivered his celebrated “Ten O’Clock” in Piccadilly, opposite the Royal Academy. More than a lecture, it was a witty, provocative monologue attacking conventional taste and asserting art’s independence from public opinion. Fashionable London society attended, including Oscar... Zobrazit více