Bad Education
Responding to the upcoming reform of secondary curriculum in Hong Kong which will likely further sideline Art and other marginalised subjects, Oscar Ho comments on Saturday in SCMP the general ignorance of "visual arts training as part of a holistic education" and remarks that "rather than just the acquisition of certain skill, (art education) develops an understanding of cultural values."
Trying to illustrate the critical role of contextual study of visual arts in a knowledge-based society, he puts the exhibition of Picasso's Parade now at IFC as "an example of art diplomacy by the French government". It's discouraging sometimes: you just have to mention terms like "cultural tourism" and "creative industries" in order to justify the value of art nowadays. Yes, strategy, I know. In fact, there is still a huge gap between having a huge crowd visiting a masterpiece and common respect to art and cultural assets. Well if they have my superman bedsheet shown in the tallest building and claim "it will not appear publicly for another 20 years", probably the crowd won't miss it too. Good to know at least they have organised guided tours for the public. I hope they will not talk about the "priceless insurance".
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i am currently reading "the great pilgrimage" by Lau Saileung. what an anti-hype on cultural tourism.
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