What Is Art, and What Isn't?

Everyone knows what art is, until you ask them.

This talk took that deceptively simple question and followed it across 2,500 years of human history, from Plato’s suspicion of art as illusion to Duchamp’s urinal, from Renaissance genius to a banana that sold for six million dollars.

Along the way, Sonya’s live music didn’t just accompany the ideas but became part of the argument, and the audience was invited to weigh in at every turn. No conclusions were forced. The whole point was to share perspectives, disagree generously, and get a little closer to the truth together.