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The Aesthetics of Ugliness and Negative Beauty

Quick fact

Philosopher Theodor Adorno argued that modern art's ugliness is a critique of the false harmony of consumer society.

Why this is interesting

We often think art should be beautiful, but some of the most famous artworks are deliberately ugly. Why do we call it 'beautiful' when it disturbs us?