Do all the ‘real’ artists work in advertising, not in the fine arts? While the Turner Prize may incite cries of ‘Is that art?’ from critics, the former question is sure to raise the hackles of those more inclined to exhibit pickled sheep and unmade beds strewn with condoms.
This vexed question is actually a debate topic – the latest offering in a series of controversial debates from Intelligence². The brainchild of John Gordon, founder of media monitoring company Xtreme Information, and Jeremy O’Gray, Editor-in-chief of The Week, Intelligence² is a new organisation staging debates on current topics of controversy featuring prominent speakers.
