Our Negligent, Academically Corrupt Culture Neglects High Art
Camille Paglia Lays Into the Academy, Marxism, and Rachel Maddow, Among Others
In a wide-ranging talk at the Skirball Cultural Center, critic Camille Paglia, author of Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art From Egypt to Star Wars, exalted George Lucas, Adele, and the artist Tamara de Lempicka. Less lucky were Jacques Lacan, Jacques Derrida, and Michel Foucault (“false messiahs” who have destroyed the humanities), Lady Gaga (who has not produced anything at the level of Madonna at her high point), and Christopher Hitchens (who wrote a whole book on God without doing any research). Paglia, who has taught in art schools (she …
