Arts and Values

The distinctive feature of artworks is their ability to deconstruct the collective perception of social conventions, revealing the structures of common sense that underlie a community’s identification with its values. This panel aims at inquiring how is value dimension connected with artworks, events and museums. May we frame a system of values connected to the production and fruition of arts? What contribution does art make to building a sense of belonging or refusing new values and raising social dynamics? This session aims at understanding the relation which is occurring between artistic expressions, societal values and social change.