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Monkeys get a silver in Abstract Art Olympics

Physics and Society 2011-12-08 v1 Applications

Abstract

Experiment shows that art students prefer abstract art to monkey art in about two-third of the cases. Since the number is above 50%, some argue that abstract art is different and better than animal art. I compare this result with figure skating competitions, where on average 73% of judges prefer gold medalist to silver medalist. This means that the difference between abstract artists and animal artists is less than the difference between gold and silver medalists.

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@article{arxiv.1112.1669,
  title  = {Monkeys get a silver in Abstract Art Olympics},
  author = {M. V. Simkin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1112.1669},
  year   = {2011}
}

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