Critic Camille Paglia

If I’ve Got Joan Rivers and Duran Duran—What Else Would I Need?

Critic Camille Paglia is the author most recently of Glittering Images: A Journey Through Art From Egypt to Star Wars, and is University Professor of Humanities and Media Studies at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Before talking about how contemporary culture is corrupting high art, she talked cheesesteaks, John Lennon, Joan Rivers, Duran Duran, and the view on the way into LAX in the Zócalo green room.

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 …

Because Ezra Pound Isn’t A Crowd Pleaser

Is There Still a Place Today for ‘High’ Art?

When it comes to choosing between The Jersey Shore and a Fellini film, more people will choose The Jersey Shore. Same with hip hop lyrics and a modernist poem, or street graffiti and a …