ISPP Visual Arts Diploma T.O.K

Hi guys, have a read of this article it posses some very interesting ideas and notions about who decides who the artists are. I would really like to know your thoughts and get some information and discussion based on the ways of knowing. Look forward to hearing your response.

To what extent do the arts help develop our imagination in other areas of knowledge?

To what extent does our sense perception affect our way of interpreting art?

Ai Weiwei's art 'not my taste', says Chinese ambassador 18 October 2015  Last updated at 11:38 BST  China's ambassador to the UK Liu Xiaoming has told BBC's Andrew Marr that Chinese artist Ai Weiwei's work is "not my taste". He said there were many better than this "so-called artist" and that he was only famous because of his criticism of the government. He was being asked about China's human rights record ahead of a state visit from China's President Xi Jinping this week. China state visit: President 'won't shy' from human rights recor

Hi all, so here is a quick question for you all, I would like you to answer this question...Why is Visual Arts so important to you? Think about the different ways of knowing to form the answer.