Daniel Pipes on modern arf in Venice:
I felt tempted to shout out to the horde of art-worshipers, “The emperor has no clothes. This is a fraud. Leave this bleak place, and instead visit Venice’s exquisite streets, waterways, churches, and palaces.” But exhibit-goers had each paid an entrance fee of €25 (US$30), and, judging by the many photographs being snapped and the learned discussions underway, the biennale cheerfully satisfied their artistic tastes. So I stayed mum.
