By ROGER SCRUTON, The Sunday Times When the study of beauty first attracted the attention of modern philosophers, it was at the beginning of the 18th century and during the height of the scientific revolution. For philosophers of the Enlightenment nature was not the...

The Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) Art Advisory Panel was founded in a swirl of controversy in 1968-and continues to stir up mixed feelings. The 1 February 1968 edition of The New York Times carried the headline: “10 Experts to Aid Tax Men on Art: Aim Is to Prevent...