Funny and sad stories from the lives of artists, interspersed with excursions into the history of art and philosophical reflections on the modern world, somehow “decode” the cultural codes underlying our reality. In this unusual audio book, the complex meanings accumulated by art over many years are, as it were, translated into the language of simple human dialogue. What is the nature of art? What place does “artistic” occupy in our lives? What is modernity? What will happen to art tomorrow, and why do creators live—answers to these questions can be found together with the author.