Being paid destroyed the art of apes
Summary
- An experiement with apes involved teaching them to paint. Once the apes could paint, they started to be rewarded (with peanuts) for their work. Rapidly the quality of the artwork deteriorated, leaving the apes turning out hasty scrawls to get the peanuts
Details
- Commercialism destroyed the art of apes.
- Are we making our art change to keep teh money coming in?