Jason Farago, an art critic for the New York Times, gets to travel the world criticizing and learning about art. It's an art lover's ultimate dream job, really. Recently, he traveled to Dallas, Texas to view a sculpture exhibit at the Nasher Sculpture Center. The exhibit displayed pieces dating as far back as to 2.5 million years ago! Just imagine, how incredible it must have been to view art that dates as far back as before humans were even, well, humans, formerly known as hominins. Each stone age piece showed a unique display of what looked like facial features. Who knew hominins were an artist? In Farago's article, "Was Australopithecus an Artist?" he analyzes each piece, shares their history and defines what art really is. He states, "Art could be an encounter between an object that already existed — a urinal, a bicycle wheel, a stone in a grotto — and an idea about that object, fused into a new union beyond functionality." He continues on and comments his thoughts on the 2.5 million-year-old art, "... a great work of art, after all, is always a thing we don’t fully understand. Whatever their status, the objects are astonishing."
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