The emperor’s new clothes – contemporary art cartoon.
The cartoon shows visitors to an art gallery admiring a contemporary work of ark that features a blank canvas.
The artwork is called the Emperor’s new clothes.
The visitors are admiring the detail in the work (even though there’s nothing there).
The cartoon is a comment on the way that people sometimes put on a front to appear to understand concepts and ideas in order to avoid being thought of as stupid or out of touch.
Original version drawn: 2006
This version drawn: 2019
Cartoon reference number: art018
This cartoon features in my book of cartoons about art.
See the book here.
