Artistic Illiteracy: Not Just For Americans Anymore!

A new survey indicates that the average Briton knows about as much about great works of art as the average American, which is to say, not much. Nearly 10% of the UK identified Monet’s famous Water Lilies as having been painted by the Australian Rolf Harris, and fully half of respondants couldn’t say who painted the Mona Lisa. Presumably, they all knew who won the latest edition of Big Brother, however.