Book Panel: Aesthetic Expertise: An Exploration and Defense" by Ole Martin Skilleås

The core research area Perception: Episteme, Aesthetics, Politics hosted a book panel on Aesthetic Expertise: An Exploration and Defense by Ole Martin Skilleås (University of Bergen) on 13 November 2025. After a welcome and Skilleås’s introduction to his approach—which challenges notions of immediate aesthetic response and emphasizes cultivated judgment—five commentators from the faculty offered concise reflections: Denis Džanić (“Three Kinds of Expertise”), Daniel Neumann (“How Singular Are Aesthetic Judgments?”), Julia Kaidisch (“Artworks in and through Interpretive Spaces”), Stefan Brandt (“Dwelling with the Beautiful”), and Susanne Kogler (“Aesthetic Judgement, Critique, and Politics”).
A lively discussion followed, enriched by audience participation and marked by the interdisciplinary strength of the research area, offering an excellent forum for exploring how aesthetic expertise is formed, communicated, and debated.