Last fall an artist duct-taped a banana to a wall, and the piece sold for $6.24 million. As an economist who also runs the 800-piece contemporary-art collection at Booth, can you explain what made ...

Yet, in the art room, where images are the universal language, his talent shines, allowing his classmates to see his strengths, not just his struggles. As an art educator, I am not alone in seeing ...