A1 Level – Elementary
1. Do you like drawing?
2. What is a painting?
3. Do you visit museums?
4. What is a bright color?
5. Do you like funny sculptures?
6. What is a famous artist?
7. Do you take photos of art?
8. What is a piece of music?
9. Do you think art is beautiful?
10. What is a large building?
11. Do you buy art?
12. What is a strange picture?
13. Do you feel emotional looking at art?
14. What are three types of art?
15. Do you think art is important?
A2 Level – Pre-Intermediate
1. What is the difference between art and decoration?
2. Why do people create art?
3. What are the good things and bad things about street art (graffiti)?
4. How can a piece of art make you think about a serious topic?
5. Should all cities have public art?
6. Why is it important to protect old, historical art?
7. Do you think children’s drawings are art?
8. What is the purpose of an art gallery?
9. How does technology (digital tools) change how art is made?
10. What is the difference between a landscape and a portrait?
11. Do you think art should always be realistic?
12. What are the problems when people do not agree on the value of a piece of art?
13. When is the best time to visit a museum?
14. What are two things that make art expensive?
15. How does art help you understand a different culture?
B1 Level – Intermediate
1. What are the rules for politely discussing art you do not understand?
2. How does the price of an artist’s work affect their creativity?
3. Should the government give money directly to local artists?
4. What is the difference between art made for a museum and art made for personal pleasure?
5. Do you believe that AI-generated work can truly be called art?
6. What are the challenges of preserving modern art that uses unusual materials?
7. How does the message of a piece of art change over time?
8. What is the idea of “abstract art”?
9. Is it fair or unfair when some famous artists become very rich while others stay poor?
10. How does the focus on a single artist affect the value of their students’ work?
11. What are the steps for properly creating a small sculpture?
12. What is the value of art that is deliberately shocking or controversial?
13. Should public spaces allow artists to display any kind of art they want?
14. What are the reasons why some people feel intimidated by art galleries?
15. How does the political situation of a country influence its art?
B2 Level – Upper-Intermediate
1. What are the social pressures to pretend you understand or like a famous piece of art?
2. What are the moral problems when art is created using unethical materials (e.g., animal parts)?
3. How does constant online sharing of art affect the experience of seeing it in person?
4. Should museums and galleries be legally required to make all their collections available online?
5. Analyze the psychological effect of creating art as a form of therapy.
6. Who is responsible for deciding what counts as “good” or “important” art?
7. What is your view on the practice of destroying a piece of art to make a political point?
8. Evaluate the role of private collectors in controlling the display and study of valuable art.
9. How does the concept of “art forgery” (faking art) affect the market?
10. Discuss the concept of “the sublime” in art (a feeling of greatness or terror).
11. What are the problems with having very different rules for graffiti and official public murals?
12. What are the legal differences between copying an art style and copyright infringement?
13. Do you agree that the purpose of art is mainly to challenge society?
14. What steps should be taken to ensure that art education is accessible to everyone?
15. How does the art market affect the public perception of an artist’s talent?
C1 Level – Advanced
1. Is it fair that the value of art is often determined by wealthy investors, not by the public?
2. What is the right way to think about a government’s moral duty to protect art that criticizes its policies?
3. How do the platform’s algorithms influence the type of art that becomes visible and popular globally?
4. When should a museum be allowed to sell off parts of its collection to fund operations?
5. What are the moral questions when we talk about destroying public art because its political message is now outdated?
6. How does the focus on quick consumption of digital images affect the patience needed for appreciating complex art?
7. Discuss the impact of major financial fraud scandals on the overall integrity of the art world.
8. How should leaders use the power of art to promote national identity and unity?
9. What is the idea of “artistic license” and its limits in creating controversial content?
10. What are the long-term effects on society when children grow up seeing art as purely commercial?
11. What are the difficulties when courts try to decide if a piece of art has caused public disturbance or offense?
12. How does the search for total originality conflict with the reality that all art is influenced by the past?
13. Do you agree that the most important thing is the immediate emotional reaction to art, not its intellectual meaning?
14. What are the simple moral rules a person should follow when they benefit from a piece of art created under unethical conditions?
15. Should the government set a legal minimum for the amount of public space dedicated to art?
C2 Level – Proficiency
1. What is the real difference between a person’s individual aesthetic taste and the collective judgment of the art world?
2. Debate the idea: Should we completely eliminate the concept of intellectual property for art to allow free creativity?
3. How does the concept of “creativity” change when AI can generate any image from simple text instructions?
4. What laws or rules are needed to control how technology platforms use copyrighted art for training AI?
5. How do historical views of iconoclasm (destroying images) affect modern decisions about controversial statues?
6. How can communities maintain their unique visual culture when global media images are everywhere?
7. Argue the point that humans should stop all attempts to assign monetary value to art.
8. What protection should laws give to artists who are criticized or threatened for their controversial work?
9. How can we stop the problem of using art to secretly hide or launder illegal money?
10. What did old thinkers say about beauty, truth, and imitation that is still important today?
11. What will happen to the need for human artists if AI can perfectly fulfill every artistic request?
12. How do people use the idea of “my interpretation” to avoid discussing the actual historical context of a piece?
13. How does the experience of a difficult, challenging piece of art improve a person’s visual literacy?
14. What is the power of a single collective protest to force a museum to change its display?
15. If scientists could perfectly measure the emotional impact of any artwork, how would that fundamentally change the value of art?
