What Is Art? Occasionally... a Very Expensive Banana
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While the dictionary gives us a good start, figuring out what truly qualifies as art is like trying to solve a Rubik's Cube blindfolded. Art is "a visual object or an experience consciously created through an expression of skill or imagination." Sounds fancy, but it doesn’t quite explain why a banana taped to a wall sold for $6.2 million in November 2024. Classic art like paintings and sculptures fit this definition nicely, but then came Marcel Duchamp, who put a urinal in a gallery and called it "Fountain." Suddenly, anything could be art—your laundry pile included! …If you folded it creatively…and consciously…and…
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It reminds me of Sotheby’s NFT auction where millions were spent in seconds, only for values to hit zero later. Is that really art or just hype? Duchamp’s Fountain had a point to make, but do monkey NFTs or the taped banana even try?