Art in decadence?

[Ahriman]

Touche. The point I was trying to make is this. Despite being subjective, it is still possible to make accurate judgements.  Figure skating scores are subjective but they are not arbitrary.

Anyways, it really isn't art that is in decay. There are probably more techically masterful oil painters alive today than at the hieght of the Rennaisance. The problem is the hype-machine of the art world playing to an philistine investor marketplace.

Fair enough.

It seems to me that art is in the eye of the beholder.  One man's art is another man's what the hell is that supposed to be.

And...I don't think anyone can tell another person that something they enjoy isn't art just because that person doesn't care for it.

btw - I doubt I will ever want to hang a figure skater on my wall.

Nah......art should be held to objective standards of beauty and professionalism, otherwise it starts to suck. A child's fridge drawing or finger painting isn't art.