Keep in mind that the MMFA is a museum, NOT an art gallery. Webster's dictionary defines museum as: an institution devoted to the procurement, care, study, and display of objects of lasting interest or value. A canvas painted entirely of black acryllic is not of lasting interest or value. IMHO based on my studies of aesthetics (I know I'm going to get in trouble here, feel free to rip it to shreds). The following criteria are necessary to be deemed art. Art must include at least three of the following. 1) It must be difficult to reproduce exactly (alot of labour or contemplation) 2) It must evoke thought or emotion (be it good or bad) 3) It must represent something (an object, a place, an idea or ideology) 4) It must encourage the viewer to see with more than just their eyes 5) It must in some way broaden a viewer's aesthetic envelope. 6) It must exhibit a singular and/or unique vision or style. To be fit for a museum it must also have the following: 1) It must be old 2) It must have lasting interest or value 3) It must be unique. Before you kill me for the above and start calling me names "Aesthetics is for art what ornithology is for the birds" Barnett Newman. And I have read John Passmore's "The dreariness of aesthetics", about an hour ago online. OK, I skimmed through it, but it didn't change my mind about what I wrote above.

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