But Is It Art?

Here’s the latest news about the Yale art student who claims that she artificially inseminated herself nine times over nine months, then induced an abortion each time and used the blood in an art project.

True or not, this is one of the problems I have with today’s art. Throughout history, many, many works of art have provoked reactions, sometimes passionate ones. It’s a more recent innovation to skip the art and go right to the reaction.