Reaping what you sow …

… Is It Art? Increasingly, That's a Judicial Decision | Postmodern Times by Eric Felten - WSJ.com. Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

The disciples of Marcel Duchamp have done their best to question the very nature of art. But once whimsical gestures end up valued in the millions, it matters in a whole new way whether a Brillo box is a Warhol or just a Brillo box. How ironic: The artists who most wanted to subvert notions of authority have ended up empowering squares in robes to judge what is and isn't art.