It’s been a week full of family events, including a trip to the National Gallery, where I cam across this stack of boxes that at one time (and maybe still) contained steel wool scouring pads. There are eight in the pile – you can’t see the ones at the back.
So our Friday question: Is this art?
It really is a matter of opinion.
This “sculpture” was created by acclaimed artist Andy Warhol in 1964. the following year Canadian customs officials questioned whether a shipment of 30 Brillo boxes intended for an exhibition in Toronto were art. They sent a photo to the director of the National Gallery for his opinion. He was sure they were commercial merchandise, not art.
Two years later a new director acquired these for the National Gallery.
Apparently even the experts can disagree on what is art.
Do you have an opinion? Is this a piece of art worth of display in the National Gallery? Or is it just a pile of boxes?
random thoughts from lorne 
Amen.
I understand that art is subjective. But if it’s anyone else other than Warhol, this wouldn’t be in the National Art Gallery, and we wouldn’t pay so much for it. Wasn’t there a series of toilets hung up in a gallery nearby?🙄
I somewhat understand the artistic value of the Voice of Fire because of the size, but again, if it’s anyone else other than Barnett Newman, we wouldn’t pay so much or spend so much time ‘appreciating’ it. And I heard some of his paints fades.
The value of art is what you pay for. Similarly, our value is what God paid for.