>>In the end, there will be no art.
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>The sky is falling, the sky is falling!
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>Advertising has been with us for a long time and I haven't noticed art ceasing.

Only redefined.

Just look at any American artists official biography. 90% of them have "sold his first work" somewhere in the first paragraph. Make that percentage 99% for SF anthologies (my favorite sample :).

Also, along with the rest of the ambiguity of English language, there is no distinction between art and art (sic!). There's "cover art" on a book, which may just be done by anybody, put together from anything - not far from what CharlesH calls "found art". Is it art? Now the word "art" in "is it art" is not the same as "cover art". The former, let's call it Art in order to distinguish, is what I was talking about. The latter will be manufactured and sold ad infinitum, but is it Art?

There's a verse "stvari bolje hodaju kad ne misliš na prodaju" ("things pace better when you don't think about sales") in one song by Deca Loših Muzičara ("bad musicians' children"). The definition of Art that was redefined here is that it doesn't really matter whether it is Art or not. What matters is whether it sells. Another ambiguity of English is also in use here: "sells" in both meanings of the word. It sells other stuff, or it is sold, doesn't matter.

No matter what they are talking about, they're talking about money. Know the Art, who needs it?