Todays artwork is called "l'art pour l'art" which translates to "art for art's sake" in english and "ars gratia artis" in latin.

It expresses a philosophy that the value of art is divorced from any didactic, moral, or utilitarian function. Such works are sometimes described as "complete in itself", a concept that has been expanded to embrace "inner-directed" or "self-motivated" human beings.
[Partially taken from wikipedia cc-by-sa]

There is also some criticism to this concept, e.g. from Friedrich Nietzsche.

[He] claimed that there is no art for art’s sake [and] asked:

"…what does all art do? does it not praise? glorify? select? highlight? By doing all this it strengthens or weakens certain valuations….Art is the great stimulus to life: how could one understand it as purposeless, as aimless, as l'art pour l'art?”

[Twilight of the Idols, “Skirmishes of an Untimely Man,” 24]

What do you think about the value or incentives of art?
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Todays artwork is called "l'art pour l'art" which translates to "art for art's sake" in english and "ars gratia artis" in latin.

What do you think about the value or incentives of art? Let me know in the comments!

What do you think about the value or incentives of art?
Let me know in the comments!

Artwork of the Day #49 - L’art pour l’art [possibly NSFW]