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In our last Year 8 Academic Scholars鈥� meeting of the year, Head of the Scholarship Programme, Mr Cavendish, opened the鈥痙iscussion with a short but thought-provoking question:鈥�鈥淲hat is art?鈥�鈥�听

Could anything be art?听Students suggested several criteria that might need to be met for something to qualify as art. Perhaps it must make you feel something or maybe the simple act of naming something as 鈥渁rt鈥� is sufficient.听

To take the conversation further, Mr Cavendish displayed a picture of a very strange piece of artwork. It is called Equivalent VIII, which was bought by the鈥疶ate Gallery in 1972. It was 120 normal building bricks arranged into a cuboid.鈥疶o make this subject easier to think about, we all opened our books of Just Think by鈥疨hilip West and鈥痳ead about two siblings arguing over what art鈥痠s. One thought that minimalist art like Equivalent VIII could be art, and the other thought it was impossible.鈥疭o that鈥痺e could form our own opinions, Mr Cavendish then showed鈥痷s lots of art from over the years, from Claude Monet鈥檚 Impression of a sunset to Tracey Emin鈥檚 Turner Prizewinning art called My Bed.鈥疻e then returned to the book and found five more popular meanings of art.鈥�听

1. What artists do鈥�听

1. Something that doesn鈥檛 function鈥�听

1. Something that is manufactured beautifully鈥�听

1. The world in a different perspective鈥�听

1. Anything shown and presented as art鈥�听

So, in the end, there is no听single听answer to听the question of听what art is.听听