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The art world is constantly changing. Fortunately, there is a great new website called

Art and Object that can keep you up to

date. I have been loving Art and object and loved watching a video that shows the difference

between an original work of art like Girl with a Pearl Earring by Vermeer to a high value copy.

So see that video and find Art and Object on the web at www. www.artanobject.com.

That's www.art, a-n-d-object.com.

One of the reasons I was so intrigued by this concept of shock art as a theme for the

current season of Art Curious is that I have frequently taken some art for granted

in the past.

And by that, I mean I considered some works of art to be above reproach,

as if they were always beloved since day one, or at least if not beloved, then accepted.

Such was my original thought about the French Impressionists.

This may very well be a future episode of the show someday, but here's the gist right now. I always

considered the impressionist to be boring, all pastels and light, flowers, and dappled landscapes. But it wasn't

until I started studying art history that I discovered how totally subversive they really were,

flouting art world norms and departing wildly from tradition. And it was that

simple discovery that has forever changed my concept about these artists. Because sometimes we think a

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