> But its value to people who study art is absolutely affected by the shape it's in.
Who cares for its value "to people who study art"? It's also contigent on BS cultural norms. It's not even some objectively impressive artwork. Not to mention that Picasso mass produced tons of them after he got famous, for easy money...
Who cares? People who study art. People who care about people who study art.
And almost everything is contingent on "BS cultural norms". Most of the rest is contingent on random evolutionary history. If your point is that everything is ridiculous, I certainly agree. But I disagree that the things other people care about are more ridiculous than the things I care about. It's all bananas.
Who cares for its value "to people who study art"? It's also contigent on BS cultural norms. It's not even some objectively impressive artwork. Not to mention that Picasso mass produced tons of them after he got famous, for easy money...