When something is considered art, it is regarded as worth seeing, good and important. Because they are works of art, objects are collected and exhibited in gigantic museums; people go to great lengths to view art and sometimes buy it at exorbitant prices. This enormous appreciation of art is accompanied by broad intellectual and political support: countless philosophical, sociological and educational studies argue that art is of the utmost importance for people to live successful lives and for society to be worth living in. This essay takes a radically sceptical stance: considering something to be a work of art is an aesthetically irrelevant opinion. Any object