What makes V-J Day in Time Square, one of Alfred Eisenstaedt most famous photographs, art over the pictures that millions of people take everyday on their digital cameras?
On a global scale, art is whatever the majority of society believes to be art. Usually it's the artistic community's opinion that matters the most. On a more personal scale, art can be whatever someone wants it to be. You cannot put a definition on art because it is about personal expression and what people find to be "artistic". One person's art maybe another person's trash. Take for example the man in Nicaragua who starved a dog in the name of "art" (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-561815/The-artist-whos-leaving-dog-starve-art.html). Was it art? On a global scale most people would hopefully say no, but to the artist it was... which makes it art in the eyes of some individuals. Art cannot be defined. People are always pushing the limits of what is accepted as art, and its our job as individuals to decide if we agree with their definition of art.
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