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Ideas from 'The New Institutional Theory of Art' by George Dickie [1983], by Theme Structure

[found in 'Aesthetics and the Phil of Art (Analytic trad)' (ed/tr Lamarque,P/Olsen,SH) [Blackwell 2004,978-1-4051-0582-8]].

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21. Aesthetics / B. Nature of Art / 6. Art as Institution
20329 A work of art is an artifact created for the artworld
                        Full Idea: A work of art is an artifact of a kind created to be presented to an artworld public.
                        From: George Dickie (The New Institutional Theory of Art [1983], p.53)
                        A reaction: This is the culminating definition in his paper, deriving originally from Danto, and an improvement of his earlier more complex definition. Since this definition amounts to 'this is art if I say it is art', it doesn't seem to reveal much.