Art is open for interpretation. Two different people might look at the same thing and disagree on what it depicts or what the effect or meaning is, or they might even disagree on whether the thing can be called art at all. A few things remain consistent, though: some pieces are universally recognized as art, like a Bernini sculpture or a Monet painting--and similarly, some things will always draw out some level of controversy over whether they should really be considered art or not, like Piss Christ (thanks to Carmen Sobczak for the image suggestion). I think creating art almost always (maybe always, but I’m open to objections) involves some action--performance, application of paint, graphite, another material, building and so on. Even removing--see the image of Michael Heizer’s Double Negative.
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