A year ago I went to a museum that, among other works, prominently displayed several monumental-sized canvases each by different artists and each either painted a single solid color, or consisted of paint randomly thrown on the canvas.<p>In a different section there was a large room filled with everyday objects wrapped in tin foil. In the room next door was an empty room, over which in the corner an &quot;artist&quot; had emptied an entire can of self-hardening foam and in an another corner an &quot;artist&quot; had welded together two large steel plates that looked to have come direct from the steel mill.<p>Bored with this, I went to see the &quot;special exhibit&quot; which was a Mark Rothko exhibit split into two sections: one where he painted giant rectangles using different colors, and one where he painted giant rectangles using the same color on top of it self (red on red, black on black, etc.)<p>How am I, as a viewer, supposed to know who&#x27;s better? The steel plates at least took some logistics and welding skill to transport and make. But...meh? If that entire museum sunk into the river it was next to with all the works of art in it, would humanity be any poorer for it?