In the words of Mel Brooks in the History of the World Part 1:<p><i>And here, in a cave, about 2 million years ago, the first artist was born. And, of course, with the birth of the artist, came the inevitable after birth... The critic.</i><p>Lest I get down voted for bringing humor to a comment on Hacker News, I will make the further point. Are your comments meant to be art criticism? Ok. They should be judged as art criticism. You say it&#x27;s &quot;another madonna&quot; as if all madonna&#x27;s are junk art. Many of the madonna&#x27;s are the most studied religious iconography and artistic masterpieces of all time. Almost all of the most renowned artists in history have completed a madonna. Who is to say it has been done to death in every medium? Are you attempting to say that no artist can come along and make a new masterpiece madonna? And frankly, you&#x27;ll have to argue much harder to make people believe that the madonna has been done to death in every medium, particularly MR images.<p>As for your argument that million-dollar paintbrushes should be left to non-novice artists to create something interesting. We create art with what we have on hand. This person happens to have a 3 tesla MRI machine. Why shouldn&#x27;t they use it? If another artist would like to come along and use it, they can work with the university that holds it to use it. What a horrible argument to say that because they are a novice they should not be allowed to use such a beautiful tool for their own artistic enjoyment.