Is The Bar For Real Art Being Lowered?

If anyone is immersed in the art world, then you've probably seen the painting that went for $43.8 million. Here's a link to show you what I'm talking about. Barnett Newman Painting. This and five other paintings very similar have shocked the world with how expensive they are. If anything, they're worth more on Ifunny than anything else. I've seen hundreds of comments on pictures of lined paper with two sections of blue and one straight white line in the center, and most of these comments are jokes like "Oh, how this artist captured such sudden sadness in such a subtle way!" or "Only $43.8 million?! What an outrage, this man deserves at least $50 million." I personally find more art in the comments than the actual painting.

One of my other blogs will be about the debate on whether or not abstract art should be considered art. I think it should be, but this man claims this IS abstract, and if this is than what isn't? Can a picture like this be considered abstract?

Or what about this?

There isn't a doubt that it's cute, but it's a child's work, it deserves to be appreciated, a grown man doing pretty much the same thing, but with MUCH less creativity, does not. I my whole point is that it's hard enough trying to get people to be accepting about abstract art, but when people go around making things like this mans painting, it just sets the non-artistic view into people's minds allowing them to shun all abstract art.

Please comment and respond anyway you see fit.

until I write again
Au revoir,
~Rayne