Arts by type - Topics

Why do some art forms get their own shelf in every bookshop? Is video game art its own category or is it filed under digital arts? When does an art form stop being classified as new media? Every art form seems to want an umbrella category of its own Why is it so hard to agree on where craft ends and art begins? Why decoration keeps getting demoted out of the fine arts How do you classify an artwork made by a group with no single named maker? Why does the boundary between arts and design shift with every generation of critics? The case against splitting the arts into performing and visual at all Who decides whether an artwork belongs under visual arts or applied arts? The same practice gets labeled performance here and theatre studies there Who benefits when an art form is reclassified as heritage rather than contemporary art? What does antique mean when an antique shop and a museum use it differently? Why do museums and libraries file the same artist under completely different headings? Tagging a stub as visual arts when nobody agrees on the label Should street art be catalogued as visual art or as urban folklore?