Dear Derek

This is an interesting thread, thank you for initiating it. I would like you to elaborate further on your ideas.

What is at issue in rejecting the idea of a test of time for art works because the concept of *art* is not constant over time? You started the thread by saying that art has "a capacity to transcend time – to remain vital and alive despite the passage of long periods of time". In other words, they stand the test of time.

Or do they?

Filippo