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    $\begingroup$ I think the explanation for your second bullet point is very strange and I would replace it with just that people might want the art of another culture. IMO the answer is made worse by your dislike for postmodernism which isn't really that relevant $\endgroup$
    – Bug Catcher Nakata
    Commented Feb 20, 2023 at 4:21
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    $\begingroup$ @BugCatcherNakata - I think it's an interesting point, made even better by a dislike of Postmodernism. $\endgroup$
    – TheDemonLord
    Commented Feb 20, 2023 at 4:35
  • $\begingroup$ @BugCatcherNakata To clarify my point: modernism and postmodernism aren't incapable of creating good art ("Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead", La Peste, and The Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy come to mind); it's just that a lot of it tends to be very chaotic and not very beautiful. In the words of a free jazz artist I know, "my goal is to show that music doesn't need to be pretty." In the end, it comes down to a worldview difference. $\endgroup$
    – In Hoc Signo
    Commented Feb 20, 2023 at 12:48
  • $\begingroup$ @BugCatcherNakata (cont.) On a fundamental level, a piece of art, sculpture, music, etc. is a representation of its creator's worldview. As a result, people with different worldviews tend to find different art beautiful. People who think that there is some sort of order to the universe (such as the predominantly Judeo-Christian or Christian-influenced artists prior to the 1900s) find beauty in the grand structure and patterns of the world, so you get Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and Murillo. $\endgroup$
    – In Hoc Signo
    Commented Feb 20, 2023 at 12:56
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    $\begingroup$ Beyond critiques of current art trends, A) an alien civilization will have radically different cultural ideas, so the art they produce will almost certainly be very different from anything already produced or seen in the purchasing culture, and B) "authentic art" that comes from a hard-to-source location will naturally command respect and be a good way to demonstrate one's wealth, access to resources, and worldliness, which will probably always be desirable attributes. $\endgroup$
    – Aos Sidhe
    Commented Feb 22, 2023 at 15:51