i did art fraud to prove a point

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What makes art great? In this video, Sabrina explores the world of art fraud, forgery, and memes to figure out if there's something special about masterpieces. In the process, she questions the nature of truth... because of course she did.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 this idea sounded better in my head
00:15 sabrina drew a catboy. pls ignore.
01:26 research montage to avoid crimes
02:12 paying the bills
03:41 xoxo gopiss girl haunts my dreams
04:11 how to do art fraud
08:19 sabrina does something taha hates (reprise)
12:04 taha was defeated by melissa "the boomer" fernandes
12:31 what makes art great?
14:13 what makes art real?
17:00 oops accidentally did a Social Commentary (TM)
18:18 share with a friend who loves art (or memes)
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Welcome to the joke under the fold! Here's a classic masterpiece of masters:
Why did the art the art thief get caught during his attempted getaway? Because he had no Monet to buy Degas to make the Van Gogh away.
Leave a comment with the word GOGH to let me know you were here ;-)

[@answerinprogress]

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[@marceltelang7825]

I HAD THE SAME EXACT ANSWERS AS MELISSA WHAT

[@LeafInTea]

Cezanne, because I like the new computer gadgets

[@Qo0_0]

swag 😎

[@igrowart7002]

Love your old sketches

[@9cool10]

I googled it, that was a good reference. well played

[@jonolasco]

The funniest part is Hank Green being referred to as Tik Tok star

[@qilorar]

I appreciated that joke :D

[@rowen9]

Especially put together with the Hank and John DFTBA sketchbook cover

[@GretaZewe]

+

[@dssjr85]

Lol I was thinking same thing. Like he never was host and producer of scishow.

[@donuthog]

@@dssjr85 or creator of vidcon

[@victor-oh]

Sabrina: "Is what I'm doing illegal" Expert: "From my point of view no" Sabrina: "Great!" (Hangs up)

[@jenniferchaulam]

/ expert: no, i sabrina: *yea thanks byeeeee

[@faus585]

LMAOOOOO IKRR THE ABRUPT CUT-

[@breadfan_85]

Lol phone conversations in movies be like:

[@jeng6786]

Lol that was art

[@KodiD420]

LMAO

[@txma.]

Taha might want to retract the “I am Kanye” statement 💀

[@iliketopunchthings9353]

That did not age well…..

[@chelsea6329]

He's fun Kanye...Ye from when he was eccentric and annoying, but kinda lovable... He can be our replacement Kanye to take over from the now broken Ye no one wants to be!

[@Muhluri]

That's Kanye West at his Kanye Best

[@chl_ca]

@@chelsea6329 basically we have Kanye (Ye) and the cooler Kanye (Taha)

[@goodguyamr6996]

I have not stopped laughing at that "go piss girl" meme for 20 minutes, and I am grateful that you have bestowed this meme unto me, Sabrina.

[@liliwheeler2204]

"Go piss girl" is probably said about 4 times a day in my house on average and it makes me cackle every time

[@Another_AR]

😂

[@atomatopia1]

The sheer self-betrayal of Taha finding out three posts were his own…

[@trevordeshane9257]

He’s Kanye though..

[@KhanStopMe]

I AM STILL REELING

[@wlochu93]

@@trevordeshane9257 is

[@jewelswhite5366]

I can't believe I failed the Tumblr round, 10 years of academy training wasted. Curse you spiders Georg.

[@Tim3.14]

I knew because tiktok star Hank Green mentioned it in a video.

[@alext_t3166]

I only knew the tumbler one, because she said she was scouring Pinterest, and like really only the most insane ones are posted there, the other ones seemed too tame or too fake to have been the actual posts 😂

[@vickys8246]

I knew because anus georg has been scorched into my memory for many years unfortunately

[@nicestpancake]

I knew because I was overly familiar with the other three and knew their original content was not Georg

[@watertastesgood5578]

the- the tumblr one was the only thing I got correct--

[@kirstenbassett3826]

I’m not sure how this went from “what makes great art” to “can you tell if this is a real Wikipedia page” 🤣 feels like a giant gap to bridge there. It did answer whether we can pick up on fakes on the internet and unsurprisingly we definitely cannot haha

[@Df-sl4he]

Sure, the answer to that question wasn’t answered outright but the greater context of the video answers the question of “what makes art great?”. That answer being the authenticity attributed to the art and the story that it is telling. Hope that helps :)

[@mackenziedesire7515]

I'm borderline embarrassed to say that at 27, although I have heard people say "go piss girl" a bunch, I have literally never seen the actual meme and have just been confused about it the whole time. And this video is a year and a half old. I don't understand how that's possible, but I am glad to finally understand wtf "go piss girl" comes from, so thank you.

[@joyuna]

TAHA NOT RECOGNIZING HIS OWN TWEETS ADFJDIZDDDSK

[@KhanStopMe]

STOPPP

[@dj1NM3]

Why are you so sure that you would you be able to recognise your own Facebook posts or comments, Tweets or KZbin comments or replies from weeks, months or even years later? Without your name, username or handle attached to them, of course. I think you might be slightly overestimating everyone's recollection abilities.

[@chatboulon743]

@@dj1NM3 When they're THAT random, you remember... Taha even admitted "I think I've posted that" to the white friday post.

[@nutelllla_]

@@dj1NM3 taha remembered the oldest of the tweets so there's no reason time would be the cause of him forgetting them

[@dj1NM3]

@@nutelllla_ If you bothered listening to what Taha said, he was asking if it was his and he obviously didn't know for sure. That is exactly the whole point.

[@Robin-234]

I am always in awe of how people's sketchbooks are so neat and filled with finished works. Mine are filled with rough sketches, concepts and even text describing said concepts sometimes. I could never show it to anyone lol

[@elk3407]

Honestly, you're learning more by having a messy sketchbook then worrying about making it presentable. I had to stop caring about making it look nice, because it held me back from improving.

[@Man-ej6uv]

And you shouldn't. That's what a sketch book is for

[@Robin-234]

@@elk3407 I've had the same experience actually. I tried to make neat art and colour it perfectly, but it really didn't make me happy nor did I learn anything from it. However, sometimes it's just nice to look at some neat sketchbooks. Even if I'll never have one hahah

[@sennnia]

Honestly, your sketchbook is I think of when I think artist sketchbook. You learn more from concepts and sketches. From drawing a concept over and over to figure it out.

[@harshithmardithaya7963]

same

[@blankets5782]

This is becoming more relevant now that Ai art is becoming a "trend." I feel bad to the art majors, small artists, and professional artists trying to make a living out of their careers...

[@S_n_q__]

it's so sad because we're seeing it happen in real time and it doesn't feel like people are listening to artists, like if you go on Twitter, you'll see AI 'art' images and artists showing their original art that the AI was fed to create said image. The debate of what constitutes as art has been a long-lived one but l feel like this is where the line us being drawn.

[@dariafirestar1393]

I will say, as a young teen who's dreamt of being a proffesional artist for nearly her whole life, shit's terrifying man. It's scary to bank your whole dream on this one skill you have only for someone to make an AI that can steal and replicate drawings, and with the majority of people not listening and even supporting it. It's enough to make people (including myself) contemplate just giving up on a lifelong dream entirely

[@akira7739]

i believe human art is better as there's a message behind it and knowing someone with a soul created it rather than ai

[@vinaris6885]

Perhaps the 'importance of human creation, conversation, articles, thought, so on. . . In the sense of creating 'for other people, decreases, Though there 'would still be value in an individual creating, for their 'own development of self, As I think there is something gained by 'doing, compared to reading. Not that reading isn't useful, But the effect is different than doing, Not 'worse maybe, just different.

[@ccsartcrypt]

I'm studying for an art degree. 😢 But hey at least it's a degree and I can create comics and illustrate my own stories, and know how to sell them since my uni teaches you how to produce and sell your art. I just don't think I will get a full-time job creating illustrations or concept art for people if they start just using Ai for everything.

[@aspillust]

i think the fact that i only got the tumblr one right speaks volumes about my character. and i don't know if i like those volumes.

[@mrudulasrivatsa]

Came down here to say the same

[@blakelay]

I was today years old when I learned that Michael Angelo didn't paint the Sistine chapel alone. I mean logically it makes a lot of sense that he would have had assistants but I had never even conceived of it.

[@theyellowmeteor]

I guess it speaks of his greatness. That the idea that he singlehandedly painted all that is just something we accept by default.

[@antniomanso]

i mean, it’s kinda the same as mangakas, there’s only one name stated in the credits but they have assistants to do part of the art (filling color, drawing the text effects etc)

[@theyellowmeteor]

@@antniomanso Coloring mangas must be the cushiest job on the planet.

[@RAFMnBgaming]

He was actually standing on top of two other artists in one big trenchcoat, that's how he reached the ceiling.

[@rosesinthegard3n]

Another great fact is that the picture of jesus on the Sistine chapel is the likeness of his boyfriend. Honestly i would totally do the same thing lmao

[@dallasrover5515]

"I don't think I understand the assignment." Girl I feel that so hard...

[@jackmatheus]

I came from the future to warn about Kanye.

[@skyeguy7914]

2 minutes in, and the basic summary of this video is “we are gonna look at fake art and dank memes for science.” Love it.

[@hiei82]

I appreciate that Sabrina states she’s going to do crime and then appears in all orange. Well done

[@maritza8825]

Orange is the new Sabrina..

[@mr_fluffbunny]

Not a criminal... yet

[@EpiphanyDraws]

as an art major i can tell you that the discussion around the definition of art (and whether its something inherent in a piece or not) has been going on for centuries. also, you overlooked the possibility that even though you made these as fakes intended to dupe your friends, they are still works of art in their own right.

[@rougnashi]

I have to agree. But I also know I'm bias in this regard, since I've always been of the mind that a piece doesn't have to be made by a famous name for it to be elevated to the status of "art".

[@TheEvanAndrews]

I also find it interesting that she chose relatively "layman" art like memes, tweets, and Wikipedia posts which more people are familiar with but also have the ability to create their own, exactly like what Sabrina did. She just as easily could have chosen to do more "high culture" art forgery like a Rauschenberg or Rothko (I mean obviously her Van Gogh couldn't pass for a forgery). Then that could be a counterpoint to her point around 13:00 about "what makes art great" and how what people say about an art piece affects how we perceive it. But if we aren't told anything, then how much of a role do "aesthetics" play in picking out a forgery?

[@seraphina985]

@@TheEvanAndrews Frankly that aspect of what we are told about the piece affecting the perception of it is probably a subcase of the more general perceptual priming effect. I mean we already know that doing things as simple as tweaking the colours on the label of food or drink packaging can shift the subjective perception of the taste. So it is clear that even information that isn't in any way causally connected to the sensory information we are constructing our perceptive model of the input from still affects how we model it internally. Put simply it is clear that all perception is combining both the live sensory data and a bunch of pre-existing beliefs pulled from memory. I guess that a lot of that is probably part of the brains cognitive shorthand to reduce just how much processing it has to do in real time. In computing terms a kind of space vs time tradeoff basically doing a kind of surface level analysis then doing a fuzzy match to memory to blend in the details from past experience for things that seems similar or related enough. From an evolutionary perspective if something is familiar, nonthreatening, and not consciously being focused on (ie stuff relevant to a current conscious goal) figuring yup know what that is, slapping a good enough label on it and moving on was probably helpful. We probably take in more information than the brain can realistically process in full in real time, better to focus on stuff that resembles known threats or is novel and thus needs to be evaluated more carefully. Prioritising in that way probably improves the odds of remaining not dead which evolution is biased towards promoting.

[@thenoises1604]

I beg to differ. Memes are not art.

[@WoodenWizard]

@@thenoises1604 while you may be right for now, the historical trend when anyone declares that something is not art, this something becomes art sooner or later. Some may argue that Duchamp's L.H.O.O.Q., where he drew a mustache on the Mona Lisa that was printed on a post card, is an artwork that uses the same recycled content logic of contemporary low-brow meme culture. A more recent example from a few years ago is Richard Prince who made art from other people's Instagram posts.

[@akiezzz]

12:29 that didnt age well

[@barrett8041]

"In conclusion, I am Kanye." Didn't age well LOL

[@nectarina3891]

Today We Colonize w/ phineas and ferb is a dank meme if ever I saw one.

[@thenastypineapple3260]

I really thought I saw it somewhere

[@theramendutchman]

​@@thenastypineapple3260 Right? I've spent too much time on the English Internet, I have definitely seen something like that several times before.

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

"I know what we're gonna do today!"

[@xllWarlockllx]

Jimmy Neutron with the "Bottom text" text is a piece of art at its own.

[@Kavukamari]

i thought for sure that it was real

[@ashtonrooks7899]

Creator : Is what I'm doing illegal? Not a lawyer: Eh probably not Creator: Good enough for me!

[@cjslime8847]

I have a feeling considering What they are they are sort of judges

[@lucyla9947]

It's not Illegal as she isn't claiming that her fake art is the real thing, she is openly admitting to it being fake.

[@ashtonrooks7899]

@@lucyla9947 trust this - when statutes are involved there is often a tenuous relationship between logic, goals, and outcomes

[@lucyla9947]

@@ashtonrooks7899 yet how would it be fraud if she wasn't claiming it was real? As long as she isn't claiming it's real and admits to it being fake, it's just a knockoff not a fraudulent piece

[@ashtonrooks7899]

@@lucyla9947 having not read the entirety of the federal criminal code and being aware that the department of justice gave up attempting to figure out how many separately identifiable crimes there are, i would avoid relying on logic alone to guide ones ideas about what is or is not a crime

[@ytbvdshrtnr]

"I hope you liked that video. If you did, please consider sharing it with a friend. If you didn't, consider sharing it with an enemy." That was pretty good 18:19

[@waneasle2066]

I love how this video is discretely educational while also being interesting!

[@glitch3141]

Wait, so if the issue with art fraud is how it impacts the original author, is it also possible for frauds to increase the value of the original author’s work (by enhancing the story, or drawing more attention)?

[@thedestroyasystem]

Theoretically, if the fraud is known to be a fraud. Usually, though that info isn’t freely given

[@shytendeakatamanoir9740]

That seems familiar somehow, but I don't know if it was in real life or in a fictional work...

[@bexpainter4401]

There's a very cool, tiny museum in Boston that had an art theft a decade or so ago and the pieces were never recovered and the places they used to be are left empty. Not fraud, but a huge story that adds to the reputation of the museum and I think books have been written about that case. And I think the Mona Lisa almost being stolen is a large part of how it became so famous and revered. I think a fraud could work similarly to those cases, whether found out or successful.

[@RandonPersom542]

I mean the theft of the Moana Lisa is what made it so popular. It was one of his least valued paintings, which left it less guarded, thus it was stolen. It became famous because of that theft and recovery.

[@simowilliams6990]

I think art fraud generally and primarily hurts buyers. The only way I can imagine art fraud hurting a living artist is if sales of fraudulent works reduce the demand for their real works, but that's not really how art markets work anyway; or if low-quality works were deliberately (& thus fraudulently) misattributed to a high-quality artist, perhaps out of spite or as the underhanded tactic of a rival artist. This seems like a fairly rare occurrence. Perhaps there are other scenarios, but none come to mind.

[@ShortHax]

Damn, Sabrina is a true sigma female. She’s openly admitting she did art fraud to prove a point

[@yewchoob6575]

Sigma balls

[@personeater747]

@@yewchoob6575 sugmapilled

[@amadiohfixed1300]

Play sigma background music

[@zyonthelickman]

this dude really just said “sigma female”

[@shifusdad]

@@XxLinkinrapxX glizzyhands?

[@lillyshapiro9899]

You are an amazing editor-director, and I feel this is your art and it's beautifully done. I can't wait to see what you create next! I believe that is what makes an artist is when they make something people look forward too! I appreciate you making this a great place to discuss how art has been taken to a new level. I cannot tell you how.much I appreciate your research, thank you so much!💕

[@octochan]

13:18 Unfortunately, this is why NFTs are a thing now. Get enough people to agree that a thing is rare, unique, and in demand, no matter how absurd -> sell to someone who buys into that belief -> profit

[@RyanPrescott]

"Do we need to be told that great art is great, or is it something innate?" Nate: ".... I'm good with being told"

[@lonestarr1490]

My personal answer to that: It depends. Old masters: it's innate. Modern art: you better tell me.

[@KarolYuuki]

Okay I got the wikipedia one, and most importantly, THE TUMBLR ONE. I never seen this post, but anus georg had the strongest tumblr energy i've seen in years.

[@EcceJack]

Same, and same. And I'm not even *on* tumblr xD (just seeing stuff from it shared everywhere *ALLLLL THE TIME* )

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

Also, the Wikipedia one had the strongest Wikipedia energy.

[@noizepusher7594]

I could just imagine PM Seymour reading it and that’s when I knew it was real

[@Xplreli]

I could tell it was real just by the absurd way the replies are set up. But those weird lines and the descending order that kind of looks like a pyramid is absolutely iconic to Tumblr.

[@ledocteur7701]

@@noizepusher7594 yeah ! ace gang !

[@kycelium]

First time finding your channel and I absolutely love where your thought process went at the end!

[@ballsthatsmell]

Yall are so underrated fr like u spend so much energy and so much work on yalls channel

[@vanessameow1902]

"I just woke up for a nap." is going to be my life's motto starting now.

[@skaruts]

Speaking of wine, I once saw something involving """""professional"""" wine testers (or tasters... whatever), where they gave them 6 wines, 3 of them white, and the other 3 were the exact same ones, but colored red. And with that, all the testers were really convinced the red ones were actually red wines, and tasted and smelled like red wine.

[@davidkoenawan6679]

Yeah that's not profesional wine taster

[@rikrob5172]

Wine tasting is phony.

[@syra1541]

placebo effect

[@OmegaF77]

Wait a minute, how was that possible? If you pour the wine you'll immediately know its color.

[@DoktorBeta]

@@OmegaF77 pour the wine into a glass. put coloring in the wine in the glass. give it to the wine tasters.

[@jamjarjamie8489]

Amazing ad integration, first time I’ve actually watched an sponsor in a long time (and I actually enjoyed it)

[@stephaniehight2771]

I think that the statement, "I don't know what great art is, but I know what I like." is the truest definition of art. So much historic art is simply what survived. So much current great art is marketing. If I see something someone created as art, and it sparks joy in me, that is art.

[@FreshSalad645]

I think it's important to note that there is a difference between the Historical value of Art and the monetary value of Art. The Art market and Art History aren't the same thing at all. The monetary value of a specific Art piece is defined by the Art Market (trend, demand, rarity,...) where the Historical value of an Art piece is based on its context within the evolution of different art trends, techniques, themes, etc. As an Art Historian, I don't really pay attention to how much pieces costs (also, I didn't specialise in contemporary Art so I have little interest in the Art market). As someone who likes Art... Art is what you like. If it evokes feelings, if you think it looks great, etc. It can be Art to you. Masters in museums are great, but if you'd rather buy your neighbor's lovely flowers painted on wood that she sells at the farmers market to hang in your house. Don't buy a reproduction of the Mona Lisa just because it's in the Louvres and EVERYONE want to see it.

[@ardidsonriente2223]

This. Thousands of times this.

[@pascalausensi9592]

Why not buy the reproduction of the Mona Lisa? If we take as a given that taste is subjective and arbitrary then it's as inherently valuable as your neighbour's "horrid" flowers painted on wood. Even if you only like the reproduction because the Mona Lisa is popular. After all, that's as valid a reason for liking something as any other one.

[@FreshSalad645]

@@pascalausensi9592 I meant that you should buy whatever you want. I wasn't putting a value on either. Just enjoy what you enjoy.

[@ralphralpherson9441]

Well said. I think the same can apply to music or even theatre. Art is highly subjective yet we do have this bizarre social construct which tends to only place monetary value on certain "flavors" of art deemed acceptable for the current cultural trends. In summary, heavy metal is the only acceptable music. Thank you.

[@LoriPeace]

This!

[@fluffycritter]

I would have never thought about whether Michaelangelo painted the Sistine Chapel alone until you’d mentioned it, and I suspect a lot of people are the same way. Similarly, in the modern era, most people believe that Dale Chihuly is the sole artist behind his works when really he paints up a rough sketch and then has dozens of skilled (and uncredited) glass artists actually make it.

[@PtylerBeats]

It’s almost like how musicians gets all of the credit publicly for making an album when there are typically dozens of producers, songwriters, engineers, instrumentalists, etc… for some reason we always attribute it to one person

[@maixck]

Yeah, You mostly only credit the top dog. But i don't see something wrong about it. Like an architect obviously needs an army of construction workers. But he's still a great architect.

[@annetreu8059]

Same with like Thomas Kincade. He has built an empire out of uncredited apprentices.

[@saulnine7786]

Famously Michelangelo DID paint the Sistine Chapel alone, because fresco is a very niche technique and he couldn't find any suitable assistants who were both skilled enough painters and familiar with the technique.

[@herecomesviked724]

I really admire the lengths of research you do 😍

[@thetruthinwonderland]

Your content is hilarious, informative, and fun!!!! I’m sharing this with my students.

[@darthplagueis13]

Well... To be fair: Memes are actually easier to fake/forge than other forms of art for two simple reasons: 1: They usually follow a certain format ("Bottom Text") 2: More often than not they are created from pre-made assets (1x Picture, 1x horrible deep fried filter, 1x bottom text). So whilst there is no direct scientific difference between art that is simply good and art by depressed dutch people that somehow ends up selling for millions, you can still very much tell a Van Gogh apart from a lot of other pictures than might depict the very same thing, simply because Van Gogh has a unique style.

[@Naetrox]

Faked memes are just essentially also memes

[@zzodysseuszz]

And his unique style is goddamn bad

[@chuckbizzert9098]

The whole art industry is just disguised money laundering. There is no discernable difference between "bad" and "good" art.

[@crystalfumes4915]

@@chuckbizzert9098 you're only talking about the painting auction market, the art industry is much larger than that and has literally nothing to do with money laundering

[@maddiedoesntkno]

No? No he doesn’t? He has a style that’s easily learned and imitated. In fact many teachers encourage students to attempt it and others’ on your way to finding your own. It’s harder if you see colours perfectly, because he was likely colourblind, but it’s absolute doable.

[@theActionMovieKid]

Love love love your work. Always such a worthwhile journey.

[@Shaymin0]

Love your cgi work dude. Interesting to see you here as well.

[@catanimated6004]

3rd

[@bikerscoutproductions1040]

This was the best ad segment I’ve ever seen because I completely didn’t hear anything you said

[@levimyles7025]

I feel like one of the most under appreciated parts of these videos is the section titles, seriously I pause the video to check them half the time

[@tundrasome9409]

How were your sketchbooks so organized as a literal child?? I'm almost 30 and my sketchbooks still look like the scribblings of a madperson

[@KieraQ0323]

different personalities

[@overlisted]

perhaps you are one

[@MrLowbob]

right? sketchbooks shouldn't be organized, they are SKETCHbooks after all :D

[@worstusernameintheworld9871]

isn't that the point of a sketchbook? if it's too neat, it becomes more like an art journal rather than a sketchbook

[@aquaabouttogetfunky]

@@worstusernameintheworld9871 that’s an interesting way to look at it.

[@mizuxoo]

You really got me with the “things to release at a wedding ceremony” one, i was like “yeah this is real, I’ve seen this post” and didn’t notice “prisoners” were swapped out with with “georg”

[@FeatherMarauder]

Thanks, I was wondering what it was supposed to be!

[@michellekaronji6333]

Just discovered your work 2 videos ago, and I must say..... I LOVE YOUR WORK!!! Totally subscribed!

[@Cakeontheroof]

Just found this channel today, and I am STOKED to have it on in the background while I work

[@mermaidismyname]

"when was the last time you thought about the Mona Lisa" well technically last night because I was rewatching an episode of miraculous ladybug where a fake cat noir steals the Mona Lisa. And I was rewatching this episode to do research for a soulmate au fanfic so I feel like there's some sort of irony about the meaning of art somewhere in there

[@musicbyella3769]

I feel very called put by this as someone who spent a good half hour researching funeral homes and cemeteries in Paris for my ML fic last night

[@mermaidismyname]

@@musicbyella3769 one time I was legit looking at google maps trying to figure out where Marinette's house was, and basically I think she lives near Victor Hugo's house also any fic that requires research about funeral homes and cemeteries must be filled with angst and I'm kinda here for it

[@DhrithionVocals]

This morning a girl in my class told us she doesn't know what the Mona Lisa is and she just thought the art was pretty...

[@maixck]

What is you guys obsession with Ladybug?

[@mermaidismyname]

@@maixck genuinely, what do you care? If you don't like something, that's fine. You don't have to get upset at people for liking things you don't like, not everyone has the same tastes. You don't have to participate in the discussion if you don't like it, it's as simple as that

[@noahk6476]

In a thousand years historians won’t be able to understand the memes we’ve created.

[@bartz0rt928]

Which makes you think. There must be lots of memes and in-jokes in historical texts that are just completely wooshing over our heads.

[@anthonypelster1312]

In 10 years we won't be able to understand the memes we make now

[@sheepsfeather3159]

Fck the historians. The memes are alive now, *we* are alive now. It is beautiful, and that is enough. For though _I shall only encounter the future in dreams, at least I have memes_

[@lmpeters]

Reminds me of how historians still can't figure out why there are so many Medieval illustrations that depict knights fighting giant snails.

[@storystimmler]

I don't understand them now

[@wikek2436]

I love how she just set up a meeting to ask if she's doing something illegal and was like k thx bye

[@beckorion5657]

That was hands down the best ad read I’ve ever watched. Very engaging!

[@frankthetank2550]

"TikTok star Hank Green" is a sentence I never expected to hear and one that is surprisingly unwelcome

[@zyaicob]

Taha's deep dive into Hume's concept of true judges to attempt to justify his response need not be so relatable

[@Kartoffelsack]

Just found this channel and I love Sabrina. Taha and Melissa, too.

[@ButterKing-28]

1:43 I freaked out because rn I am waiting in a zoom call "Please wait for the host to start this meeting." for a final lol

[@lucasaustin9872]

"My sense of humor was long since consumed by nihilism, and now only ironic things taken to the point of unironic effort bring me any joy" -Heck of a line.

[@violetharvey1673]

With the meme forgery, I could HEAR Sabrina's voice when I read "ya like Heinz Beans?" So that ruled that one out pretty quickly.

[@Heartwing37]

I’m a new subscriber and I really think this is my new favorite channel on KZbin! I can’t stop binge watching😂

[@ginatails]

5:01 The fake Kanye tweet aged like milk lmao

[@windrapier]

As someone who is still on Tumblr, the Georg one was easy, D had the Tumblr humor while the others didn't quite hit it properly

[@Geck0GC]

I don't use tumblr and I thought D was trying to hard to be tumblr humour.

[@elizabethgrey6040]

Yeah the humour was spot on tumblr

[@BeeBwakka]

Actually the one about cows and coyotes was a real post that she edited the replies too so I felt like she kinda cheated with that one

[@acatindisguise]

as a nine year long tumblr user, i got that one correct because i've actually seen that very post in its natural habitat XD

[@quagga531]

as a tumblr user, i knew it was D because it was the only one that made me laugh out loud when reading it

[@ann29light]

i remember reading malcolm gladwell's 'blink' and he mentioned that some art experts can recognise (traditional) fake art from real art in an instant, like in a blink of an eye, based on instincts alone, due to how familiar and knowledgeable they are with art.

[@prof.reuniclus21]

I love how you are so real about your sponsors. You put that blue progress bar and the chapter title is paying the bills lol

[@katiwilliams3478]

That ending was beautiful ❤️ thank you

[@GSully32]

3:25 can we talk about how that is actually not a bad painting. It’s not anything crazy, but you can differentiate everything properly, it’s interesting, and colorful.

[@izzy1221]

I think everyone that has seen modern abstract minimalist art worth thousands of dollars knows that the value of art is subjective.

[@myhandlewastakenandIgaveup]

Either subjective or money laundering…

[@teresaellis7062]

I love how you can be goofy and insightful at the same time. Bring it on!😂

[@ChandravijayAgrawal]

I feel like quality of my day and thought is improved after seeing your 3 videos

[@forrcaho]

I felt this video jumped from "authentic" as an ineffable quality that makes art good (it seems "real" in that it genuinely speaks to us) to "authentic" as in anything that wasn't altered or passed off as something it isn't. Kanye's tweet may be "authentic" in that it's really from Kanye, but Taha's relabeled tweets are just as authentic in the sense of what makes something "art".

[@toketsupuurin]

Upon thinking about this video more I have to agree. This wasn't a test of "artness" this was a test to see if people could evaluate forgeries. Which is a valuable thing, but it doesn't really approach the subject she said she wanted to study.

[@maixck]

@@toketsupuurin Agree. It really bothers me.

[@CybershamanX]

@@toketsupuurin Agree. But it doesn't bother me. 😉 . . . . . . . . . . . 😉

[@kjs8719]

I've thought a bit about this. Does painting a perfect copy of the Mona Lisa mean you put in all the work to learn how to do it, and therefore you should be able to sell it for a huge sum of money? Like, if you can't tell that it's a fake, then is it a fake?

[@Predated2]

Oh definitely. Creating an exact or near exact copy isnt actually the problem. It's trying to sell that copy as if it were the original that is the problem. You could create perfect copies of the mona lisa and sell them for 100k$-10 mil while advertising they are copies, depending on how many you created and how perfect they are ofcourse. The current worth of Mona Lisa is nearly 1 billion$, so a perfect copy should be worth a lot. Art fraud isnt fraud untill you try to pass the work as someone else's.

[@tabora_]

@@Predated2 lol that's why I was so confused during this whole video. It's not fraud if you recreate the same thing. It's only fraud if you say it's by the original creator. I dont really understand this video, is she TRYING to sell them as the originals or something???

[@jonathans1759]

'ship of theseus' is a philosophical discussion dealing with originality and reproductions/copies.

[@magnuskallas]

@@Predated2 I also think while the video started off cool, but using some random digital meme photos as an example of "fraud" is misleading. Some of it sounds more like a copyright issue (digital copy of a digital copy) to me, and in most cases no-one is going to call it "fraudulent".

[@jaidenoliver7165]

Generally the people who would do that type of forgery are great artists already, or study a long time to be able to copy a very specific persons style. Yes it's incredibly hard to make any kind of living from art but I feel like they could put that talent into original pieces. Or even make fakes pieces but with some differences, and not exactly try to copy the original, then sell them as pieces to display at home or something.

[@clara6016]

Found you last week. Currently binging everything!

[@chiltout]

This was an awesome video. You are so genuine with your thoughts in the videos. I love it. Thanks :)

[@properantagonist]

Actually, famous artists having a workshop of people doing the less important parts of the artworks was a very common thing. These were often for example pupils that the artist taught. The great master would design the composition and paint or sculpt the most important parts (like for example people or people's faces) and things like foliage would only be supervised by them, but done by the workshop.

[@NaughtsAndCrosses]

Little did we know that she was actually the original artist of all paintings and sculptures went back in time to multiple dates and all the artist did art fraud of her work. Well done 👍

[@theodoreoliva4850]

Kanye aged like fine milk

[@icantbelieveit]

You could make a followup and ask these questions again through the lens of ai image generation

[@floramew]

"Bottom text" was the only one I got right, too 😂 it just seemed to be too meta to be very likely as a fake. Those other memes are great though lmao

[@algorithmdisciple9456]

For me it was the distortion, bottom text was the only one that had that authentic feeling quality loss from being shared to much

[@Vanilla.coke1234]

"Great Art" isn't just art that is better at being art than other art, its art with a significant story/history (including influence on its respective medium and beyond). art can be great without being "Great Art". And "Great Art" can be pretty mediocre when viewed in a vacuum. People need to just stop with the elitism in the art world and like what they like. The stuff they like (or affects them in some way) being the stuff they engage with gives that stuff an inherent value to them much greater than "Great Art" may have edit: I just added in a part in parenthesis to make part of it clearer

[@Predated2]

I mean, actual great art will change the way people create art. A modern example is Joel Haver. He used existing techniques in a new way and combination, and thus creating great art. Great art is groundbreaking. Just like great science is groundbreaking. That doesnt mean forged science is bad science. The elitism in art is like "oh, lets launder money by making chanting this painting is worth 15 million dollars, even though we paid only 1 million for it, then donating it to a museum for a tax write-off. Btw, anyone doing something similar is 100% evil as they arent posh enough."

[@TheBaldr]

Actually, people won't agree on the simplest definitions, which makes everything ever so more difficult. You look at the textbook 7 traditional types of art, and meme doesn't even fit into any of those categories (maybe photography?). To me it is easy there are three types of art: High Art (Intellectually based art), Pop Art (Art meant to be consumed or sorta the mix of High art and craft art), and Craft Art (Art meant to be used, mass produced, not really thought about after designed) Let take Film as a great example and put it into the categories: High Art are more like your Indie movies and art house. Pop art is your marvel movies, mainstream cinema. Craft art is like a workplace training video. They all involve a camera and possibly actors and a story. High Art is element driven, pop art is emotionally driven, and craft art is functionally driven. What is considered great and what makes money is independent of the type. Look at shoes, shoes are art. Your High Art shoes will probably be the antiques, those that will be studied. Pop art are your Nike Michael Jordans, and Craft Art are pretty much anything else. While definitely you'll pay a lot more for the pop art for an individual pair, over all the pair that going to make the most money for the artist/company will definitely just be one that is mass produced(Craft Art). Now on to the question at hand: What makes art great? Well to the answer depends on the type. What makes High Art great? Since High Art is element driven, we have to look at the elements : Composition, Color, Shape, Pattern, Line, Texture, Visual weight, Balance, Scale, Proximity, Movement etc. What makes Pop Art great? Since it is emotionally driven: Does it the story connect with the audience? Does it reflect the current culture? What makes Craft Art great? Functionally driven: Does it serve a purpose? Does it sell well? Does it have many uses? People don't have to agree with my assessment, but I think people who try to lump all art into one category are just doomed to be arguing in circles.

[@mattwroe4776]

Modern art is shit it has no history and the fools that pretend to like it, can be tricked into liking children's scribbles it's been proven over and over

[@ithinkpaulmightbehavinastr8878]

Yup elitism is bullshit. The example Sabrina poses (about a newly discovered Beethoven work) shouldn't bother us at all. I mean Beethoven is great, but at the end of the day he was composing Pop for his era. We think of him as "elite" because of biased music education. This is a good video, but I think the discussion should've been about how "great art" is a forged concept

[@hellothere7888]

@@TheBaldr this was such a good breakdown, thank you for sharing!

[@aiskhylosakiyama9919]

i dont know if its just the odd hour but ur humor hits the spot just right

[@thechessfish]

I'm glad I watched to the end!

[@samuelisaac2984]

It'd be so cool if she did a video about how she does all this research. Like, where do you even start?

[@ju1design56]

Ikr, I can’t imagine how they can come up with all of these briliant video ideas and concepts, and the execution are always on point too! What an underrated channel.

[@avanthikasunkara3898]

poop

[@cheesecakelasagna]

Reminds me of Nardwuar's TEDTalk.

[@Xxluvable94xX]

There’s a saying “You’re not paying for the art you’re paying for the signature at the bottom.” Like Andy Warhol, he painted a can of soup for christ sake. And of cause people want to believe they have a real masterpiece. Would you rather have a $80 dollar painting or an $8000 dollar painting.

[@tink6225]

@Bubo Bubobubo I think about this every time I think of picasso. looks like children's drawings now but very new concept back then

[@antoniomaneira8373]

Beautiful take and thread throughout. Thank you for this

[@epicbots8479]

Everyone I have to admit something, I watch this channel mainly for my backround for practicing my aim in computer games cause I like informational videos especially like this

[@imo6927]

You aren't alone

[@melboom2994]

only Taha can get to an answer by thinking of philosophical theories on questions about tumblr

[@vigilantcosmicpenguin8721]

*Kanye

[@woodywas4549]

I knew that the "7 bilion people, 14 bilion buttholes" post was the real one How? It was the only one that made me laugh out loud (a thing achieved almost exclusively by real tumblr posts)

[@afish1659]

I’m ashamed… I knew it was real because I’ve seen it before

[@sorenkair]

I never got into tumblr but it sounded like something from reddit

[@sayin234]

@@sorenkair yea the randomness is very humane lmao

[@tommydoez]

@@sorenkair Reddit is just tumblr but they hate themselves. Tumblr is just shitposts all the way down

[@DerpLvIAsian]

i got it right as well, that and the wikipedia one, but i mean... the wikipedia was kind of easy because of what we saw in the vid before the quiz

[@zenz_uwu]

4:25 i will pretend i read that right.

[@charlottewillis8642]

Same

[@edslushie570]

Taha at 12:23: "Did you not just create new memes? Baby memes? What I'm trying to get to is..." Me: Ah, I see where this is going, it's about collaborative art and how memes are a medium of the people Taha: "...I am Kanye."

[@edie1707]

third. i remember watching the very early content of nerdy and quirky (the first video i watched of yours was your one about sirens lol). i feel like we kind of grew together and that’s cool

[@mateoblum]

get an expert to tell you “no, it’s not illegal” and end the call 😅

[@sluttyMapleSyrup]

Power move.

[@thomasbourne2415]

Interesting video, I only missed the Kanye tweet, but I feel like I was aided immensely by watching the video prior to the quiz. You literally gave two away, and then your approach/ style came through in several others. I don't think I would have done as well if I had come in cold, like your friends did.

[@ChristopherHammond13]

The only reason I got 3 out of 4 was that I saw you editing the bottom text meme in Photoshop so I omitted it, even though I was sure I'd seen it before. Darn!

[@breadcat2911]

in conclusion : " I A M K A N Y E "

[@benf262]

The artist in me is like, this is not fraud it's art, it's transformative in the commentary of what makes art worth selling, what makes things authentically art and other things just rip offs

[@paulosah1317]

Your channel and Veritasium's are one of the best learning channels on YT. Keep up the good work. 😉

[@aspenhart_]

I don't know why but all your videos are weirdly entertaining and it feels like I'm going through the journey with you, like I'm sitting beside you and actually sharing my opinion with you, thank you for bringing such good quality, and very entertaining videos.

[@bionicmagi6388]

Answer in Progress: "authenticity and provenance" Me: *happy archivist noises*

[@amariahk.c5411]

Taha : "I am Kanye" Me : I believe you

[@onismklexos]

Really high quality video. Very happy I found your channel!