is synthetic vanilla `less than` real vanilla? People are not the problem here, the product is. It lacks in the POINT of art.

Art is like going to a concert, an expression of the human condition. Why go if you can listen to a perfect mix of it at home?

How you get a painting is part of the reason you get the painting at all. The story behind it is just as much of the point as the piece itself.

To be clear: If you are in China, buy art from a Chinese artist. If you are in Brazil, buy art from a Brazilian artist.