What is the defination of art? Hmm Link 'Honey, I'm off to see some art...' Thu May 5, 8:51 AM ET OSLO (Reuters) - Striptease is art like opera or ballet, an Oslo court has ruled in a victory for nightclub owners over Norway's tax authorities. ADVERTISEMENT "I'm very pleased. Ninety percent of the guests here tell me that what I'm doing is art," a female stripper at the Dream Go Go Bar in the city of Trondheim told NRK radio Wednesday. The court ruled this week that striptease should be treated like other artistic stage shows, ranging from stand-up comedy to opera, for which tickets are exempt from value-added tax (VAT). Tax authorities had demanded more than 1.0 million Norwegian crowns ($159,500) from the Blue Angel club in Oslo in unpaid VAT, arguing that strippers were not artists and so tickets to their shows were subject to VAT, normally 25 percent. Lawyers for the Blue Angel, which contested the VAT demands, argued that undressing as nurses, police women or flamenco dancers demonstrated artistic flair. Tax authority lawyers said audiences were attracted to the shows by nudity, not art. "Of course stripping is art," Magnus Morland, owner of the String Show Bar in Oslo, told Reuters. He said the ruling would let clubs operate with better margins and did not rule out cutting the 150 Norwegian crowns ($23.93) entry fee.
What's the difference. I paid $1, didn't get to bring my own drinks in, and got to see this, Never got too touch it, saw bouncers in every room in case I did, Sat on a couch and looked around for a while,and then I bought the $8 beer at the museum shop. Went home. You tell me. Was I at a strip club, or an exhibition, or both.
WHy does the lady in your painting have a RAT on her cooch? Or is it a birdie? Or is it a mouse? Or is it a small rodent? It's funny how she's got a tarantula where her arms meet her side on only ONE arm, but not the other.
Don't you hate it when you forget to shave one side? And her nipple (can only see one) seems awfully small and strangely placed. Must be... implants.
