What is ‘Art’ really about?

What is ‘Art’ really about?

“My friend Serge has bought a painting,” the character Marc says as the opening line of Yasmina Reza’s play “Art,” translated to English by Christopher Hampton. “It’s a canvas about five feet by four: white. The background is white and if you screw up your eyes, you can make out some fine white diagonal lines,” Marc, played by Bobby Cannavale, continues with disdain. “He’s done very well for himself, he’s a dermatologist and he’s really into art…