Is lazy reporting harming the visual arts?

 

Art

“Imagine how little news about visual art would appear in the papers if the following generic stories were banned: 1. The most expensive work of art ever […] 2. Anything about graffiti […] 3. Lost masterpiece rediscovered […] 4. Contemporary artists as plagiarists […] 5. Art historian/archaeologist makes earth-shattering discovery […] 6. Restoration stories” (story)