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Art can be a source of insight about self and society. Some art encourages us to think about the world differently, especially when the work challenges what we see or believe to be true. That is, many people believe that valuable art is only found in museums and galleries. But, a type of art not typically found in a museum is ephemeral art, because ephemeral art is created to last for only a few days, hours, or even minutes. Sometimes the evidence that an ephemeral work existed at all is in a photograph or a written record or a videotape.
