What is Art?

A question that has plagued the ages.

Google "Art" and this is the first image on the list:

The first Google search item leads us to a site where you can buy stuff (like this masterpiece).

Wikipedia defines Art as

... a diverse range of human activities and artifacts, and may be used to cover all or any of the arts, including music, literature and other forms. It is most often used to refer specifically to the visual arts, including media such as painting, sculpture, and printmaking. However it can also be applied to forms of art that stimulate the other senses, such as music, an auditory art.

I was reading something this morning (for which I can't find the link...) and it led me to this title:

The Dubious Art of Torture

Costa Rican artist Guilermo Vargas Habacuc

tied a starving stray dog in a gallery space in Nicarugua, out of reach but not the smell of food, and let him die.

He argues

The purpose of the work was not to cause any type of infliction on the poor, innocent creature, but rather to illustrate a point.

Is that art? Does all art have to have meaning or "illustrate a point"? Does calling it "Art" lessen the moral or ethical implications of the act? This dog project is basically the installation art version of a snuff film, right?

I have a friend who considers the film Bride of Chuckie "High Art" simply based on the fact that two animatronic dolls have a make-out scene.

I, on the other hand, consider the whole concept of High Art to be defined by this video: