Lucian Freud portrait of Queen Elizabeth causes a stir

[David Dowbyhuz]

I don't think professional fine art should be created unless it is aesthetically pleasing ...

While agreeing with the majority opinion (which in younger days would have been reason enough to DISAGREE ) I don't think the words "should be" have a valid place in art critque. (Does one absolute fighting another negate them both?)

I know what you meant Nathaniel, and I suspect your "should be" did NOT in fact mean "must be" (did it?), but that is what is too often meant when people trot out those two iron-plated words ...