Art for art's sake Art for art's sake "Art for art's sake" is the usual English rendering of a French slogan from the early 19th century, "l'art pour l'art", and expresses a philosophy that the intrinsic value of art, and the only "true" art, is divorced from any didactic, moral, or utilitarian function. Such works are sometimes described as "autotelic", from the Greek "autoteles", "complete in itself", a concept that has been expanded to embrace "inner-directed" or "self-motivated" human beings. The term is sometimes used commercially. A Latin version of this phrase ("ARS GRATIA ARTIS") is used as a motto by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and appears
Rebecca Artis Rebecca Artis Rebecca Artis (born 21 November 1988) is an Australian professional golfer who plays on the Ladies European Tour. Artis turned professional in 2010 having played in the 2009 Ricoh Women's British Open as an amateur. Artis has played on the Ladies European Tour since turning professional and won her first professional event at the 2013 Helsingborg Open in Sweden. Her second professional win came at the 2015 Ladies Scottish Open at Dundonald Links in 2015, Artis shot a final round 66 to win by two strokes, despite trailing Suzann Pettersen by 6 strokes going into the final round.