The mechanical reproduction of a work of art voids its cult value, because removal from a fixed, private space (a temple) and placement in mobile, public space (a museum) allows exhibiting the art to many spectators. Further explaining the transition from cult value to exhibition value, Benjamin said that in “the photographic image, exhibition value, for the first time, shows its superiority to cult value.” In emphasising exhibition value, “the work of art becomes a creation with entirely new functions”, which “later may be recognized as incidental” to the original purpose for which the artist created the "objet d’art".