However, sometimes beauty is not the artist's ultimate goal. Art is often intended to appeal to and connect with human emotion. Artists may express something so that their audience is stimulated in some way--creating feelings, religious faith, curiosity, interest, identification with a group, memories, thoughts, or creativity. For example, performance art often does not aim to please the audience but instead evokes feelings, reactions, conversations, or questions from the people observing. In these cases, aesthetics may be an irrelevant measure of "beautiful" art. Art may be considered an exploration of the human condition -- what it means to be human.
Source: Boundless. “What Makes Art Beautiful?.” Boundless Art History. Boundless, 21 Jul. 2015. Retrieved 12 Aug. 2015 from https://www.boundless.com/art-history/textbooks/boundless-art-history-textbook/thinking-and-talking-about-art-1/what-is-art-38/what-makes-art-beautiful-244-4297/