Right, and I'll just lamely point back to the "vids as art?" discussion that was sparked by Locating Fair Use in the Space Between Fandom and the Art World (Part One) back in March.

To tangentially reply to your statement about the unlikely/complicated contact between "the art world" and "the vidding community": well, in the person of the artist who incorporates both sensibilities, for one thing, like Stacia Yeapanis.

But even apart from appropriation/recognition aspects, to me it's mainly about lazy no research on the Gallery's part, as giandujakiss argues. It's not as if there wasn't enough context a *lot* closer to home, so to speak, just as you point out.