You're not. Who cares about my vision of art? The vision of art that's being challenged is not mine nor is it a minority vision; it's a whole range of visions held by people who have studied art the most: art historians, critics, curators, and artists. The people who curate the major collections and sit on the grant juries are selected from these pools. As they should be. Who do we want making these decisions ... the people who know the most or the people who know the least?
I don't know where you get this stuff. If you spend a few minutes researching
what's actually been happening on Earth, you'll find that museum attendance is up (in spite of increasing admission fees and broad economic woes). Art prices have been rising at a higher rate than inflation for many decades, with bumps and dips that pretty well follow the broader economy.
You seem to be projecting your own opinions on "the average person" and "our general society," when I really only see it echoed by church groups and a handful of the most vocal conservative legislators.
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