Of course there was talk about the end of art for many decades now. At least when going to college in early 2000s I remember there was already enough written about &quot;What comes after post-modernism&quot;. At least the art critics are busy -- talking about end of art.<p>The part about art auctions and art pieces being sold for more and more money, make sense. With growing inequality it makes sense to cater to the few super rich. You can sell them paintings, or custom hand made golden watches, or what-have you.<p>But yeah the middle class, which is supposedly erroding, like to go to museums because, well they are there when they visit a new city, but they&#x27;ll probably not be spending $5-10K buying paintings or sculptures.<p>There is a mention of digital and film, and that is a valid point. Video games are art, design is art as well, so is film. Movies and shows are popular still. Perhaps peformance art and other traditional forms are in decline but digital lives on.<p>Digital art and music is also combining. I found about vaporwave a few years back, for example :<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Vaporwave" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Vaporwave</a><p>It is kind of fascinating, it combined early Internet and computer art -- images of Windows 95 load screens, with a synth music. It has elements of late 80s and 90s nostalgia, it both glorifies and makes fun of consumerist culture.<p>Here are few example: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=cU8HrO7XuiE" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=cU8HrO7XuiE</a>, <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=-RFunvF0mDw" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=-RFunvF0mDw</a>, <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=OyEusKu44wc" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=OyEusKu44wc</a>, <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=8t0fVy0Td64" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=8t0fVy0Td64</a>