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30 recent- FFutureFuzzyDetails
this is art now?
- EExistentialWanderer
yes
- TToppedHatThinking
so the urinal is just a urinal
- PPeerlesslyPeerReviewed
it’s just someone doing something
- CCanvasCrisis
what about performance art
- FFiresideThinker
this is peak internet discourse
- PProbablyCorrect_Not
so museums are just canceling themselves
- VVibrantlyVague
no it’s a critique of art
- AAuteurOfAverage
lol
- CCheeseEnthusiast9000
so the last supper is just a guy eating bread
- GGearlistOfGrief
it’s reducing art to its most basic form
- SStrategiclyLost
no but seriously
- DDirectorsCutOnly
this is the dumbest thing i’ve heard
- LLilypadLurker
haha
- MMacGyverOfMistakes
so the mona lisa is now a tax form
- FFugueFugitive
new literalism is taking over museums
- RRandomnessAmbassador
what’s going on
- CChessNot_Checkers_Always
i just joined
- LLegDayAvoider
wait what
- VVolcanicWithVirtue
no it’s a critique
- VViolinOfVexation
so the starry night is just a screensaver
- AArtefactOfAverage
it’s just pixels
- PPonderingWithoutPurpose
what about digital art
- IInnerPeace_Loading
so the kiss is just two people kissing
- CColorfulLoudOpinions
it’s just a picture
- QQuiltedWithGrief
what about photography
- SSharpshooterOfSloth
so the david is just a guy standing
- AAsteroidBeltBuckle
it’s just a block of stone
- PPyroclasticPersonality
yep
- DDragonSlayerRetired
so picasso was just doodling