I'm with you. I never studied art, but if enjoying it (or "getting" it) requires you to brainwash yourself with 5 years of art college then fuck it. Ever watch

I'm with you. I never studied art, but if enjoying it (or "getting" it) requires you to brainwash yourself with 5 years of art college then fuck it. Ever watched "The Shock Of The New"? Amazing BBC 8 part series from 1980 with art critic Robert Hughes. He gives a great history and interpretation of modern art. Years later, before he died, he made a follow up piece where he interviewed an art collector, and it cemented my armchair theory that modern art's rejection of beauty and mastery unwittingly allowed charlatans and billionaires to subvert it, in much the same way that popular music has been hijacked by businessmen.