{"id":8182,"date":"2024-11-29T14:24:00","date_gmt":"2024-11-29T14:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/768464722471305216-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T05:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T22:30:10","slug":"768464722471305216-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/768464722471305216-2\/","title":{"rendered":"768464722471305216"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<p class=\"npf_link\" data-npf='{\"type\":\"link\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/80125\/the-end-abstract-art\",\"display_url\":\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/80125\/the-end-abstract-art\",\"title\":\"The End of Abstract Art\",\"description\":\"When an art dies, there is no announcement in the newspapers, as in the case of the demise of an eminent citizen. So no one knows that it is\",\"site_name\":\"The New Republic\",\"poster\":[{\"media_key\":\"40fa5f186b5754c889724873a01bc26b:37e2686ebbae3321-60\",\"type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":630}]}'><a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/article\/80125\/the-end-abstract-art\" target=\"_blank\">The End of Abstract Art<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn stating that Abstract Art died of acute boredom, I meant boredom on the part of both public and artist. The public got bored because these things meant nothing to them, and they only went to see them in the first instance because they made them laugh. After a bit they became a stale joke. The artists\u2019 boredom was of a more complicated order. 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