Robert Hughes & the 'dumb show of modern art' (tailpiece from 'The Shock of the New')

(For educational purposes)
The art critic Robert Hughes on modern and contemporary art. For more on Hughes and his view of art, please read the article:
Medium: is-contemporary-art-really-just-a-dumb-show
And for a book on the subject of understanding contemporary art:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08D55N268
A simple and straightforward explanation of the essential features of modern contemporary art - and by implication of art itself - presented in terms of the basic elements of human crafting as an expression of basic human needs and motivations.