Marx regards high-art advocacy as wrongly dismissed as elitist

Evidence

These attributes are not elitist; they power the masterpieces that draw millions of people every year to museums. Why exactly should we feel bad about encouraging more of these beloved artworks? How did advocating for timeless artistry at the expense of shallow commerciality become an “elitist” position? — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 847

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• QUESTION: Marx here sidesteps his own omnivore thesis — in a genuinely flattened taste culture, does ‘timeless masterpiece’ carry any more status than kitsch? The rebuttal writes itself.