On Art

But the point that is not to be glossed over here is that like fashion, contemporary art has infiltrated all aspects of life, influencing the ways we travel, spend our time and increasingly our money, and the way we organize our surroundings. And if we can relax for a moment, we might find how much pleasure it brings. This thing we like to think of as art has as much to do with work hanging on a wall in a museum as fashion does with clothes on models walking down a runway. Which is to say everything and nothing.

-- from the Times Magazine

Going along with the rise of Chinese artists, one of my favorites is Cai Guo Qiang. An image from "99 Golden Boats" is below: