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People Love Art Museums — But Has The Art Itself Become Irrelevant?

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Vermeer's <em>Girl with a Pearl Earring</em> stares back at cellphones at the Frick Collection in New York City. &quot;The art museum used to offer objects, works of art, the finest that we have,&quot; Lewis says. &quot;And it's gone from offering objects to offering an experience.&quot; (AFP/Getty Images)
Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring stares back at cellphones at the Frick Collection in New York City. "The art museum used to offer objects, works of art, the finest that we have," Lewis says. "And it's gone from offering objects to offering an experience." (AFP/Getty Images)

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