> It looks like "contemporary art" has ceased to be contemporary, at
> least since
>around the time of Fluxus.
Depends on where you're looking. I had a very pleasant experience at the contemporary art museum the other day. It was a side exhibit I hadn't come to see and I didn't recognize the name. But when I went in I walked up on something I have seen many times in a book called "Art on the Edge and Over" that I have at home. It's really nice to be surprised in a museum and it's kind of rare because you usually know what's there before you enter.
Anyway, reports of the death of contemporary art have been greatly exaggerated.