Modern art is one of life’s greatest confidence tests.
You walk into a gallery, stare at a canvas with three brushstrokes and a suspicious-looking paint splatter, and suddenly everyone around you is talking about “the tension between existence and absence.” Meanwhile, you’re just wondering if someone accidentally leaned against a freshly painted wall.
The real plot twist? A lot of these paintings sell for tens of thousands—or even hundreds of thousands—of dollars. We’re not saying they aren’t art… we’re just saying we’ve seen kindergarten refrigerators with a similar vibe.
Let’s take a look at some masterpieces that have us questioning whether we’re uncultured… or being collectively gaslit.
