Thus the title of David Lee’s editorial in the new issue of The Jackdaw (No. 32, October 2003). Now that art is anything, everything, and nothing, he argues that the breakdown of consensus as to the nature of art will eventually lead to the dissolution of art’s aura and collapse of art institutions. Among other things, he warns of wanton theft and vandalism of art housed in museums. As evidence, he cites a number of recent robberies, most of which appear not to have troubled the callous public. Deplorable, to be sure. I shudder at the editorial’s apocalyptic vision. And I agree as to the need for a consensus about art, but of a slightly different kind than that proposed by The Jackdaw. Namely, we do not need to revere art once again. Instead, we need to accept that art is no more. It is an historical category. The word applies to a particular kind of human activity that took place between, say, the early fourteenth and late twentieth century. It has long gone to meet its maker. Contemporary art is an oxymoron. The apocalypse is squarely behind us. Once we have agreed on all this, we can do our best to preserve all the good stuff in our museums. Thus the need for haste.