Will This Kill That?

What was going on when we were all in lock down and in front of our smartphones? While the virtual domain took over through an overdose of virtual museum tours, the fact that a work of art was above all a material, perishable fact was seemingly overshadowed. Indeed, the entire cultural system was undergoing a sort of generalized theft of its material concreteness. Simultaneously, the Black Lives Matter protests, as represented by decapitated statues were like the other side of the same coin. Have only the rioters maintained a sincere, albeit destructive, relationship with monuments?