“Art mediums, not so much.”

That suggests a question. If our definition of art is narrowed to, for lack of a better term, ‘gallery’ art, art that people seek out for itself rather than experience in all those other ways (games, movies, commercials etc.) then … How popular is traditional art? How many people visit art galleries either in the real or the virtual world? How many have art in their homes that really means something to them as opposed to being just a decoration? Answering tat still doesn’t give a measure for 3D’s popularity but in those terms, it probably doesn’t come off too badly in comparison. The interest level in art as a whole may not be that great, though I would hope I am wrong about that. It is AFAIK one of the first things to get when school budgets get tight.

"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H. L. Mencken