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Minimalist artvsMinimalist lifestyle

The short answer

They share a word and almost nothing else. The art movement is a claim about what an artwork is — an object with independent reality rather than a depiction of anything. The lifestyle sense is a consumption ethic. Neither derives from the other, and a third sense — minimal music — is a separate thing again.

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AspectMinimalist artMinimalist lifestyle
Claim aboutWhat an object isHow much to own
Era1960s2010s
FeelsIndustrial, largeCalm, spare
Named byCriticsPractitioners

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