It's a matter of public taste, which is fickle and changes every six months.
They intended the organization to "lead the public taste in art, rather than follow it."
The greatest difference between then and now, however, is the shift in public taste.
There is the related concern over public taste and commercial appeal.
That is when her work, now left to the mercy of the elements and public taste, comes alive.
What he had done in his own manner was omitted, "being thought too much out of the common for the public taste."
She now wanted to share and bring her music closer to public tastes in order to lead them.
The pendulum of public taste is responsible for her return here.
This may be fine for allowing public taste to catch up to the art, but what of the artist?
Whether public taste has taken a sharp turn for the long haul is hard to know.