Bürger’s dismissal of the neo-avant-garde as "hollow repetition" has been heavily debated: Avant-Garde and Neo-Avant-Garde - Monoskop
: The avant-garde’s true goal was to destroy the "autonomy" of art—the idea that art should exist in its own special sphere (museums, galleries)—to merge it with the "praxis of life". Avant-Garde Neo-Avant-Garde (Avant-Garde Critic...
: Bürger argues the historical avant-garde failed because it did not actually change social reality or end the separation of art and life. Instead, it was eventually absorbed by the very institutions it tried to destroy. Avant-Garde Neo-Avant-Garde (Avant-Garde Critic...