Painting, sculpting, disappearing?

[Rev. Rye]

Nowadays the most popular mediums are literature, and cinema in my opinion.

It seems to me that other mediums are dying out. Such as paintings and sculptures. Who says I want to become a painter (beyond hobby)? Or a sculptor?

Who can appreciate a painting (besides academics or q very small niche of people)?

There are some techniques that have gone basically extinct such as wood engraving (look at Gustavo Dore illustrations of Divine Comedy or Quijote for reference).

Do you think these mediums will ever come back or will stay as they are now?

And the sad thing is that even cinema is dying if this Twitter thread and the replies corroborating it are any indication.