Describing the disappearance of the panorama as a style of painting, Wall has commented:

'The fact that panorama emerged so strikingly, and then died so quickly suggest that they were an experimental response to a deeply felt need...for a medium that could surround the spectators and plunge them into a spectacular illusion. The panorama turned out to be entirely inadequate to the challenge...The cinema and the amusement park more or less accomplished what the panorama only indicated.' - Jeff Wall