Painting

Why does the advent of photography signify the demise of painting, as so many have claimed?

I feel that while photography enabled society to better document reality and achieve what painting has always been reaching for, this is not paintings only purpose.  A certain appeal of painting lies in its ability to question reality and what we percieve and to continually question our surroundings

What does the author mean when he states that "painting could perhaps lie outside time"?

possibly displaced by technological advances