Some artists connect and some others miss

Does "miss" in the following text mean "do not connect"?

Context:

In an article in 1997 that advocated the use of publicly accessible spaces for the display of contemporary art, McGonagle, in essence, reiterated Nairne’s arguments concerning hierarchies in the visual arts. McGonagle’s basic quarrel was, firstly, with the idea that art has some sort of eternal relevance, ‘that there is a separate, absolute current of meaning, independent of the present tense or social environment with which some artists connect and some others miss’ and, secondly, with the idea that art should occupy a neutral zone such as that of the modernist art museum.