The Art World According to Google

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As a rebuttal to the gallery crowd defining what's hot, let's look at art from a global perspective.

And there's no better way to do that than by looking through the eyes of the search engine that has 65% market share, Google. Let's look a little at art in the 21st century:

STREET ART is more popular than CONTEMPORARY ART

POP ART is the most popular genre

LA is the most popular art scene in the U.S.

SPRAY PAINT is the most popular medium

BANKSY is more popular than NACHOS

NEW MUSEUM is the most popular museum in NYC

UNICORNS are more popular than JEFF KOONS

FOOTBALL is more popular than ART

ART TOYS popularity has remained pretty constant

AMERICAN ART is the most popular art

DAMIEN HIRST is just as terrible as THOMAS KINKADE