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