Pass the popcorn
Last month we have witnessed two art world celebrities—the “prominent proponent [of] big data, machine learning, and immersive large-scale video” Refik Anadol, and the Pulitzer Prize winning art critic, omnipresent Jerry Saltz, going at it on X. To everyone’s amusement, the two exchanged copious ad hominem insults before indicating that a truce is in the making. I expect a colab anytime soon. This will result in attention squared, making everyone happy.
In the meantime, here is my recap of their recent X fight.