How the internet broke Art

I am a fan of art for art’s sake. I love to see someone’s mad attempts at making chaos stand still or blowing up ennui in a wash of glitter. The joy I get from glimpsing genius — even in seed form in an otherwise obvious art-school-homework-assigned-by-a-young-and-angry-adjunct — this glimmer of genius, outside-the-box thought…. This is why I frequent art museums, free shows, and public art installations.

For example, on May 3, I sauntered over to the Oculus to view “Urban Flourish” by digital artist Robert Montengero, which promised (in a press release) to “transform the exterior of…