From Shitpost to Smithsonian: The Unlikely Journey of Internet Aesthetics Into the Art World
Vaporwave started as a joke about capitalism and ended up in a gallery. Cottagecore began as a Tumblr mood board and wound up influencing runway collections at New York Fashion Week. The institutions that once sneered at internet culture are now desperately trying to collect it — and that tells us everything about who gets to decide what art is.