Jay Z v Marina Abramović: they both used each other

The rapper enveloped himself in the art world for credibility, the artist embraced pop culture and found global fame. So why is she so cross with him?

Marina Abramović has taken art into a dangerous new marriage with pop culture. Once just a name in art-history textbooks as one of the founders of performance art, she has in recent years used pop collaborations to beam her charisma to the masses and whip up a frenzy of adulation. Where previous artists such as Richard Hamilton or Andy Warhol were interested in pop stars, Abramović has become one.

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