There is at least one other non-tech related article like this (with questionable sources) of a similar subject posted at the same time with a similar number of upvotes.
Personally I think there is nothing more snobbish than post-modern art. It is quite literally designed to insult, confuse, befuddle, and humiliate the observer. Not to say there aren't fabulous works of post modern art, usually the earlier works. But, sadly, I think most of it is genuinely horrible.