That used to make me puke when I lived in New York. I moved to Gainesville, Florida, a few years ago, and it still makes me puke - those pseudo-intellectual types are everywhere, even in the tiniest burg in these United States.
Yes, that is true, unfortunately.
What makes it even more disgusting, they give out art grants for this stuff.
And it shows absolutely zero talent.
Meanwhile, people who DO have talent get rebuffed as not being 'controversial', 'forward thinking', 'modern', or 'progressive' enough.
(I'm beginning to hate the word 'progressive' with an extreme hatred...)