Now, of course, JPEG is ubiquitous and has served us really well over the last 25 years, but today we know that a number of technologies offer better compression and flexibility.
For him to come in with essentially a JPEG collage and outsell Frida Kahlo and Salvador Dali, I mean, the art market couldn't wrap its head around what we were experiencing.
Ape JPEGs selling for millions of dollars; algorithms pricing and buying homes; 20-something tech workers making " day in the life" TikToks that consisted entirely of them making snacks.