“Work of Art: The Next Great Artist” and Reality Arts Programming

In light of the buzz around MTV’s new series The Exhibit: Finding The Next Great Artist, let’s look back at another art reality show.

On February 9th, MTV announced that the new television series The Exhibit: Finding the Next Great Artist would premiere on March 3rd. The winner of the reality series will win $100,000 prize and a solo exhibition at the Hirshhorn Museum of Art in Washington, D.C. Cue the expected intellectual whinging…