Bystanders walk near the Arc de Triomphe, wrapped in silver-blue fabric, as it was designed by late artist Christo, in Paris as part of the 38th European Heritage Days and the launch of the Cultural Olympiad in Paris, on Sept. 19, 2021. Alain Jocard/AFP via Getty Images
Extravagant, exhibitionist futility often seems nowadays to be the primrose path to artistic fame.
Theodore Dalrymple
Author
Theodore Dalrymple is a retired doctor. He is contributing editor of the City Journal of New York and the author of 30 books, including “Life at the Bottom.” His latest book is “Embargo and Other Stories.”