I think Kevin Kelly has taken the opposing side before: https://colossus.com/article/flounder-mode/ (discussed https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44455933)

What are those artists successful at? Making art, or marketing it? The New York art scene is a curious example in this context, because it is notoriously all about who you know rather than what you do, and that's not usually considered a good thing.