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==Contemporary Art==
In 1999, Massow became Chairman of the [[Institute of Contemporary Arts]] in London. In January 2002, he wrote an article in ''[[New Statesman]]'' magazine attacking the predominance of [[conceptual art]] in the art world. He described modern concept art as "pretentious, self-indulgent, craftless tat" and "the product of over-indulged, middle class, bloated egos who patronise real people with fake understanding". He called the ICA a "pillar of the shock establishment". He attacked [[Tracey Emin]] saying she "couldn't think her way out of a paper bag".<ref name=NewStatesman>{{cite news|title=Why I hate our official art|last=Massow|first=Ivan|date=21 January 2002|newspaper=New Statesman|url=http://www.newstatesman.com/200201210007}}</ref>
Massow resigned as Chairman in February 2002. He has described the art world as "bitchy and superficial", although he claims to actually like much conceptual art and claims he spoke out in order to redress the imbalance between the promotion of conceptual and more traditional art in the British art scene.<ref name=Guardian2002 >{{cite news|title=ICA fires chairman over 'tat' art jibe|last=Gibbons|first=Fiachra|date=5 February 2002|newspaper=The Guardian|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2002/feb/05/arts.highereducation}}</ref>
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