There is a long history of artists "pushing the envelope… by self-deprecating and making “statements” about how ridiculous the market for art is.

You don’t get to shove Dada, a Campbell’s soup can, canned “artist’s shit”, a black square on a canvas, a pile of trash, a shirt on a coat hanger, a self-shredding copy of a graffiti, and thousands of similar examples, all under the same label as the Louvre, illustrators, writers, etc… then magically have people value all artistic work.

There has been continuous serious damage done to the concept of “art”, and now come the consequences.