The arts, too, are part of a system of some sort.
Today's New York Times has got a scathing review
of the Venice Bienniale which has visual arts entries
from everywhere except for the Russian Federation (or whatever name it goes by now).

The critic likes what is on display but
lambastes the curator who decided how to display it,
saying that everything has been "exoticized" amongst other things.
"Patronizing" is the least of it, according to this critique.