The most surprising inclusion on this list, at number 100, is the search engine Google. Mr Weich insisted it was not a joke. "Many of the curators we speak to have mentioned the potential of [the photo-sharing site] Flickr as a viable exhibition area - that in a few years from now they'll be curating online to millions of viewers.

"And while we quickly concluded that Flickr has a way to go yet, it did make us realise how much we rely on Google for our art information. In a strange way, the number of hits an artist, curator or even a dealer gets can legitimise him in the same way it can anyone else."

From the UK Guardian‘s review of ArtReview magazine’s annual list of the 100 most powerful people in the contemporary art scene, gleefully e-mailed to me a few minutes ago by Nikipedia, who notes that he’s been making ample use of Flickr in his documentation of the Galvanize art project. The title of this post is Nikipedia’s as well.