ARTISTIC collaborations are quite a tricky thing. In an article in The Atlantic, author Maura Kelly brings down the hammer with the line, 'Collaboration has become such a buzzword these days that we seem to have forgotten how important working independently can be, particularly when it comes to generating new and innovative ideas.'

While the title of her piece asks, 'Does Artistic Collaboration Ever Work?' — in putting the typically solitary and moody artist front and center of the debacle — Kelly hardly leaves doubt about where she stands.