That article's argument seems to wander all over the place. I wasn't particularly convinced. I guess if the art is done well then it gets less complaints! Def seems like a weird thing to get riled up enough to write an article about.

Reading it made me think of Nimis - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimis_(artwork)
That might be relevant to the discussion, although it's hard to know exactly how big it is.