What does contemporary kitsch look like? In this episode, Paddy and William use a discussion of the art fairs and New York gallery scene to lead a defining of the term. From its generic definition of objects described to be in poor taste because of excessive garishness or sentimentality, to the current nostalgia driving a tasted for recycled art movements, all kitsch lacks in originality.
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THE INDEPENDENT
Kenny Schachter at Allouche Benias Gallery
Renate Druks at The Ranch,
Olivia Reavey at Helena Anrather
1-54 CONTEMPORARY AFRICAN ART FAIR
Sanaa Gateja at 50 Golborne
WonderBuhle at BKhz Gallery
VOLTA
Michael Foley
GALLERIES
Judith Linhares at PPOW
JTT Gallery Anna-Sophie Berger and Sam McKinniss
Sky Hopinka at Broadway Gallery
Paul Mpagi Sepuya at Bortalami
Nora Turato at 52 Walker Gallery
ARTICLES
The Downward Spiral: 59th Venice Biennial by Dean Kissick
Explain Me: The Case for Taxing the Hell Out of Peter Brant
Explain Me, Part II: Doug Aitken New Era, Worst Show of 2018
Explain Me: Bags of Cash Help New Galleries
Related Utopias: Bitcoin Economies and the Art World
Explain Me: The New Museum Triennial—Two Critics Perform Their Own Acts of Sabotage
Spring Break Part Two: The City and the City (Part Two)
The Spring Break Art Show: A Good Time Show Disrupted by the Specter of Trump (Part One)
The Stink of Met Admission Hikes Endures
What Curators Really Think: A Cringe Worthy Report
Gentrification, Income Inequality and Donald Trump Baby Turds
An Interview with Kenny Schacter: There's No Bubble in the Art Market and No Solution for Struggling Artists
Making Monstrosity Visible in Three Parts: Paglen, Ga, and Fast
The Turd of Gentrification Floating in the Pond of Urbanism
The Broken Toilet
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