Explain Me With Art Critic Ben Davis: The Year That Wasn't, Part Two

Immersive Van Gogh

In this episode of Explain Me, we continue our conversation with Artnet's National Critic Ben Davis as we take stock of 2020. 

In this episode: 

• We discuss the biases of algorithm sorting
• Ben Davis coins the term cultural inflation, a term that refers to franchise media properties.
• We examine the relevance of ART CLUB 2000 the recent subject of Ben Davis' review, Why the New ART CLUB2000 Retrospective Offers Lessons for Today’s Artists That Transcend Pure ’90s Nostalgia
• We name check Davis' The State of Culture, Part One.