{"id":65063,"date":"2025-02-02T23:08:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-02T23:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/art\/explain-me-with-art-critic-ben-davis-the-year-that-wasnt-part-two\/"},"modified":"2025-02-02T23:08:41","modified_gmt":"2025-02-02T23:08:41","slug":"explain-me-with-art-critic-ben-davis-the-year-that-wasnt-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=65063","title":{"rendered":"Explain me With Art Critic Ben Davis: The Year That Wasn\u2019t, Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full-width-ratio wp-image-83921\" src=\"http:\/\/artfcity.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/VanGoghExhibitOpening.CourtesyofImmersiveVanGogh-1024x737-1-640x461.jpg\" alt=\"Immersive Van Gogh\" width=\"640\" height=\"461\" \/><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>In this episode of Explain Me, we continue our conversation with Artnet&#8217;s National Critic Ben Davis as we take stock of 2020.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In this episode:&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We discuss the biases of algorithm sorting<\/li>\n<li>Ben Davis coins the term cultural inflation, a term that refers to franchise media properties.<\/li>\n<li class=\"article-title h1\">We examine the relevance of ART CLUB 2000 the recent subject of Ben Davis&#8217; review, <a href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/exhibitions\/art-club-2000-artists-space-1929825\">Why the New ART CLUB2000 Retrospective Offers Lessons for Today\u2019s Artists That Transcend Pure \u201990s Nostalgia<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"article-title h1\">We name check Davis&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/news.artnet.com\/opinion\/state-of-the-culture-part-i-1184315\">The State of Culture, Part One<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of Explain Me, we continue our conversation with Artnet&#8217;s National Critic Ben Davis as we take stock of 2020.&nbsp; In this episode:&nbsp; We discuss the biases of algorithm sorting Ben Davis coins the term cultural inflation, a term that refers to franchise media properties. 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