[Explain Me Podcast] Defining Contemporary Kitsch: Part 2 of The New York Art Fairs

Detail view from Kenny Schachter's installation at Allouche Benias Gallery

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. 

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

• Wonder Buhle 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