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Pretentiousness is for anyone who has braved being different, whether that's making a stand against artistic consensus or running the gauntlet of the last bus home dressed differently from everyone else. It's an essential ingredient in pop music and high art. Why do we choose accusations of elitism over open-mindedness? What do our anxieties about "pretending" say about us? Co-editor of frieze , Europe's foremost magazine of contemporary art and culture, Dan Fox has authored over two hundred essays, interviews, and reviews and contributed to numerous catalogues and publications produced by major international art galleries and institutions. ** Review “Lucidly written and ultimately enlightening, Dan Fox’s essay is a must-read.” —*Largehearted Boy * "Pretentiousness is impressively broad in its exploration of its subject . . . there is something deeply humane, and even touching, in Fox’s unwillingness to see any form or pretentiousness as bad. . . Fox has written a hopeful and stirring defense not just of pretentiousness in all its forms, but of the value of art itself.” — Slate “[Fox] elucidates in an intelligent and conversational style the many complex layers of aesthetic, c

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Author

Dan Fox

Publisher

Coffee House Press

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781566894296

Category

history

Subjects

Art, Philosophy, Technology

Rating

3.76 / 5 (226 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14