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.