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Artmaxxing | The New Bad Image

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This is the “new bad image”. Optimization reduces friction; the new bad image adds friction back through excess. It’s artmaxxing. It appreciates how the rules work in order to be doing it wrong. MiFella, Deep Fried Milady, 2026. Courtesy of the artist Then there is the deep-fried meme, where it’s not numbers that tell you how many times the image has been shared, but the accumulation of compression artifacts from repeated screenshotting and posting.
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Your Sweater Weather Guide to the New York Gallery Scene, Brought to You by the Critics' Table

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By Brian Droitcour
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Alix Cléo Roubaud, Deux soeurs qui ne sont pas soeurs / Two sisters who are not sisters, c. 1980. Image courtesy of Galerie Buchholz. Our What’s On column distills and compiles Critics’ Table coverage—from our In Brief roundups, Big Picture essays and diaries, and Close Look reviews and profiles—and organizes our recommendations by neighborhood. Easy! CHINATOWN / LITTLE ITALY Zoe Leonard, Display IV, 1991/2025. Image courtesy of the artist and Maxwell Graham.
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Brian Droitcour's Guide to Digital Art That Slaps

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By Brian Droitcour
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Vich, Cancer Puke Cathedral, 2024. Image courtesy of the artist and Haul Gallery. This week, Brian Droitcour helps us make sense of our moment—its mediatization, its sneaky paradigm shifts, the potentials and perils of A.I.—through the visual and performance work of tech-savvy artists and writers. His guide takes us to Brooklyn and Queens, and leaves us shrugging in the lobby of MoMA.
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