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William Sarradet and Brandon Zech discuss how art meme accounts have taken over Instagram.
“The intersection of what is considered to be mainstream and what is considered to be the elitist underbelly of the art world comes to a very weird point in these accounts.”
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Art Meme Accounts:
@classical_art_memes_official
@jerrygogosian
@arthandlermag
@freeze_magazine
@bradtroemel
@maincharactersandevents
@the_emperor_clothes
@freeze_de
@itstimetostopnow
@whos____who
@greatartinuglyrooms
@artists.doing
@artgallerytoiletpaper
@utartmemes
@artreviewpower100
@_the_art_of_installation_
@staedelschule.memes
Related Reading:
—NY Times: We’re All Drinking Diet Prada Now
—Observer: Jerry Gogosian, Meme-Maker, Understands the Art World Better Than Almost Everyone
—Frieze: The Meme Accounts Upending the Art World’s Class System
—Artnet News: From Jerry Gogosian to the Thirsty Gallerina, These 10 Mercilessly Satirical Instagram Accounts Are the Talk of the Art World
—The Art Newspaper: The art world goes dating: Instagram account Freeze Magazine uses art memes to pair its followers
—Colin Goldberg: The Art Meme
—Sunday Times: I make memes to expose the art world, says acerbic creator ‘Jerry Gogosian’
—Sleek: This insider meme account mercilessly trolls the art world
—Widewalls: Jerry Gogosian, Instagram’s Meme-Creating Hot Gossip Girl
—Autre: The Meme is a Virus: An Interview of @jerrygogosian
—Delphian Gallery: Jerry Gogosian – art world satirist and illusive commentator
—The New Yorker: Brad Troemel, the Troll of Internet Art
