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He doesn\u2019t provide his readers with a neat intellectual framework through which to view everything they see, like a Clement Greenberg or a Michael Fried, and he doesn\u2019t really do beautiful description either &#8230; Instead, Hickey gives you intricately structured argument and gorgeous prose &#8230; Reading him you want to forget that the art market is a game of Hungry Hungry Hippos between Ukrainian oligarchs and Qatari princesses &#8230; You want to be the thing you advocate; you want to ride the wave, mount the dais, and speak the truth.\u201d<\/em> \u2013 <strong>Los Angeles Review of Books<\/strong><br \/>\nArguably one of the most astute critics working today, Dave Hickey&#8217;s multi-decade career as a leading cultural commentator is characterised by his blend of high and mass culture and his fervent critique of the celebrity-driven culture of the 21st-century art world. Following his 2012 announcement of self-imposed exile from art criticism, this new body of essays once again questions and challenges the cultural status quo. <br \/>\nWith his trademark humour, Hickey has declared that: \u2018I miss being an elitist and not having to talk to idiots\u2019 in a field that, he believes, is defined by the commoditisation of art and the self-referential tendencies of criticism itself. 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