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For everyone who has had his head scrambled by a season of theory and commercial madness, what a relief: the summer shows are here. Just when you think the art world has done you in and the storm troopers of Jacobin self-referentiality have got your number, just then, the offbeat shows of summer open, and it's all good until the fall. So long, allusions, subtexts, and power relations. Hello, freedom. With the art market softening and the orthodox ironists on break, there may be no better time than now to enjoy art just for the sake of it. Gosh, it can take some getting used to.
The art world's current preoccupation with itself can resemble a wilderness of ...