Signal A Running Record of Findings from the Internet / August 12, 2026

After the Post-Avant-Garde

Sean Tatol traces how the internet dismantled the subcultural scenes that once sustained avant-garde art criticism, and argues artists are better served drawing on the full historical archive than chasing novelty for its own sake.

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Lutz Bacher, Angry Bird, 2016. Printed polyester, helium balloon, 110 × 80 × 1 cm. Courtesy of the Estate of Lutz Bacher and Galerie Buchholz
Lutz Bacher, Angry Bird, 2016. Printed polyester, helium balloon, 110 × 80 × 1 cm. Courtesy of the Estate of Lutz Bacher and Galerie Buchholz
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