The Role of Art in the After-Culture

By Xiaoqian (Chelsea) Zhong, May 11, 2026

In Art and the After-Culture, Ben Davis suggests that visual art in the age of the after-culture is increasingly diverging into three distinct tendencies.[1] Following his line of thought, I have tried to identify three corresponding artistic cases that resonate with these categories. Before rushing to define it, it might be more meaningful to first [...]