From the Sugar Sphinx to Beast Jesus, These Were the 100 Essential Artworks That Defined the 2010s—Ranked

Over the New Year holidays, I published a four-part piece on the
100 artworks that defined the decade. Artnet’s Art Angle podcast also did an episode where
we talked about my top choices and what it even means to do a
ranking like this. (For that matter, if you want a primer on my
pick for #73, we did a podcast devoted to it
over Christmas as well.)

Clearly, you can’t take these things too seriously. End-of-year
lists are stupid, end-of-decade lists are stupid to the power of
ten, etc. But personally, I found this particular assignment—and
very specifically the task of listing individual works that might
serve as lasting symbols on the 2010s—pretty edifying. It’s been a
decade defined by information overload, and focusing on individual
images helps make sense of it all.

For ease of reference, and in case you missed them while you
were doing better things, like celebrating the end of a decade,
we’re putting all the parts in one place.

The 100 Works of Art That
Defined the Decade, Ranked: Part 1

The 100 Works of Art That
Defined the Decade, Ranked: Part 2

The 100 Works of Art That
Defined the Decade, Ranked: Part 3

The 100 Works of Art That
Defined the Decade, Ranked: Part 4

The Art Angle Podcast: The
Radical, Viral Artworks That Defined the 2010s

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