Hal Foster interviewed by Andreas Petrossiants about his new book, What Comes After Farce? “Exhibitionists,” for example, concludes with a provocation to the certain players in the globalized art world: “All this flying around, inventing rules, and reformatting might be a protest against forgetting; it might also be a fast track to oblivion.” After some months, as museums and universities the world over re-open only to probably close again as the winter lockdowns loom on the horizon, oblivion seems more likely.”