AFC’s Work of Art Season Two Supplementary Program Guide

Fame is a fickle food. Despite Bravo’s Work of Art finding certifiable Great Artistâ„¢ Abdi Farah no more than twelve months ago, they’re now looking for the next Great Artistâ„¢ – of all the nerve! Season 2 of the reality show starts tonight at 9 pm, and our Supplementary Program Guide has all the information you need to- well, to have slightly more information.

There’ve been a few changes. Firstly, the show suffers the loss of Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, who was one of only two credible judges last year (Jerry Saltz being the second, Bill Powers being the clueless bro). Second, we’ve got a new set of 15 artists, and they’ve each got a few more bullet points to their resumes than the selection last year. The prize, though, remains the same: $100,000 and a solo show at the Brooklyn Museum.

It’s got us all excited, and it’s not just us. One possible measure of industry anticipation for the series: Jerry Saltz is offering $8600 a head to anyone willing to tune in.

In the spirit of offering a little predictive research, we've repeated our tradition of investigating each contestants pre-existing art world credibility and digging up dirt. In each profile we provide work evaluations, career highlights, character assessments, and yes, typecast names. Click on the images below for each contestant's writeup.

Leon Lim The Muffler	Dusty Mitchell The Underdog	Kathryn Parker Almanas The Freak
Lola Thompson The Hipster Sexpot	Sarah Kabot The Safe Bet	Jazz-minh Moore The Hippie
Kymia Nawabi Deceptively Nice	Michael Tewz The Sell-Out Street Artist	The Sucklord The Entrepreneur
Ugo Nonis The Frog Prince	Sara Jimenez The Other Sexpot	Bayeté Ross Smith The Identity Artist
Michelle Matson The Insider	Young Sun Han The Emo

And here, for your viewing pleasure, are AFC’s own episode recaps:

Episode 1: Kitsch or Ditch

Episode 2: Attack of the Clones

Episode 3: POP is Everything

Episode 4: Work of Art is Eliminating Artists in Height Order

Episode 5: Still Not Newsworthy, But at Least News-Filled

Episode 6: It Didn’t Suck

Episode 7: Take You Riding in My Car

Episode 8: Selling Out

Episode 9: “GOOD ART.”

Season Finale: Harmoniously Together

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