I think his “boy” mistake was not getting the context that was obvious to the work’s main audience, Jamaicans, when he was reviewing a show as a (diaspora) Jama

I think his “boy” mistake was not getting the context that was obvious to the work’s main audience, Jamaicans, when he was reviewing a show as a (diaspora) Jamaican. Which I agree is a very forgivable mistake and probably nobody outside of social media would take him to task on it. To the broad point, as an artist and also a collector I say emphatically No. Some of the best art is subtle and requires a lot of engagement to “get.” The striking, like the large, is often overrated.