Genuine Fake Premium Economy at ICA London Satirizes Art World and Financial Crisis

The exhibition 'Genuine Fake Premium Economy' at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London, running through 5 July, features works by Jenna Bliss, Buck Ellison, and Jasmine Gregory. It critiques the art market and financial precarity through satire, referencing the 2008 crisis and its impact on millennials and Gen Z. Highlights include Ellison's 'Jack's Office' (2026), a fictional biography of a Lehman Brothers-like executive; Gregory's painted recreations of Patek Philippe ads; and Bliss's video 'True Entertainment' (2023–24), set at an Art Basel-like fair. The show sells merchandise like Lehman Brothers babygrows and 'Divorce' shot glasses, blending irony with sincerity.