Sam Kriss

It’s time to free art from being ‘interactive’ and ‘immersive’

Galleries need to stop inviting us to play and have fun. Let games be games and art art

One of the many ‘immersive exhibitions’ that ‘invites you to engage’ with the works of Van Gogh as a digital display. Photo: Andrew Chin / Getty Images
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