to pull the wool over sb's eyes	to deceive
philistinism	inability to appreciate art or culture
detractor	critic
by stealth	acting secretly
wise up	become more sophisticated
dumb down	become less intellectual
Tate Modern	modern art gallery, London
Renaissance	period of new interests in art
fad	a short enthusiasm for something (disapproving)
vote with sb's feet	stop coming
impressionism,cubist,surrealism	types of artists and schools of arts
deem	consider
visually literate	educated
immune to / inured to	not affected by
highbrow	intended for educated, intelligent people, disapproving (lowbrow)
impenetrable	extremely difficult to understand (transparent)
sophisticated	showing advanced skills and understanding (primitive)
challenging	demanding considerable effort to be understood (undemanding)
dazzling	inspiring great admiration because it is brillian in some way (pedestrian)
evocative	calling up images and memories (uninspiring)
intriguing	interesting because it is strange or mysterious (dreary)
peerless	better than any other (run-of-the-mill)
tongue-in-cheek	not intended to be taken seriously despite appearing serious ( earnest)
to be shadowy	niewyraźne ( a shadowy figure - zagadkowa postać)
to be depicted	to be portrayed
mould	ukształtowany