pulling the wool over sb's eyes	deceiving
philistinism	INABILITY TO APPRECIATE ART AND CULTURE
detractors	critics
to wise up	to become more sophisticated
to dumb down	to become less intelectual
fad	short enthusiasm
to vote with their feet	to stop coming
to deem	to consider
visually literate	educated with regard to art
to immune to	to not affect by
inure to	to make sb/yourself get used to sth unpleasant so that they/you are no longer strongly affected by i
highbrow	intended for educated intelligent people
lowbrow	opposite to highbrow
impenetrable	extremly difficult to understand
sophisticated	showing advanced skills and understanding
primitive	opposite to sophisticated
transparent	opposite to impenetrable
challenging	demanding considerable effort to be understood
dazzling	inspiring great admiration because it is brilliant in some way
undemanding	opposite to challenging
pedestrian	opposite to dazzling
evocative	calling up images and memories
uninspiring	opposite to evocative
exquisite	having rare beauty or delicay
clumsy	opposite to exquisite
intriguing	interesting because it is strange and mysterious
peerless	better than any other
run-of-the-mill	opposite to peerless
dreary	opposite to intrguing
tongue-in-cheek	not intended to be taken seriously despite appearing serious
earnest	opposite to tongue in cheek