Ben Huh: Why Bad Art is Beautiful, The Accidental Success of Art from the Masses

Ben Huh: Why Bad Art is Beautiful, The Accidental Success of Art from the Masses

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Ben Huh is the CEO and founder of Cheezburger. He’s a former journalist turned dot-com entrepreneur who has a knack for nailing the zeitgeist and has been credited with bringing Internet memes to the mainstream and popularizing Internet culture. Ben has been featured in The New York Times, Time Magazine, Wired, and named one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company Magazine as well as top 10 Worst Dressed by GQ. Ben graduated with a BSJ from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.

Recorded Tuesday, December 18, 2012 at the Museum of Contemporary Art.