Once described as an “artist-cartoonist-flamethrower” by New York Magazine’s art critic Jerry Saltz, William Powhida parodies the hypocrisies and vanities of the high-art establishment through his alter-ego, also known as William Powhida. “The art world,” he has said, “is already divided into unknowns, emerging, established, mid-career, international artists, and according to what graduate program you went to, who you’re friends with and your social pedigree. It’s more like a high-school cafeteria.” Powhida’s institutional critique takes the form of satirical drawings and, more recently, performance. He came to the art world’s attention in 2009 with a diagram published in the Brooklyn Rail that lambasted the New Museum for exhibiting the collection of one of its own trustees. Art Basel Miami Beach Hooverville (2010) depicts the art world as a corrupt, teeming slum, while What Do Prices …