[2] As an independent writer, his work about art has appeared widely in publications including Adbusters, Frieze, New York, Slate, and The Village Voice.
The discussion generated by the pamphlet drew notice in The New York Times,[6] and was "one of the most talked about sessions" of the #class show, according to Sarah Thornton.
[10] The Village Voice faulted Davis for "too readily" using Marxism as an explanatory model, but concluded, "On 9.5 Theses, the verdict is crystal: This is one helluva pamphlet.
[12] The book has been credited with "[bringing] the discussion of class, artists, and the art market center stage in a way that [goes] beyond fleeting auction reports and perpetual gallery gripes.
"[14] Lisa Hinton put it on her 2022 list of best books for the London Times Literary Supplement, praising the writing as "... glistening, passionate yet coolly precise....