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  • Scratching the Surface

    An Exploration of Graffiti and Street Art

    Series Book 16 - Essayreeks
    Scratching the Surface is a collection of essays on graffiti and street art, produced by the Mondriaan Fund and written by Javier Abarca, Stephen Burke, Lene ter Haar, Ana Maria Hernandez, Daniël de Jongh, Robert Kaltenhäuser, Raenys Martis and Robin Vermeulen. The book explores the various manifestations of graffiti and street art, examining what they represent, and how they relate to one another ... Read more

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  • Thinking Contemporary Curating

    by Terry Smith ...
    What is contemporary curatorial thought? Current discourse on the topic is heating up with a new cocktail of bold ideas and ethical imperatives. these include: cooperative curating, especially with artists; the reimagination of museums; curating as knowledge production; the historicization of exhibitionmaking; and commitment to extra-artworld participatory activism. Less obvious, but increasingly ... Read more

    $14.39 USD

  • Fashion

    A Very Short Introduction

    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Fashion is a dynamic global industry that plays an important role in the economic, political, cultural, and social lives of an international audience. It spans high art and popular culture, and plays a significant role in material and visual culture. This book introduces fashion's myriad influences and manifestations. Fashion is explored as a creative force, a business, and a means of ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Curationism

    How Curating Took Over the Art World and Everything Else

    by David Balzer ...
    Series series Exploded Views
    Now that we 'curate' even lunch, what happens to the role of the connoisseur in contemporary culture?‘Curate’ is now a buzzword, applied to everything from music festivals to artisanal cheese. Inside the art world, the curator reigns supreme, acting as the face of high-profile group shows and biennials in a way that can eclipse and assimilate the contributions of individual artists. Curatorial ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • Against Architecture

    Translated by Mairin O’Mahony ...
    Series series Green Arcade
    First published in 2008, (as Contro l’architettura), Against Architecture has been translated into French and Greek, with editions forthcoming in Polish and Portuguese. The book is a passionate and erudite charge against the celebrities of the current architectural world, the “archistars.” According to Franco La Cecla, architecture has lost its way and its true function, as the archistars use the ... Read more

    $8.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Museum Legs

    by Amy Whitaker ...
    If you've ever considered going to an art museum and then thought, errr, I'll do something else ... If you've ever arrived at one and left a little glazed and confused ... If you've ever thought, I might read an eight-page article about art museums but not a whole book ... Then this is your story. Museum Legs -- taken from a term for art fatigue -- starts with a question: Why do people get bored ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • András Szántó. The Future of the Museum

    28 Dialogues

    by Neil Holt ...
    Series Book 6 - Hatje Cantz Text
    As museums worldwide shuttered in 2020 because of the coronavirus, New York-based cultural strategist András Szántó conducted a series of interviews with an international group of museum leaders. In a moment when economic, political, and cultural shifts are signaling the start of a new era, the directors speak candidly about the historical limitations and untapped potential of art museums. Each of ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Urban Design Reader

    Essential reading for students and practitioners of urban design, this collection of essays introduces the 6 dimensions of urban design through a range of the most important classic and contemporary key texts. Urban design as a form of place making has become an increasingly significant area of academic endeavour, of public policy and professional practice. Compiled by the authors of the best ... Read more

    $76.99 USD

  • EMPTY STAGES, CROWDED FLATS. PERFORMATIVITY AS CURATORIAL STRATEGY.

    Performing Urgencies 4

    Series Book 4 - Performing Urgencies
    During its impressive career over the last decades the term 'performative' has been attributed with many parallel meanings in the humanities, philosophy, arts, or economics. Empty Stages, Crowded Flats additionally applies the notion of the performative to the context of curating with the aim to unfold a potential that so far has been mostly unused. The book is following J. L. Austin, Judith ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Who's Afraid of Contemporary Art?

    A smart and playful introduction to the often-mystifying world of contemporary artWhat is contemporary art? What makes it contemporary? What is it for? And why is it so expensive?From museums and the art market to biennales and the next big thing, Who’s Afraid of Contemporary Art? offers concise and pointed insights into today’s art scene, decoding “Artspeak," explaining what curators do, ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Disordered Attention

    How We Look at Art and Performance Today

    by Claire Bishop ...
    How technology and the politics of attention changed the way we look at artThe ways we encounter contemporary art and performance has changed. How are we expectedto engage with today's diverse practice? Is the old model of close-looking still the ideal, or has itgiven way to browsing, skimming, and sampling?Across four provocative and insightful essays, art historian and critic Claire Bishop ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • What Is Contemporary Art?

    by Terry Smith ...
    Who gets to say what counts as contemporary art? Artists, critics, curators, gallerists, auctioneers, collectors, or the public? Revealing how all of these groups have shaped today’s multifaceted definition, Terry Smith brilliantly shows that an historical approach offers the best answer to the question: What is Contemporary Art?Smith argues that the most recognizable kind is characterized by a ... Read more

    $25.19 USD