Why modern and contemporary art—and art conservation—can’t be understood without taking account of the revolutionary impact of plastics Modern and contemporary art wouldn’t exist without the invention of plastics. From sculpture to paint, and photography to film, plastics have shaped every major medium of art. In turn, plastics have revolutionized art conservation, tran…
A revisionist reading of modern art that examines how artworks are captured as property to legitimize power In this provocative new account, David Joselit shows how art from the nineteenth to the twenty-first centuries began to function as a commodity, while the qualities of the artist, nation, or period themselves became valuable properties. Joselit explores repatriation, explaining that this…
El arte contemporáneo global y su uso creativo de la tradición, del pasado y del patrimonio, suponen un combate al legado eurocentrista establecido por el arte moderno. El arte contemporáneo global rompe el mito del modernismo europeo, al reactivar varias formas de herencia, desde la pintura de tinta de literatos en China hasta la pintura aborigen en Australia, para proponer futuros nuevos y…
How digital networks are transforming art and architecture Art as we know it is dramatically changing, but popular and critical responses lag behind. In this trenchant illustrated essay, David Joselit describes how art and architecture are being transformed in the age of Google. Under the dual pressures of digital technology, which allows images to be reformatted and disseminated effortlessly,…