Can I get some help in finding books which explore the history of how art is made. More along the lines of artist that had teams of people working for them over history and how that has changed. I’ve read Dark Matter, which was good, but looking for others which look critically at the labor arrangements towards the production of art. Thanks

I am currently in school to become a Landscape Architect, and in a lot of my readings, as well as conversations with designers, I’ve heard references to the art education at BMC and how many prolific artists had gone through that program. There is like a family tree of artists who had studied there and became very well known. For many, that experience was an integral and formative point in their careers. Understanding its relationship to Bauhaus helps to contextualize the importance and lasting legacy of the program.

Do you feel like there is anything/anywhere like Black Mountain College today? Was this purely a product of its time?

Part of me believes the faculty/students were, yes, very talented, but more importantly, ahead of their time. So, the philosophies and ideologies taught there are now folded into most art education. They were simply the catalyst for change/the inception of some contemporary thought.

Shouldn’t there be someplace/someone who is pushing us forward in the art world today? I believe this is hard to see without retrospection, but I’m curious if anyone has thoughts on this…

Also I would love to hear any thoughts on BMC and its importance/influence and other artists who have sprung from there, as I am starting to grow my knowledge on this.

I’m just starting to explore art from a disability perspective, and would appreciate any recommendations for texts in this area that would be considered key or “foundational”.

Thank you in advance!

The question of the extent to which art is morally contaminated by an artist's immoral character, attitude or criminal lifestyle can be answered unequivocally: it is not! But precisely this unambiguity is highly problematic. A definitive answer: Künstler, Kunst, Rezipient – Verstand und Gefühl im Widerstreit (Article in German)

does anybody know where i could buy encyclopedias/textbooks with dope cool artworks and graphics? as long as the illustrations on it are well done and great, i don't mind their subject, but if the encyclopedia is about aesthetics, that's even better

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In art, institutional critique is the systematic inquiry into the workings of art institutions, such as galleries and museums, and is most associated with the work of artists like Michael Asher, Marcel Broodthaers, Daniel Buren, Andrea Fraser, John Knight (artist), Adrian Piper, Fred Wilson, and Hans Haacke and the scholarship of Alexander Alberro, Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, Birgit Pelzer, and Anne Rorimer.

Institutional critique takes the form of temporary or nontransferable approaches to painting and sculpture, architectural alterations and interventions, and performative gestures and language intended to disrupt the otherwise transparent operations of galleries and museums and the professionals who administer them.

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The ongoing controversy surrounding Damien Hirst, one of the contemporary art world’s most provocative figures, has taken another twist. A recent investigative report has revealed that several of Hirst’s works, previously dated to earlier periods, were actually created later than initially claimed. This revelation has sent shockwaves through the art community, racentreising questions about authenticity, market value, and the integrity of art provenance.

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The Unfolding Controversy

Damien Hirst, known for his provocative and often controversial works, has been at the center of a dating scandal for some time.....