"Institutional Critique" is an artistic practice that reflects critically on its own housing in galleries and museums and on the concept and social function of art itself. Such concerns have always been a part of modern art but took on new urgency at the end of the 1960s, when—driven by the social upheaval of the time and enabled by the tools and techniques of conceptual art—institutional critique emerged as a genre. ... [details]
Issue edited by Tim Griffin. Essays "Editor's Letter: Snapshot of 2008," by Tim Griffin; "Film: Best of 2008," by John Waters, Amy Taubin, James Quandt, Karen Cooper, and Stuart Comer; "Music: Best of 2008," by Ryoji Ikeda, Robin Rimbaud, Damon Krukowski, Vashti Bunyan, and Brigitte Fontaine; "Books: Best of 2008," by Michael Hardt, Briony Fer, Jonathan Crary, Arthur C. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at the Center for Curatorial Studies and Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, September 26, 2008 - February 1, 2009. Edited by Maria Lind and Hito Steyerl with primary texts by Hito Steyerl, Olivier Lugon, Jean-Pierre Rehm, Jörg Heiser, Okwui Enwezor, T. ... [details]