Neoliberal economics is killing the arts
By Tim Lutton, originally published by Red Pepper May 28, 2024
"...As a society, we must resist art-as-capital, where it is reduced to pure exchange value in a market of commodities. There, any politically-charged and counter-hegemonic content is rendered powerless, constituted as a stable harmonisation of the dominant socio-political order and drowning out all contradictions.
...In the present era, the tendency towards total marketisation of artistic production accompanies perpetual austerity and an atomised rentier economy that is shrinking public and social life. Without a rupture from neoliberal capitalism in general, the means to make new, generative and disruptive art disappears, and much else that is meaningful in our lives will follow after. The rest is silence."
Amis des Pays de Loire, je lance une expo photo au café La Lame Vernie à Trentemoult du 29 mai au 16 juin. Le vernissage aura lieu le 6 juin au soir. Vous pourrez y voir des tirages Photosynthèses (noir et blanc et cyanotypes) et d'autres cyanotypes de séries différentes. Au plaisir de vous y croiser ! #photography#believeinfilm#exhibition#exposition#artanantes
New at my Patreon... Visiting Ballarat, we saw an exhibition that crosses Palm Springs architecture with Australia's - from model motels to desert/beach shacks:
If you go for a stroll in Birkenhead Park in the next fortnight, there's an exhibition in the Visitor Centre... It runs from 13:00 on May 11 until 16:00 on May 25.
Opening hours 10:30 - 16:00, every day. #exhibition#Wirral#BirkenheadPark#art#paintings
"The House that Art Built” is a historic showcase in San Francisco.
In addition to the exhibition, which features 11 artists associated with the Oakland-based nonprofit Creative Growth, SFMOMA has also permanently acquired more than 100 works created by artists with developmental disabilities.
The Arte Museum in Dubai has an interactive exhibition that brings sketches to life. Visitor’s drawings are fed into a machine that digitizes them and animates them in a room-sized digital safari. They also fill the room with the scent of wet soil to amplify the experience.
Le Monde Sans Fin: the Institut Francais D'Ecosse on the Royal Mile, #Edinburgh , has a free exhibition (until May 10th) around the bestselling graphic novel collaboration between environmental scientist Jean-Marc Janovici and Angouleme winning creator Christophe Blain. I have a short review up on Down the Tubes https://downthetubes.net/in-review-le-monde-sans-fin-exhibition-edinburgh/
New at my Patreon... I attended an exhibition in which the works were all made from Lego bricks - some depicting animals, some whimsical, and some disturbing:
Unsere inklusive #Ausstellung „Urformen. Eiszeitkunst zum Anfassen“ bietet nicht nur sehbeeinträchtigten Menschen einen Zugang. In unserer App haben wir gleich vier verschiedene Touren im Angebot:
"Shades of Ukraine", the first solo exhibition by Ukrainian artist and Artists at Risk (AR) Resident, Yelyzaveta Marynina opened on 21 March 2024 at Myymälä2 in Helsinki, Finland. The exhibition will run till 31 March.
Yelyzaveta Marynina is an Artists at Risk (AR)-Resident at Tapiola Guest Studio managed by Suomen Taiteilijaseuran Ateljeesäätiö.
Join us at 7pm on 10 April 2024 for the opening of "The Mourning of Nature and Humanity", a group #exhibition curated by Artists at Risk (AR) alumnus, Barış Seyitvan from Kurdistan at Hinterland in #Austria.
Barış Seyitvan is an #artist and #curator who was forced to leave #Kurdistan to escape the long arm of the Turkish government. He now lives in exile in Berlin and works to provide platforms for critical Kurdish art.
Join us at 6pm on 21 March for the opening of "Shades of Ukraine", the first solo exhibition by Ukrainian #artist and Artists at Risk (AR) Resident, Yelyzaveta Marynina at Myymälä2 in #Helsinki, #Finland.
The exhibition comprises a series of digital collage prints which intends to be a loving testament to the grit and bravery of the Ukrainian people under the heartbreaking devastation caused by the Russian aggressor.
The World Of The Book exhibition at the State Library of Victoria is marvellous and free. Not only is the location beautiful, the exhibition is well laid out, superbly curated and informative. #melbourne#library#exhibition@bookstodon#bookstodon#books
Self-portrait as selfie? Well, both attempt to convey who you are as a person.
A new, intimate exhibition at the National Museum Cardiff showcases how various artists — including van Gogh, Rembrandt, Brenda Chamberlain, and Francis Bacon — have approached the task of depicting themselves in their work.
“Art of the Selfie” is on view through January 26, 2025.
The #WhitneyBiennial begins this week, and Artsy has identified the #artists to watch: “Working in an array of disciplines, including painting, sculpture, film, and installation, the artists in the exhibition examine notions of ‘the real,’ and what reality means in contemporary society where lived experiences are fractured, changing, and drastically varied. The creative interpretations address themes including migration, labor, ecological instability, gender, and identity.”
🧵 1/ A thread about the crazy project of planning an #exhibition stand in only 3 days!
Procrastinators have one strength: they really come into their own under time pressure! I stood in for an exhibitor at the Fibreart Festival at extremely short notice. I didn't have any #displays or material for the stand. I have to set it up on Thursday, and I still have umpteen appointments beforehand. What the hell can I do?
Read ALT for more infos.
Besuch der aktuellen Ausstellung auf Burg Posterstein, Treffen mit M. Hofmann (Marketing & Kommunikation), Foto der Hohne Eiche für die Ausstellung
Visit to the current exhibition at Posterstein Castle. With M. Hofmann (Marketing and Communication) at the picture with the Hohne oak tree.
🌊 SICILY GRECE/MAGNA GRAECIA: how to tell the story of a seminal relationship, that built the #AncientMediterranean giving shape to our cultural imaginary. An exhibition of extraordinary artefacts from various #museums of #Sicily, southern Italy and from Athens at the Salinas Archaeological #Museum of Palermo #Exhibition curated by F. Frisone,
C. Greco