The Global Rules of Art

Larissa Buchholz

The Global Rules of Art

Lecture
Seminary Co-Op Bookstore
Add to Calendar 2024-05-02 18:00:00 2024-05-02 18:00:00 The Global Rules of Art Join sociologist Larissa Buchholz as she discusses her new book, The Global Rules of Art, with Christine Mehring, Mary L. Block Professor of Art History and the College, and Harmon Siegel, Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows, at the Seminary Co-op Book Store on 5751 South Woodlawn Ave. Prior to the 1980s, the postwar canon of "international" contemporary art was made up almost exclusively of artists from North America and Western Europe, while cultural agents from other parts of the world often found themselves on the margins. The Global Rules of Art examines how this discriminatory situation has changed in recent decades. Drawing from abundant sources—including objective indicators from more than one hundred countries, multiple institutional histories and discourses, extensive fieldwork, and interviews with artists, critics, curators, gallerists, and auction house agents—Larissa Buchholz’ book and talk examines the emergence of a world-spanning art field whose logics have increasingly become defined in global terms. RSVP here recommended but not required. A Q&A and signing will follow the discussion. Seminary Co-Op Bookstore Department of Art History drupal@seastar.uchicago.edu America/Chicago public
“Detail of Coco Fusco und Guillermo Gómez-Peña, The Year of the White Bear, 1992, Biennale of Sydney”

Join sociologist Larissa Buchholz as she discusses her new book, The Global Rules of Art, with Christine Mehring, Mary L. Block Professor of Art History and the College, and Harmon Siegel, Junior Fellow in the Harvard Society of Fellows, at the Seminary Co-op Book Store on 5751 South Woodlawn Ave.

Prior to the 1980s, the postwar canon of "international" contemporary art was made up almost exclusively of artists from North America and Western Europe, while cultural agents from other parts of the world often found themselves on the margins. The Global Rules of Art examines how this discriminatory situation has changed in recent decades. Drawing from abundant sources—including objective indicators from more than one hundred countries, multiple institutional histories and discourses, extensive fieldwork, and interviews with artists, critics, curators, gallerists, and auction house agents—Larissa Buchholz’ book and talk examines the emergence of a world-spanning art field whose logics have increasingly become defined in global terms.

RSVP here recommended but not required.

A Q&A and signing will follow the discussion.