Theory of Art

Americans, on average, spend between six and ten seconds with individual artworks in museums or gallerieshardly time enough. But how, in our cultur...

The Clever Object presents a multidisciplinary exploration of the ways objects materialise, embody, or negotiate various forms of intelligence, rev...

Americans, on average, spend between six and ten seconds with individual artworks in museums or galleries-hardly time enough. But how, in our cultu...

Kristine Stiles has played a vital role in establishing trauma studies within the humanities. A formidable force in the art world, Stiles examines ...

Color, Facture, Art and Design seeks to understand art and design from the aspect of materials, construction and the senses. It contends that this ...

Part of the acclaimed 'Documents of Contemporary Art' series of anthologies . To better understand the possible futures of art, you need to ...

Theory has been an embattled discourse in the academy for decades. But now it faces a serious challenge from those who want to model the analytical...

In The Power of the Avant-Garde, contemporary artists from different art disciplines enter into dialogue with their colleagues from the historical ...

When does an artist''s creation become art, and where? Does it occur in the solitary confines of an artist''s studio, or does it require the contex...

Bad New Days examines the evolution of art and criticism in Western Europe and North America over the last twenty-five years, exploring their dynam...

What human qualities are needed to make scientific discoveries, and which to make great art? Many would point to 'imagination' and 'creativity' in ...

Part of the acclaimed 'Documents of Contemporary Art' series of anthologies . The ruins of the modern era are the landmarks of recent art's tur...

The Evolution of Taste in American Collecting is a new critical translation of René Brimos classic study of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century patr...