Novedades del último mes en libros de Teoría y crítica de arte

Ensayo sobre la defensa apasionada del arte por parte de James McNeill Whistler, incluyendo sus polémicas con figuras como John Ruskin y Oscar Wilde.

Publicar inaugura una línea editorial del departamento de Educación del MACBA surgida del día a día de las prácticas educativas en relación con el arte contemporáneo y los museos. Este primer número del Quadern deducacio abre un tiempo para pensar lo vi

Diálogo entre el artista y el galerista que marcó la historia del arte contemporáneo. Reflexiones sobre creatividad, mercado y amistad.

Desde un enfoque cruzado y transversal de la historia del arte, Del arte conceptual… al arte del objeto? revisa los conceptualismos artísticos observándolos no como un estilo o una tendencia, sino co

Obra de Abraham A. Moles que analiza el arte kitsch como fenómeno cultural, emocional y estético en la sociedad de consumo.

La inteligencia artificial ha irrumpido en nuestras vidas con una fuerza arrolladora. Y el auge de la IA generativa está afectando también a un ámbito que cabía pensar a salvo de su influencia: el de la creacion artistica. Nuestros conceptos habituales de estetica o diseño estan cambiando, nos vemos obligados a cuestionarnos la naturaleza del acto creativo, de la autoria, de la idea de originalidad. ¿Sera posible que las maquinas generen una estetica propia?Partiendo de una larga experiencia teorica y practica en este campo, y con un enfoque multidisciplinar que va de la filosofia y la psicologia del arte a la teoria de los medios o la ciencia de datos, este apasionante libro ofrece una sorprendente y esclarecedora vision de conjunto de un tema de maxima actualidad, dominado por generalidades y lugares comunes.

Spring 2020 During lockdown in a mountain village with his partner and young child Yann Chateigne Tytelman becomes haunted by the presence of his dead father Provoked by memories of him of their laconic relationship and of the class antagonisms that emerged between them the father was a manual labourer while his son turned his back and entered the art world Chateigne Tytelman starts writing letters on that most mystical most incomprehensible of phenomena silence

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZESHORTLISTED FOR THE BREAD AND ROSES AWARD FOR RADICAL PUBLISHING Irreverent provocative and funny Dazed This book might change the way you look at art or change the way you feel it Daisy Hildyard A full throated defence of the inherent value of making experiencing and talking about art Frieze Let me stay there let me paint Let me go to bed when the sun comes up I don t want life to sharpen me Why make art Faced with a capitalist system that has turned art into artwork and creative expression into cut throat competition why do so many artists try anyway In this eye opening journey through the bizarre world of contemporary art criticism duo The White Pube tell the story of art like never before Poor Artists follows aspiring artist Quest Talukdar through childhood obsessions art school lessons and her professional debut In surreal encounters with other artists Quest learns profound truths about money and power and must decide whether she cares more about success or staying true to herself Blending imaginative storytelling with dialogue from anonymized interviews with real people in the art world who have all had to wrestle with the same decisions including a Turner Prize winner or two a few ghosts a Venice Bienn

Step inside the astonishing world of art forgery where masterpieces are faked fortunes are made and almost no one is who they seem Art Fraud reveals the true stories behind some of the greatest scams in art history where con artists forged their way to fame fortune or infamy Discover the motivations and methods of master forgers from Eric Hebborn s faked Old masters to Han van Meegeren s deception of the Nazis Meet eccentric copyists bitter experts and insiders who turned against the institutions they once admired Each chapter tells the story of a different forger weaving in the investigations that finally unmasked them and the secrets they left behind Written by bestselling author and art historian Susie Hodge this is a fascinating brilliantly researched collection that blurs the line between genius and fraud Whether you are an art lover a true crime reader or simply curious about how the art world really works this book is full of twists scandals and unforgettable characters

Publishing is the opening number to a line of publications from MACBAs Education Department inspired by the day-to-day educational practices within contemporary art and museums. This first edition in the Quadern deducacio (Educational Notebook) provides

An illuminating new essay collection from one of the most distinctive exciting and acclaimed writers of her generation Zadie Smith Zadie Smith is a wonderful essayist She is a natural She writes as she thinks and she thinks crisply and exactly Tessa Hadley GuardianIn this keenly awaited new collection Zadie Smith brings her unique skills as an essayist to bear on a range of subjects which have captured her attention in recent years She takes an exhilaratingly close look at artists Toyin Ojih Odutola Kara Walker and Celia Paul She invites us along to the movies to see and to think about Tar and to Glastonbury to witness the ascendance of Stormzy She takes us on a walk down Kilburn High Road in her beloved North West London and invites us to mourn with her the passing of writers Joan Didion Martin Amis Hilary Mantel Philip Roth and Toni Morrison She considers changes of government on both sides of the Atlantic and the meaning of the commons in all our lives Throughout this thrilling collection Zadie Smith shows us once again her unrivalled ability to think through critically and humanely some of the most urgent preoccupations and tendencies of our troubled times

Segunda parte de Desde los bloques. Las mismas calles, otros rostros, nuevas batallas. Noches sin tregua, paredes y trenes llenos de color, y una vida en constante movimiento. La portada y contraportada de este libro estan impresas intencionalmente al reves. Esta decision artistica refleja el concepto del graffiti, que siempre esta lleno de contras, por eso este libro tiene dos contra (portadas).