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Larissa Buchholz discusses "Global Rules of Art" She will be joined in conversation by Christine Mehring and Harmon Siegel. A Q&A and signing will follow the discussion.At the Co-op
About the Book: Join esteemed author Larissa Buchholz as she discusses her new book, "The Global Rules of Art," with an esteemed panel of experts including Christine Mehring, Mary L. Block Professor of Art History and the College and Associate Faculty in the Department of Visual Art at the University of Chicago, and Harmon Siegel, Junior Fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows.
Up until the 1980s, the art world was a highly Western-centric game. The postwar canon of “international” contemporary art consisted almost entirely 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 to what extent this discriminatory situation has changed in recent decades. Drawing from abundant sources—including information regarding the arts infrastructures of over a hundred countries, multiple institutional histories and discourses, fieldwork on four continents, and interviews with artists, critics, curators, gallerists, auction house agents, or collectors—the book charts the rise of a globe-spanning field and the diverse ways artists become valued worldwide. Adapting what Pierre Bourdieu called the "rules of art" to an enlarged field, this comprehensive examination is a must-read for anyone interested in the dynamics of global art and culture, cross-border art markets, and interdisciplinary global studies.
About the Author: Larissa Buchholz is an award-winning scholar whose research centers on dynamics of artistic production and art markets within a global context. She is also interested in broader questions of global theorizing and methodology and her writings have contributed to the advancement of global/transnational field theory. Holding four graduate degrees, Buchholz's education encompassed sociology, art history, philosophy, media studies, and anthropology. Buchholz is an Assistant Professor at Northwestern's School of Communication and Department of Sociology (by courtesy) and a Faculty Fellow in Yale University's Critical Realism Network. Prior to that, she was a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows, the first woman elected from her discipline. Her work has garnered multiple awards, including Columbia’s Robert K. Merton Award, the International Junior Theorist Prize, and the ASA Junior Theorist Award. In addition to her academic work, Buchholz has engaged in consulting for art organizations in Chicago and around the globe.
About the Interlocutor: Christine Mehring is the Mary L. Block Professor of Art History and the College and Associate Faculty in the Department of Visual Art at the University of Chicago. Her research, writing, and teaching in modern and contemporary art focus on abstraction, particularly the ways in which non-mimetic forms, colors, and non-traditional materials come to signify in relation to specific historical contexts; postwar European art, especially the impact of World War II and the transformation from an international art world to a global one; the cross-overs between art and design, including interior and furniture design, wall-painting, the traditionally feminine applied arts like weaving and embroidery, and public art; and photography and the relations between old and new media, including their convergences with histories and practices of abstract art.
Harmon Siegel is a Junior Fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows and author of "Painting with Monet" (Princeton, 2024). His writing on modern and contemporary art has appeared in Art Bulletin, American Art, and Artforum.
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