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Tania Bruguera: The People’s Artist
Tania Bruguera (b. 1968 in Havana Cuba) is an activist and performance artist at the forefront of “activist art”. ...

Unconscious as a Machine: Part II – Post Structuralist
In Unconscious as a Machine: Part I - Structuralist, we have determined that the structuralist sees a fixed, ...

Legal Ethics in a Global Art Market
The scope of law encompasses not only ethical principles, but also requires ethical considerations and conduct ...

Ana Mendieta: Earth Body
Ana Mendiete was a Cuban-American Performance Artist, Sculptor, Painter, Photographer and Video Artist. She was ...

The Unconscious as a Machine: Part I – The Structuralist
What does it mean to fix someone? Is the human mind something fixable—like a machine? For something to be fixed, ...

Reading the Fine Print: Artists Contracts and Why You Need One
There is a wide range of contractual and legal issues that arise relating to works of art, the art market and the ...

VALIE EXPORT: Strike of the Raw Female Experience
Born Watraud Lehner in 1940, the Austrian performance artist abandoned her predetermined identity by creating her ...

UK Dissent of The Return of Parthenon Marbles
As UK Law Grants New Powers to Galleries and Museums in England and Wales, Prime Minister Liz Truss Takes Stance ...

“My Onliness”: A Kaleidoscope of Choreographed Absurdity
The mosaic absurdity that is My Onliness—the child of One-Eighth Theater, IRT Theater, and New Ohio Theater—is an ...

Collecting Art Ethically
The art market is currently estimated to be a $65 billion dollar market, and private collectors, institutions, and ...

Capturing Avant-Garde
To recite the eloquent reflection of Christopher Innes, avant-garde describes “What is new at any given time: the ...

A Field Guide to Getting Lost
In A Field Guide to Getting Lost, Rebecca Solnit paraphrases the philosopher Walter Benjamin: “To be lost is to be fully present, and to be fully present is to be capable of being in uncertainty and mystery.
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