Afterall Reflects on Exhibition Histories Through Art and Its Worlds
Afterall's latest publication, 'Art and its Worlds: Exhibitions, Institutions and Art Becoming Public', marks the twelfth volume in the Exhibition Histories series, compiling essays from Afterall journal (2007-2019) alongside new contributions. The book focuses on contemporary art since the late 1980s/early 1990s, emphasizing the symbolic year 1989. The series, initiated in 2007, has produced eleven prior books examining past exhibitions from 1957 to 2000 across cities including Amsterdam, Bern, Chiang Mai, Chicago, Havana, Lagos, Moscow, Newcastle, London, Paris, São Paulo, and Shanghai. Key approaches include revisitation and polyvocality, challenging canonical narratives and expanding definitions of exhibitions. The editors, including Lucy Steeds and David Morris, advocate for a pluralized, anti-imperialist field of exhibition histories, resisting neoliberal commodification. Recent collaborations with Chimurenga and Asia Art Archive have shaped books on FESTAC '77 and Shanghai 2000 exhibitions. The project is based at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, with partners including Bard College and University of Gothenburg.
Key facts
- Art and its Worlds is the twelfth volume in the Exhibition Histories series, published by Afterall.
- The book compiles essays from Afterall journal issues 15 (2007) to 44 (2019).
- It focuses on contemporary art since the late 1980s or early 1990s, with 1989 as a symbolic year.
- The Exhibition Histories series began in 2007 and has produced eleven prior books since 2010.
- Previous books examined exhibitions in Amsterdam, Bern, Chiang Mai, Chicago, Havana, Lagos, Moscow, Newcastle, London, Paris, São Paulo, and Shanghai.
- The series uses methods of revisitation and polyvocality, combining archival material with new essays.
- Recent collaborations include Chimurenga for FESTAC '77 and Asia Art Archive for Shanghai 2000.
- The project is based at Central Saint Martins, UAL, with partners at Bard College and University of Gothenburg.
Entities
Artists
- Lucy Lippard
- Harald Szeemann
- Wim Beeren
- Mary Jane Jacob
- Gerardo Mosquera
- Charles Gaines
- Fred Moten
- Ntone Edjabe
- Wendell Marsh
- Lisette Lagnado
- David Teh
- David Morris
- Lucy Steeds
- Mick Wilson
- Paul O'Neill
- Simon Sheikh
- Yaiza Hernández Velázquez
- Geeta Kapur
- Rike Frank
- Beatrice von Bismarck
- Benjamin Meyer-Krahmer
- Christian Rattemeyer
- Cornelia Butler
- Elena Crippa
- Joshua Decter
- Helmut Draxler
- Margarita Tupitsyn
- Victor Tupitsyn
- Mia Yu
- Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui
- Miguel A. López
- Eddie Chambers
- Francesca Recchia
- Pablo Lafuente
- Philippe Pirotte
- Clémentine Deliss
- Khwezi Gule
- Ekaterina Degot
- Ana Teixeira Pinto
- María Berríos
- Mujeres Creando
- Adjoa Armah
- Brook Andrew
- Anthony Gardner
- Lee-Ann Martin
- Natasha Ginwala
- Adeena Mey
- Luiza Proença
- Elena Filipovic
- Serubiri Moses
- Bo Choy
- Xie Congyang
- John Tain
- Steven ten Thije
- Khairani Barokka
- Genaro Amaro Altamirano
- Ana Bilbao
- Võ Hông Chu’o’ng-Đài
- Naeem Mohaiemen
- Zdenka Badovinac
- Tonika Sealy Thompson
- Stefano Harney
- Charles Esche
- ruangrupa
Institutions
- Afterall
- Chimurenga
- Asia Art Archive
- Central Saint Martins
- University of the Arts London
- Bard College
- Center for Curatorial Studies
- University of Gothenburg
- Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts
- Kunsthalle Bern
- Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
- Tate Britain
- Tate Modern
- Whitechapel Gallery
- LAXART
- A.I.R. Gallery
- Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art
- Huakan
- MIT Press
- Sternberg Press
- V–A–C Foundation
- Arts Council England
- Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College
- Koenig Books
- ARTBOOK | D.A.P.
- Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College
- documenta Institut
- Faculty of Fine, Applied and Performing Arts, University of Gothenburg
- Distributed Art Publishers
Locations
- London
- United Kingdom
- Amsterdam
- Netherlands
- Bern
- Switzerland
- Chiang Mai
- Thailand
- Chicago
- United States
- Havana
- Cuba
- Lagos
- Nigeria
- Moscow
- Russia
- Newcastle
- Paris
- France
- São Paulo
- Brazil
- Shanghai
- China
- Cape Town
- South Africa
- Beijing
- Los Angeles
- New York
- Vancouver
- Canada
- Buenos Aires
- Argentina
- Annandale-On-Hudson
- Gothenburg
- Sweden
- Hong Kong
- Europe