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1. Introduction: A Case for Copies -- 2. Apprentice Artists -- 3. Copies for the Colonies -- 4. Paintings-within-Paintings -- 5. Education and Entertainment. - 6. Copies in Public Collections. - 7. Protecting the Past. - 8. Cash for Copies. - 9. Conclusion: Sorting the Wheat from the Chaff. .

"A dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies and art, and how we think about them. For decades, feminist artists have confronted the problem of how to tell the truth about their experiences as bodies. Queer bodies, sick bodies, racialised bodies, female bodies, what is their language, what are the materials we need to transcribe it? Exploring the ways in which feminist artists have taken up this challenge, Art Monsters is a landmark intervention in how we think about art and the body, calling attention to a radical heritage of feminist work that not only reacts against patriarchy but redefines its own aesthetic aims. Writing in the tradition of Susan Sontag, Hel ne Cixous and Maggie Nelson, Lauren Elkin demonstrates her power as a cultural critic, weaving daring links between disparate artists and writers, from Julia Margaret Cameron's photography to Kara Walker's silhouettes, Vanessa Bell's portraits to Eva Hesse's rope sculptures, Carolee Schneemann's body art to Theresa Hak Kyung Cha's trilingual masterpiece DICTEE, and shows that their work offers a potent celebration of beauty and excess, sentiment and touch, the personal and the political"--Publisher's description

"This book discusses how art can affect the world of business. As art has gained greater acceptance as an investment, it is appearing in a variety of transactions that expand the traditional dealer-gallery-auction house sale form. Art transactions increasingly include many art-secured lending, securitization, and commercial transactions. The presence of art in these transactions is frequently novel to the parties involved, who may be unfamiliar with the unique issues and challenges of the art world. Insurance plays a more significant role in art transactions than it has in the past, including title insurance. Some of the topics include: culture (such as the Elgin Marbles); fakes and forgeries; questions of titles (such as Nazi-looted art); restrictions on materials (such as the ban on ivory); forms of art-secured transactions (such as consignments and secured loans); express and implied warranties on art; and copyright."--

Body art, practiced across the world cultures and throughout history, is the most intimate art form, linking the self, the senses, and the social and political. In recent years, it has proliferated in an unprecedented way, borrowing motifs and practices from many different traditions. Explore their role in expressing personal and cultural identity; their longstanding associations with ritual, theatricality, criminality and beauty; and their recent resurgence via the Modern Primitabe movement and the work of contemporary artists such as Marc Quinn and Rebecca Belmore. The diversity of body arts is chronicled here: from Australian and African traditions of painting and scarification to Chinese footbinding, Russian prison tattoos, Harlem drag balls and the inked designs worn by celebrities such as Tupac Shakur and David Beckham

Das gesellschaftliche Leben ist im neuen Jahrtausend - besonders seit der Bankenkrise - spürbar politischer geworden. Die Kunst betreibt und dokumentiert diesen Umbruch, denn anfangs haben vorwiegend junge Künstler und Aktivisten ihre Stimme gegen Globalisierung oder Umweltverschmutzung erhoben. Zunehmend werden auch wieder Arbeiten etablierter Künstler von politischen Themen dominiert. "Art & Agenda" untersucht, wie politischer Aktivismus auf globaler und lokaler Ebene auf die zeitgenössische Kunst als Ganzes einwirkt, und stellt eine Vielzahl von Künstlern vor, die sich lokal oder international politisch und gesellschaftlich engagieren. Manche stehen dabei in der Tradition von Agitprop und der Bürgerrechtsbewegung der 1960er Jahre und arbeiten mit Postern, Urban Interventions oder Grafikdesign. Andere bevorzugen etablierte Ausdrucksformen wie Malerei, Skulptur oder Performance. Die Persönlichkeiten und künstlerischen Praktiken sind dabei so unterschiedlich wie die Themen, die bearbeitet werden, denn je nachdem, aus welchem Kulturkreis die Künstler stammen, unterscheiden sich ihre Anliegen, ihre Techniken und ihre Radikalität stark, abhängig vom jeweiligen gesellschaftlichen und politischen Umfeld.

"Dangerous Arts reveals a world that combines art with conflict, death with beauty. Replete with gorgeous photography, it showcases works of art that adorned the great palaces of the world. These are objects made to kill but also to impress: a magnificent testament to craftsmanship, engineering and high fashion."--Book jacket

I. Some Observations on the History of Aesthetics and on the Manner in which Heidegger Has Tried to Retrieve Some of its Essential Moments -- § 1. Introduction. Aesthetics: The Discipline and the Name -- I. The Classical Conceptions of Beauty and Art -- II. Modern Aesthetics -- III. Hegel -- IV. The Century after Hegel -- II. Heidegger's "On the Origin of the Work of Art" -- I. Introductory Reflections. — The Historical Context of the Lectures. — Their Subject Matter and Method -- II. The Thing and The Work -- III. Art Work and Truth -- IV. Truth and Art -- V. On the Essence of Art. Its Coming-to-Presence and Its Abidance -- Notes.