An expansionist, market and state-driven managerial approach within museums and galleries is eroding the integrity of art, says Tai Shani. It’s time to stop worrying about biting the hand that feeds us.
In July, I experienced something that made me worry even more intensely than usual about the troubled relationship between artists’ work and the institutions that ‘support’ it.
The four Turner Prize co-winners of 2019 – Helen Cammock, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Oscar Murillo, and I – were commissioned to make a collaborative work following the award. We were excited about the context of a very public space, Piccadilly Circus, and about the possibility of responding to the urgency of an extraordinary moment: the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests. Unfortunately, we had to withdraw from the project.
Cursory research about the site itself formed the basis of our work, which focused on the history of the iconic Anteros statue, also known as the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain. The statue, built in the late nineteenth century, commemorates the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, who was instrumental in the colonisation of Palestine... Keep reading on ArtReview
In July, I experienced something that made me worry even more intensely than usual about the troubled relationship between artists’ work and the institutions that ‘support’ it.
The four Turner Prize co-winners of 2019 – Helen Cammock, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Oscar Murillo, and I – were commissioned to make a collaborative work following the award. We were excited about the context of a very public space, Piccadilly Circus, and about the possibility of responding to the urgency of an extraordinary moment: the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter protests. Unfortunately, we had to withdraw from the project.
Cursory research about the site itself formed the basis of our work, which focused on the history of the iconic Anteros statue, also known as the Shaftesbury Memorial Fountain. The statue, built in the late nineteenth century, commemorates the 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, who was instrumental in the colonisation of Palestine... Keep reading on ArtReview