Art Monthly issue 367

Art Monthly issue 367

Art Monthly

June 7, 2013

June 2013

www.artmonthly.co.uk

FEATURE
Thatcher: The Legacy
Francis Frascina on Thatcherism, masquerade and cultural coercion
The machinations that produced the elaborate public funeral and Parliamentary eulogisation of Margaret Thatcher owed much to Thatcherism’s marshalling of representation. How have artists such as Jo Spence and Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin tried to crack this neoliberal mirror?

FEATURE
50:50
Women are still woefully under-represented in the art world, argues Jennifer Thatcher
The recent resurgence of feminism has seen the art world again come under scrutiny over inequality. Forty years after the flourishing of the Women’s Liberation Movement, why is there still so far to go?

FEATURE
Context v Content
Mark Prince on the phenomenon of the unreliable curator
If one strand of post-minimalist art operates through the activation of its surroundings, today’s curator-led exhibitions make for treacherous environments. How have artists such as Marcel Broodthaers, Mark Leckey and Elmgreen & Dragset subverted such loaded contexts?

EDITORIAL
Never Mind the Quality
In her first keynote speech since becoming culture secretary, Maria Miller restated coalition government dogma: the value of the arts can only be measured through economics. But isn’t this agenda based on a false premise that is fundamentally misleading?

ARTNOTES
A report on private investment in the arts shows support from individuals continuing to grow and support from businesses continuing to decline; a new study guide critically examines corporate sponsorship of the arts; Tate faces continued anti-oil sponsorship protests as well as other ethical dilemmas; the Turner Prize stitch-up; the creative industries undergo reclassification; ACE hands out funds to develop further fundraising models; Central Saint Martins asks ‘what’s the point of art school?’; galleries open and close; the latest news on events, appointments, prizes and more.

EXHIBITIONS
Anguish and Enthusiasm: What Do You Do With Your Revolution Once You’ve Got It Cornerhouse, Manchester –Bob Dickinson
Ruins in Reverse Tate Modern: Project Space, London Giulia Smith
Uncommon Ground: Land Art in Britain 1966-1979 Southampton City Art Gallery
Nancy Holt & Robert Smithson: England and Wales 1969 John Hansard Gallery, Southampton Paul Carey-Kent
Monuments Lismore Castle Arts, Waterford Chris Clarke
Simon Liddiment and Lawrence Weiner: COVERED BY CLOUDS Project/Number, London – Sophie J Williamson
I knOw yoU Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin Chris Clarke
Bernadette Corporation: 2000 Wasted Years ICA, London Larne Abse Gogarty
Linder: The Ultimate Form The Hepworth Wakefield – Bob Dickinson
Ellen Gallagher: AxME Tate Modern, London Mark Prince
Lucy McKenzie: Something They Have to Live With Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam Cherry Smyth
London Round-up Raven Row • PEER • Showroom • Corvi Mora George Vasey

BOOKS
Performing Contagious Bodies
Martin Patrick on Christopher Braddock’s study of ritual in art.

PERFORMANCE
Party for Freedom
Colin Perry experiences Oreet Ashery’s Artangel commission.

FILM
Oberhausen: Flatness – Cinema After the Internet
Adam Pugh on the short film festival’s 59th edition.

LETTER FROM PARIS
Springtime
Laura McLean-Ferris feels the chill wind of a corporatised art scene.

CONTRACTS
Consignment: Trust
Henry Lydiate on what happens to artworks when galleries go bust.

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