This talk will look at the expanded field and political dynamic of socially engaged art in period of art’s expansion beyond art and the increasing closure of public support for such work. What then are the present possibilities and horizons of…

On the occasion of John Roberts’ public talk on June 3, we are pleased to host an informal workshop that takes his recent book Art and Emancipation as a starting point. Roberts will open the session with a short introduction, followed by a collective…

As part of the seminar Theories and Practices of Contemporary Artistic Research: A Multidisciplinary Approach, hosted by the Brera Academy of Fine Arts, Jacob Lund will present a lecture on the concept of contemporaneity. The event marks the launch…

Through a series of presentations and scholarly debates by international scholars from across several disciplines, the symposium will explore how aesthetic theory can illuminate the complexities of today’s conflict-riven and aestheticized political…

Infrastructural Critique and Art Historiography: A Footnote to Marina Vishmidt
The 1960s saw the start of an increasing tendency in art history, practice, and theory to recognise the importance of the contextual framework for its critical analysis.…

The research unit and collective IPA (Inquiries into the Political and the Aesthetic) invites, under the auspices of the research program Art, Aesthetics and Communities, to the workshop “The social reproduction of reading,” led by Dominique Routhier…

The research unit and collective IPA (Inquiries into the Political and the Aesthetic) invites, under the auspices of the research program Art, Aesthetics and Communities, to the workshop “Unequal lives: The Distribution of Time in Academic Lives,”led…