Claire Bishop characterised research-based art as “a hallmark of Western biennials” in her evaluation of the Havana Biennial in 2009. Susanne von Falkenhausen lamented the “didactic overkill” of research-based art in her evaluation of Documenta 13 in 2012. Last yr, in these pages, Emily Watlington remarked on the “umpteen didactic, research-based works” in her evaluate of the Berlin Biennale. This article discusses the banana duct-taped to the wall by Maurizio Cattelan and the rise of art as an asset class. The State of the indian art Market Report FY23 shows a 9% improve in turnover and a 6% increase within the number of works bought. In his guide “The Avant-Gardists,” Sjeng Scheijen delves deeply into the tumultuous creative revolution in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union from 1917 to 1935.
- Until this year, Johann König had been considered one of the foremost figures within the Berlin art scene, with