contemporaryart

A collection of 5 issues

What Is Art? The WYSIWYG Effect in Contemporary Art

A lot of contemporary art today operates on a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) basis. The artwork, no matter how abstract, uncanny, or seemingly nonsensical, is often presented without explanation from the artist. The viewer is left with an image, an object, or an installation that resists

"Art for Art" or "Art for art market"?

It is the first time in the history of art when the art market is more important than the art itself. If the 19th century was all about “Art for art”, the 20th about “Art as a weapon against totalitarian politics”, the 21st century is all about “Art for art market”.

Art & Politics: The fall of the Divine Empire

Medieval pictorial art is almost exclusively religious. The sacredness of the painting is represented, through the golden background, as symbol of impermissibility, and the absence of facial expression, as being timeless and aspatial.

Feminist art: Is the vagina the new penis?

Before the year 2000 no one really dared to put vaginas or vulvas in public exhibitions. These empowered women artists make us believe that the days of the penis are over: So, can the vagina be the new penis?

The Biennale of Venice 2019

Held every two years since 1895 the Biennale of Venice is questioning the novelty in art, giving to each country the opportunity to exhibit their most representative contemporary works of art. The Biennale of Venice was initially an event organized to celebrate the 25 years of marriage of the King