Art, Money, Parties: New Institutions in the Political Economy of Contemporary Art (Liverpool University Press - Tate Liverpool Critical Forum)

Art, Money, Parties is a collection of essays based on papers given at a conference of the same name held at Tate Liverpool in November 2002. It sets out to describe and evaluate the development of new forms of art patronage and display evident in such recurrent events as biennials, 'culturalquarter' projects for urban regeneration, novel galleries of contemporary art, and production sponsors (such as the Saatchi Gallery and the Baltic). The scope of the collection is international and its aim is to map and examine the globalisation of art's political-economy. Contributors: JeremyValentine (Queen Elizabeth College, Edinburgh), Andrew Brighton (Tate Modern), Sadie Coles (Gallery owner), Rory Francis (Manchester Metropolitan University), Paul Usherwood (University of Northumbria), Stewart Home (artist and writer), Lewis Biggs (ex-Director, Tate Liverpool), and Jonathan Harris(University of Liverpool). This Collection Of Essays Sets Out To Identify And Examine The Kinds Of New Institutions And Social Relations That Have Emerged And Begun To Shape The Global Organisation Of Contemporary Visual Art Over The Past Twenty-five Years.--book Jacket. Introduction : Elements Towards A Historical Sociology Of Contemporary Art / Jonathan Harris -- 'art, Money, Parties' And Liverpool Biennial / Lewis Biggs -- Cannibal Hookers From Beyond The Grave Meet The Art Crazies At Zombie Island (aka Ralph Rumney's Victory In Venice Revisited) / Stewart Home -- Sadie Coles Hq : Anatomy Of A Gallery In The Age Of Globalised Contemporary Art / Sadie Coles Interviewed By Jonathan Harris -- Public Art And Collective Amnesia / Paul Usherwood -- Managing Disappointment : Arts Policy, Funding, And The Social Inclusion Agenda / Rory Francis -- A Changed Experience Of Space / Wolfgang Winter And Berthold Hörbelt Interviewed By Daniel Birnbaum -- Art And Empire : Aesthetic Autonomy, Organisational Mediation And Contextualising Practices / Jeremy Valentine. Edited By Jonathan Harris. Based On A Conference Held At The Tate Liverpool, Nov., 2002 On The Occasion Of The 2nd Liverpool Biennial Exhibition Of Contemporary Art. Includes Bibliographical References.