Kunst und Gegenwart

Series of talks at the TRACES Research Center in Kassel

Art has never been self-sufficient. But today, more than in the past, it sees itself as a social force in the midst of things. Its awareness of problems thus no longer concerns only the aesthetic, but is rather directed towards our present in general. In the discussion series “Art and the Present”, we want to explore this shift. The economy plays just as big a role as politics and ecology. We ask what contemporary art has to say to us today in these areas. What does it do, what does it want and what does it lead us to? And what does all this mean for art itself?

02.5. Gary Zhexi Zhang - The Greater Fool Theory: Art and Economy in Unravelling Times

16.5. David Morris - “WHAT WE ARE NOW”: Solidarity, Precarity, Culture Work and Artists for Democracy (1974-77)

06.6. Hannah Baader - From the Laboratory: Ecology and the Museum Present

13.6. Juliane Rebentisch - Theories of Contemporary Art. 10 years later. A conversation.

20.6. Judith Siegmund - The integration of the arts into society and consequences for art institutions

27.6. Kathrin Rottmann / Friederike Sigler / Stephan Trüby - Art and Architecture of the New Right. A conversation.

Location: TRACES Research Center

Lutherplatz, 34117 Kassel