{"product_id":"spike-art-80-summer-2024-the-state-of-the-arts","title":"Spike Art #80 Summer 2024 - The State of the Arts","description":"\u003cp\u003eA sense of major flux is spreading in the art world – and not only among its pessimists. Under pressure from reactionary politics and its own “now more than ever” imperatives, so much in art is transforming: criticism into a flashy rubber stamp; art schools into trauma industries; fairs into 3D-PDFs; museums into everything for everybody; and art-making into a moral protocol.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSome artists are responding by dropping out, going Web3, or protesting genocide; a few are launching their own galleries or wellness brands; plenty are still just painting painting painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis issue is point of reference so that the next time we go off road, we can find a way back to our last clear perspective – a bit jaded, a little dizzy, but faithful as ever that artists are finding our way forward.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWith Travis Diehl on riskless art; Domenick Ammirati on getting ahead by getting hot; Anna Kornbluh on culture as pure vibe; Daniel Baumann on the impossibility of succeeding as a curator; an interview with painter and gallerist Jamian Juliano-Villani; Aodhan Madden on the trash girl art of Maggie Lee, Ser Serpas \u0026amp; K8 Hardy; Jaakko Pallasvuo and Kristian Vistrup Madsen talk trying (and failing) to drop out of the art world; a guide to decentralized social media; Marina Abramović’s secret to longevity; a postcard from Riyadh; Nicolas Bourriaud on this year’s Venice Biennale; and so much more.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"do you read me?!","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45310387191990,"sku":"39125","price":18.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0731\/8251\/1286\/files\/39125-Spike-Art-80-Summer-2024_The-State-of-the-Arts-1.jpg?v=1785587760","url":"https:\/\/mhkshopmotfy.com\/products\/spike-art-80-summer-2024-the-state-of-the-arts","provider":"Mhkshopmotfy","version":"1.0","type":"link"}