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ART CRITICISM, THEORY AND HISTORY

PUBLISHER
Polígrafa

BOOK FORMAT
Paperback, 5.5 x 8.25 in. / 160 pgs / 36 color.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date
Forthcoming

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D.A.P. Exclusive
Catalog: SPRING 2025 p. 109   

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN 9788434314818 TRADE
List Price: $25.00 CAD $38.00

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Mission and Commission

Documenta and the Art Market 1955–1968

By Mela Dávila Freire.

How the first decade of Documenta, one of the art world’s most-watched exhibitions, shaped the economics of contemporary art

Today, Documenta’s independence from the art market is a given, but this has not always been the case. In its nascent years, Documenta was at the center of a web of vested interests such as the need for funding, the democratization of art and the lucrative pretensions of an emergent art market. Mission and Commission explores the confluences and conflicts of such interests, approaching a well-known story from a novel angle. Among the main characters of this side of Documenta’s history are Arnold Bode, the "founding father" of Documenta; Hein Stünke, former co-organizer of the exhibition; gallery owner Rudolf Zwirner; and the founder of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Knud Jensen.
Mela Dávila Freire has worked as a consultant and independent researcher with the Documenta Archive in Kassel. She was formerly Head of Publications and Head of the Study Center at the Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona.


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