This long-awaited volume brings together much of Brian O'Doherty's most influential writing, including essays on major figures such as Edward Hopper, Mark Rothko, and Andy Warhol, and a substantial follow-up to his iconic Inside the White Cube. New pieces specifically authored for this collection include a meditation on O'Doherty's various alternate personae-most notably Patrick Ireland-and a reflection on his seminal "Highway to Las Vegas" from 1972, penned after a return visit in 2012. The beautifully written texts, many of which have been unavailable in print, are insightfully introduced by art historian Anne-Marie Bonnet and complemented by forty-five color illustrations of artwork discussed in the essays as well as documentary photographs of O'Doherty and other major art-world figures. Adventurous, original, and essentially O'Doherty, this collection reveals his provocative charm and enduring influence as a public intellectual.

Noch nie waren moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst medial so präsent wie heute: Das Wechselverhältnis von Kunst, Markt und Museum beschäftigt vor allem Feuilletons und neue Medien. Doch wer schreibt eigentlich die Kunstgeschichte der Moderne – seit wann und wozu? Diese Fragen ergründet vorliegender Essay. Die Autorin erinnert an die facettenreiche Ideen-, Wissens- und Institutionengeschichte der Kunst sowie an die sich ändernden Bedingungen ihrer Produktion, Distribution und Rezeption. Tradierte Vorstellungen werden infrage gestellt, neue Blicke auf vermeintlich Vertrautes riskiert. Anhand konkreter Fall- und Werkbeispiele gelingt eine Bilanz der gegenwärtigen Verfasstheit der Kunstwelt. Behandelt werden neben einschlägigen Namen wie Gerhard Richter, Marina Abramović, Damien Hirst oder Tino Sehgal viele noch unbekannte und jüngere Künstler*innen, beabsichtigt die Autorin doch auch zu zeigen, dass Relevanz nichts mit Marktwert zu tun hat.

This long-awaited volume brings together much of Brian O'Doherty's most influential writing, including essays on major figures such as Edward Hopper, Mark Rothko, and Andy Warhol, and a substantial follow-up to his iconic Inside the White Cube. New pieces specifically authored for this collection include a meditation on O'Doherty's various alternate personae-most notably Patrick Ireland-and a reflection on his seminal "Highway to Las Vegas" from 1972, penned after a return visit in 2012. The beautifully written texts, many of which have been unavailable in print, are insightfully introduced by art historian Anne-Marie Bonnet and complemented by forty-five color illustrations of artwork discussed in the essays as well as documentary photographs of O'Doherty and other major art-world figures. Adventurous, original, and essentially O'Doherty, this collection reveals his provocative charm and enduring influence as a public intellectual.