What will we remember the 2010s for in art history? The word from the specialists

It is an arduous task to assess with due detachment the art of the present years, trying to understand which works will remain and with which art history will be written. We are almost at the end of 2019, and a decade is drawing to a close in which certain trends have been established, certain artists have emerged, certain research has continued, and during which art has inevitably undergone changes: and as we have become accustomed to subdividing art from the 20th century onward by decades. Thus, we wanted to ask ourselves what will be the themes for which we will remember the 2010s in art history, what were the most characterizing experiences of this decade, what are the figures that the 2010s have consigned to history. Aware that the task is far from simple, we nevertheless wanted to try: that is why we asked critics, curators and museum directors of long experience and international caliber to take stock of these years.

A very interesting fresco emerges from their positions, which you can read in issue 3 of Windows on Art on paper, our print magazine on sale by subscription only: there are very few hours left not to miss it (find all the info at this link). For those who love contemporary art, it will be an issue not to be missed, because there will be talks by some important Italian and international specialists in contemporary art, namely: Lorenzo Balbi (Director, MAMbo Bologna), Ilaria Bonacossa (Director, Artissima), Nicolas Bourriaud (Director, Montpellier Contemporain; Director, XVI Istanbul Biennial), Mario Cristiani (Founder, Galleria Continua), Charles Esche (Director, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven), Yuko Hasegawa (Director, Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo), Gianfranco Maraniello (Director, MART - Museo d’Modern and Contemporary Art of Trent and Rovereto), Hans-Ulrich Obrist (Director, Serpentine Galleris, London), Gitte Ørskou (Director, Moderna Museet, Stockholm), Magnus af Petersens (Director, Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm), Kathleen Reinhardt (Curator, Department of Contemporary Art, Kunstsammlungen, Dresden), Adam Szymczyk (Art Critic.Art, Artistic Director of Documenta 14, Lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna), Axel Wieder (Director, Kunsthall Bergen).

For info on the full issue summary, visit this link.

Pictured: top row, left to right: Balbi, Bonacossa, Bourriaud, Cristiani, Esche, Hasegawa, Maraniello. Bottom row, left to right: Obrist, Ørskou, af Petersens, Reinhardt, Szymczyk, Wieder.

What will we remember the 2010s for in art history? The word from the specialists

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