2026/01/01 by Josh Kline · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Art History and Market Analysis #Art, Politics, and Modernism #Contemporary art #Cultural Industries and Urban Development #Economic rent #Exhibition #Fine art #Modern art #Real estate #Studio #The arts #Visual art of the United States #Work (physics)
paper · pdf · doi:10.1162/octo.a.539
published in October (195), 91-109 (The MIT Press)
openalex publication_date 2026/01/01 · openalex created_date 2026/03/13 · openalex updated_date 2026/05/21
Abstract Part of October's “Art Communities at Risk” series, Josh Kline's essay examines key structural problems in the American art industry through the lens of class, tracing their origins back to the staggering prices and rents for commercial and residential real estate in New York City today. Kline's text draws on personal observations and experience accumulated over the last twenty-five years while working as an institutional curator and as an emerging and mid-career artist, as well as on extensive background conversations with peers and colleagues.