Ethics and the Visual Arts

Elaine A. King, Gail Levin

• Publisher: Allworth
• Year: 2010
• Print ISBN: 9781581154580
• eBook ISBN: 9781581158229
• Topic: Art
• Subtopic: Art General

The dark side of the arts is explored in this timely volume, sure to spark discussion and debate. Nineteen diverse essays by such distinguished authors as Eric Fischl, Suzaan Boettger, Stephen Weil, Richard Serra, and more cover a broad range of topics facing today's artists, policy makers, art lawyers, galleries, museum professionals, and many others. Readers will find expert insights on such up-to-the-minute issues as preserving Iraqi heritage after the U.S. invasion; the role of new media; art and censorship; the impact of 9/11 on artists; authenticity and forgeries; cultural globalization; fair use; how tax laws encourage donations of art to museums; where people buy art; the ethical codes of working art critics; and much more. With its clear-sighted commentary on today's hottest arts issues, Ethics in the Visual Arts is essential reading for anyone interested in the humanities and in current events. • Eric Fischl, Suzaan Boettger, Stephen Weil, other top names • Valuable to policy makers, attorneys, art critics, museum professionals, anyone involved in artAllworth Press, an imprint of Skyhorse Publishing, publishes a broad range of books on the visual and performing arts, with emphasis on the business of art. Our titles cover subjects such as graphic design, theater, branding, fine art, photography, interior design, writing, acting, film, how to start careers, business and legal forms, business practices, and more. While we don't aspire to publish a New York Times bestseller or a national bestseller, we are deeply committed to quality books that help creative professionals succeed and thrive. We often publish in areas overlooked by other publishers and welcome the author whose expertise can help our audience of readers.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Preface
• Chapter 1 So, What’s the Price?—The PM Principle—Power, People, & Money, Elaine A. King
• Chapter 2 The Unethical Art Museum, Alan Wallach
• Chapter 3 Consuming Emancipation: Ethics, Culture, and Politics, Saul Ostrow
• Chapter 4 Museum Collecting, Clear Title, and the Ethics of Power, Tom L. Freudenheim
• Chapter 5 Politics, Ethics and Memory: Nazi Art Plunder and Holocaust Art Restitution, Ori Z. Soltes
• Chapter 6 Calling for a Code of Ethics in the Indian Art Market, Elizabeth A. Sackler
• Chapter 7 The Preservation of Iraqi Modern Heritage in the Aftermath of the U.S. Invasion of 2003, Nada Shabout
• Chapter 8 Ethics of Appraising Fine Art, Alex Rosenberg
• Chapter 9 Artists’ Estates: When Trust Is Betrayed, Gail Levin
• Chapter 10 The Moral Case for Restoring Artworks, James Janowski
• Chapter 11 Ethical Issues and Curatorial Practices, Joan Marter
• Chapter 12 Fair Use and the Visual Arts: Please Leave Some Room for Robin Hood, Stephen E. Weil
• Chapter 13 Interrogating New Media: A Conversation with Joyce Cutler-Shaw and Margot Lovejoy, Deborah J. Haynes
• Chapter 14 Art and Censorship, Richard Serra
• Chapter 15 The Trauma of 9/11 and Its Impact on Artists, Eric Fischl
• Chapter 16 Art Enters the Biotechnology Debate: Questions of Ethics, Ellen K. Levy
• Chapter 17 Earthworks’ Contingencies, Suzaan Boettger
• Chapter 18 Unraveling the Ethics in Cultural Globalization, Robert C. Morgan
• Chapter 19 Law, Ethics, and the Visual Arts: The Many Facets of Conflict of Interest, Barbara T. Hoffman
• Contributors
• Credits
• Index
• Books