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How Do Reproducibility and Dematerialization in Digital Art Challenge Traditional Notions of Value, Scarcity, and Originality in the Neoliberal Art Market?

Digital art, with its infinite reproducibility and weightless existence, stands as a rebellious child in the prim halls of the neoliberal art market. It dismantles the pillars of traditional art commerce — value, scarcity, and originality — like a mischievous algorithm rewriting an old, revered code. The very fabric of the market, built on the […]

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How Digital Technologies Act as Mediators of Neoliberal Ideologies in Artistic Practice?

Digital devices permeate our daily lives and are far more than neutral tools. They not only enable the production and consumption of art but also carry the ideological marks of neoliberalism, shaping desires, values, and forms of creation. In a constant interplay between autonomy and control, these technologies act as silent—and often disguised—mediators of market

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How Does Neoliberalism Influence the Definition of “Digital Art”?

Neoliberalism exerts a profound and paradoxical influence on the definition of what is considered “digital art,” shaping not only artistic production but also its structures of value, reception, and perception. Like an invisible wind, it blows through the codes, algorithms, and artistic intentions, creating financial storms disguised as cultural revolutions. By reducing the aesthetic and

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How Does the Neoliberal Art Market Appropriate Digital Art and Subject It to the Logic of Profit?

Digital art, born as a promise of aesthetic and social revolution, is now imprisoned by a paradox: while its nature is one of expansion, reproducibility, and accessibility, artists find themselves constrained by the straitjacket of artificial scarcity. What could have been a fertile ground for innovation and democratization has been transformed into a speculative game,

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The End of Liberalism and the New Face of Art

In a landscape marked by growing inequality and the exhaustion of liberal promises, contemporary art finds a critical compass in Art After Liberalism. Published in 2022 in the United States, Nicholas Gamso’s book offers a profound and insightful analysis of the transformative role of art. In the face of the collapse of liberal narratives and the

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