The Organization of Contemporary Art - The Liquidation of Aesthetic Modernism

Starting in the 1990s, the art world was gripped by a "contemporary art" craze. A colossal global art market was built through a succession of contemporary art museums, contemporary art galleries, contemporary art auctions, etc., all springing into action one after another. Istanbul, striving to make its mark in the competition between global metropolises, became one of the centers of this market.
It is clear that contemporary art is highly organized, but what it is remains a riddle. The universal sources of art, such as art history, criticism, and aesthetics, have only just begun to discuss the question, "what is contemporary art?" In these discussions, examining the environments in which contemporary art is organized holds a key position. Ali Artun's writings are also within this scope: the rise of art management; the management/business models adopted in biennials; the connection between design and contemporary art; the auctioning of art; contemporary aesthetics, realism, and violence; contemporary patronage systems; the fate of art history and criticism... But the main underlying theme in all these topics is common: the liquidation of modernism.