Curating Capitalism

How art impacts management, drawing from stories told by internationally known contemporary curators, artists, critics, and philosophers.

Curating has evolved into much more than creating interesting exhibitions, promoting artists, and selling artwork. Art worlds have fused with business worlds and transformed capitalism from the inside out. To "curate capitalism" implies new ways of management that go far beyond the simple commercialization of art and artist. Today, art and the artist inspire business. While some of Curating Capitalism can be traced back to the German Artist Joseph Beuys’ declaration that Art=Capital and American Andy Warhol’s vision of a capitalistic "Business Art," it takes the insights of independent curators to upscale and intellectually articulate these ideas."Curating Capitalism enables and inspires management educators to find the powerful connections and opportunity at the intersection of contemporary art, the artist, and business in pursuit of a better world."
—Judy Samuelson, founder and executive director, Aspen Institute Business and Society Program

"How can art exist within technocapitalism? This riveting book debates the question, featuring some of the most audacious thinkers of our time and unpacking the way in which art actively shapes economies of power, knowledge, and creation in the twenty-first century."
—Michelle Kuo, Marlene Jess Curator of Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, New York

"A smart, kaleidoscopic, must-read take on many hybrids of art, economics, and imagined futures of (post-)capitalistic society."
—Amy Whitaker, Professor, NYU Steinhardt School

"Built on conversations with world-renowned curators, artists, philosophers, and sociologists, such as Daniel Birnbaum, Olafur Eliasson, Jacques Rancière, and Bruno Latour, Curating Capitalism maps a rich journey at the intersection of art and capitalism."
—Elena Raviola, Söderberg Professor in Design Management, University of Gothenburg

"Curating Capitalism shows us ways forward when capitalism seems very much in crisis and in need of humanization."
—Rob Austin, Professor, Ivey Business School, OntarioPierre Guillet de Monthoux directs the Stockholm School of Economics Art Initiative where he is professor at its Center for Arts, Business, and Culture. He has held professorships in general management at Stockholm University, Sweden, and in philosophy and management at Copenhagen Business School, Denmark. He is docent at Åbo Akademi, Finland, and currently teaches at Artem Nancy in France.