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Can artists ever gain control of their work?

Even if their art is immaterial and temporary, artists aren’t always able to decommodify it as they see fit. Emily Wigoder considers the evidence.

Emily Wigoder
5 min read

Is there a way to decommodify art? This was the question that artists set out to answer in the 1960s with the increasing prevalence of installation art. By creating art that was reliant on its relatio...

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