Nonostante la crisi il sistema dell’arte continua a far finta di niente. Perché?
The article critiques the contemporary art world's apparent indifference to its own structural crises, pointing to recent events such as the closure of Air de Paris and significant staff reductions at Pace Gallery, where CEO Marc Glimcher has publicly described the system as "broken" and "impossible to repair." Despite these clear signals of systemic failure, the author observes a widespread tendency within the art sector to carry on as if nothing is wrong, maintaining a disconnect between the art world's internal codes and the pressing realities of the broader social and political context.
This matters because the author argues that the art world's refusal to engage meaningfully with its own crises—and with the world at large—reflects a deeper, more troubling pattern of indifference that extends beyond art into other societal systems. The piece also laments the decline of art criticism, suggesting that criticism has been systematically eroded because it was inconvenient, and that the current moment demands more from art than the superficiality of "artivism" or market-driven production. The article ultimately calls for a more self-aware, critical, and engaged art world that can respond to extraordinary times with something more than ordinary art.