Taking AIM!: The Business of Being an Artist Today

Contents

CONTENTS AIM Foreword antonio sergio bessa ix Acknowledgments holly block xiii Taking AIM: An Introduction marysol nieves 1 Talking AIM: A Conversation with Holly Block and Jackie Battenfield marysol nieves 9 THE ARTIST Three Decades, Three Artists: Rina Banerjee, Kate Gilmore, and Whitfield Lovell rocı́o aranda-alvarado 23 Small Worlds: An Interview with Polly Apfelbaum and Amy Cutler lydia yee 33 Art without Market anton vidokle 45 THE CURATOR Climate Change: East Coast to West Coast Curators Articulate the Evolving Curatorial Role regine basha 51 THE CRITIC Art Criticism at Present: Five Voices raphael rubinstein 69 AIM in Review: The Critics’ Perspective brian sholis 81 v vi Contents THE DEALER Gallerists and the Marketplace carla stellweg 89 THE COLLECTOR The Scoop on Miami axel stein 103 Cultivating Young Collectors through The Contemporaries rodney reid 117 INTERSTICE The Leibowitz Questionnaire cary leibowitz 123 THE ART ADVISOR AND CORPORATE CURATOR The Journey from the Studio to the Collection: Six Interviews with Art Advisors, Corporate Curators, and Others barbara toll 147 THE ART FAIR DIRECTOR The Art Fair Effect omar lopez-chahoud and ian cofré 165 FOUNDATIONS AND ARTS COUNCILS Funding Artists: An Inside Perspective melissa rachleff 175 ARTISTS’ RESIDENCIES AND COMMISSIONING OPPORTUNITIES Between the Lines: Residencies, Commissions, and Public Art sara reisman 197 THE WEB AND SOCIAL NETWORKING Art World 2.0 kianga ellis 217 Selected Chronology of World and Art Events, 1979–2010 compiled by mónica espinel 233 Selected Bibliography and Resources compiled by mónica espinel 259 Artist in the Marketplace Alumni List 279 List of Contributors 287 ...