The artists featured in the exhibition react to this condition using various forms of protest: some responses are incisive, while others counter the market’s contradictions with equal measures of irrationality and play. The works on view reflect an “ephemeral existence” in which our material circumstances, both in art and life, can feel precarious, abstract, and out of control. “The Great Ephemeral” is curated in collaboration with Meiya Cheng of Taipei Contemporary Art Center ( TCAC), a platform dedicated to artists, curators, scholars, and cultural activists. ![]() This exhibition is part of a season of programming organized by the New Museum’s Education Department that examines aspects of speculation, including its volatile relationship to faith as well as alternative economies focused on caregiving and collective labor. “The Great Ephemeral” responds to the speculative nature of the global market, both by exploring its intangible, even emotional, aspects and by offering clear-eyed commentary on its inequalities. ![]() Learn more about how to participate in “The Great Ephemeral”.
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