Artist-run spaces

Abstract

Artist-run space or artist-led space: artists form a group so that they themselves can manage—run—an exhibition venue, a theatre, a bookshop, archives, and the like. The term replaces other widespread names, such as “alternative” or “independent” spaces, although these do not have exactly the same meaning. Shift of focus: what is involved is emphasizing the fact that we are talking about initiatives coming from artists. But associations of artists are nothing new: the Kunstvereine of the Germ...