Economic Ekphrasis

A series of scintillating, elegantly illustrated essays explore Goldin+Senneby's nuanced use of utterly surprising tools—black-box trading strategies, secrets, absences, magic, a broken table, an oak tree—to provoke us to think more imaginatively about financial and economic life. A vital source of inspiration for any academic institution that wants to engage seriously with art.

Donald MacKenzie, Professor of Sociology, University of Edinburgh

This book should be obligatory reading for people who see no connection between the economy and the arts. Readers who are aware of this connection have been impatiently awaiting this second volume in the series, “Experiments in Art and Capitalism"

Barbara Czarniawska, Research Professor at GRI, School of Business Economics and Law, University of Gothenburg

How can Art, beyond traditional critique or celebration, generate unforeseen perspectives that challenge, tackle and irritate Capitalism? The practices of Economic Ekphrasis might provide answers that pave the way to new exciting experiments in Art and Capitalism.

Daniel Birnbaum, Professor of Philosophy, Städelschule, Frankfurt a.M. Director of Acute Art, London

Economic Ekphrasis—performing socially responsible art inside capitalism!

Maria and Michelangelo Pistoletto, founders of Terzo Paradiso, Cittadellarte Biella It

Goldin+Senneby's multi-dimensional art-economic interventions are iconic reference points for artists working with finance. This book is a mesmerising whirlwind of institutional negotiations—essential reading for artists, curators and anyone interested in the intersection of art and business today.

Thomas Christopher Kulendran, artist, founder of New Eelam