Speculative Art Histories

A ‘counter-discourse’ of speculative approaches to art history Situated at the interface of philosophy, aesthetics, and art history, this collection brings together a series of creative responses to the recent speculative turn in Continental philosophy. The range of contributors include philosophers, art historians, architects as well as art practitioners who seek to go beyond the mere complementarity of philosophy and art history. It is generous with the types of art including architecture, cinema, dance, new media and the philosophical trajectories it is engaged with. This book provides both a genealogy of speculative art history and an experimental and provocative counter-discourse of new speculative art histories. The result is a stimulating and timely compendium. Sjoerd van Tuinen is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Published in association with Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art