{"product_id":"mission-and-commission-mela-davila-freire-9788434314818","title":"Mission and Commission: Documenta and the Art Market 1955-1968","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHow the first decade of Documenta, one of the art world's most-watched exhibitions, shaped the economics of contemporary art\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, Documenta's independence from the art market is a given, but this has not always been the case. In its nascent years, Documenta was at the center of a web of vested interests such as the need for funding, the democratization of art and the lucrative pretensions of an emergent art market. \u003ci\u003eMission and Commission\u003c\/i\u003e explores the confluences and conflicts of such interests, approaching a well-known story from a novel angle. Among the main characters of this side of Documenta's history are Arnold Bode, the \"founding father\" of Documenta; Hein St?nke, former co-organizer of the exhibition; gallery owner Rudolf Zwirner; and the founder of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Knud Jensen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMela D?vila Freire\u003c\/b\u003e has worked as a consultant and independent researcher with the Documenta Archive in Kassel. She was formerly Head of Publications and Head of the Study Center at the Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mela Davila Freire\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8434314819\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9788434314818\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ediciones Polígrafa S.A.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/15\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 0.50d","brand":"Mela Davila Freire","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46739270861055,"sku":"9788434314818","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5a95433b-777f-4e8a-8d29-54eee5d3e50e.jpg?v=1743277713","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/mission-and-commission-mela-davila-freire-9788434314818","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}