Centre for Philosophy and Art

Description

The Centre for Philosophy and Art is a major multi-disciplinary initiative based at King’s College London. Its aim is to bring together academics, artists, curators and gallerists to explore the connections between philosophy, theory and the arts.

The core research questions in which the Centre is interested are:

• How can philosophy contribute to the study of artistic practice, training, and theory in the contemporary arts? How should the role, limitations, and capacities of the visual be conceptualised?
• How might philosophy critique or theorise specific methods and techniques within the contemporary arts?
• What philosophical frameworks are currently dominant on the contemporary arts scene and how are these used to licence, support or theorise particular pieces of work or particular practices?
• How have particular philosophers influenced recent and contemporary work in the arts and in arts theory?
• How should the relationship between philosophical texts and artworks which share a common theme or topic be understood?
• To what degree can a focus on the concrete reality and sociology of contemporary artistic practice in the West act as a corrective to traditional aesthetic theories?

Currently active

Yes

Offers funding

No, this infrastructure does not provide funding.

Founding year

2016

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University affiliation(s)

King's College London (KCL)
London

Partner Infrastructures

The National Gallery

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London

Additional Partnerships

Tate; The Photographers' Gallery; Bush House Arcade, King's College London; Richard Wollheim Centenary Project (Interdisciplinary Psychoanalytic Thought research network); Flat Time House; Institute of Psychoanalysis