The ground that sticks
The ground that sticks
Despite its ostensibly visual nature, it is fair to say that, for the most part, contemporary art has had little to say about tourism. Instead, tourism has been at best discussed as part of the infrastructure of the artworld, standing behind art-led “regeneration” or “place-making” projects and used to justify the explosion of museums (including franchise museums), biennials and fairs. However, as we wave goodbye to that expansionist phase of the “global contemporary”, something else might come into view when looked at through the lens of tourism, something that speaks about extraction, stalled futures and bunkerisation.
Tourism, Global Art
Hernández Velázquez, Yaiza
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30 October 2025
Hernández Velázquez, Yaiza
2f2fec57-3100-440b-a35e-776f00d6cb8c
Hernández Velázquez, Yaiza
(2025)
The ground that sticks.
The Ground that Sticks, Goldsmiths, University of London, London.
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Abstract
Despite its ostensibly visual nature, it is fair to say that, for the most part, contemporary art has had little to say about tourism. Instead, tourism has been at best discussed as part of the infrastructure of the artworld, standing behind art-led “regeneration” or “place-making” projects and used to justify the explosion of museums (including franchise museums), biennials and fairs. However, as we wave goodbye to that expansionist phase of the “global contemporary”, something else might come into view when looked at through the lens of tourism, something that speaks about extraction, stalled futures and bunkerisation.
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Published date: 30 October 2025
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The Ground that Sticks, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, 2025-10-30
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Tourism, Global Art
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Local EPrints ID: 508202
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/508202
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Last modified: 15 Jan 2026 03:14
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Yaiza Hernández Velázquez
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