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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Co-dependencyBy Lucky AndrewsCreative Enterprise is a fascinating and thorough history of the ways that artists and art institutions have shaped one another. Through a series of case studies of artists or groups of like minded artists Buskirk traces the contortions that artists and institutions have gone through to bring the critique of the museum into the museum. Her writing; as always; is crisp and clear. The book is almost novelistic in form. Creative Enterprise is filled with historic perspective; wonderful characters and a surprising story to tell. The author seems to be enjoying herself and wants to share her affection for her subjects and her witty skepticism of their strategies. Peppered throughout the book are some pretty funny asides. What do the paintings of Lascaux and a pile of tires in the basement of the Whitney share in common? Quite a bit; in fact.1 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Art and Money.By Piccaso LordRenowned art historian; Martha Buskirk; has written the definitive account (and accounting is appropriate here) of contemporary arts unambiguous and often confounding relationship with its far drearier partners; both institutional and commercial. Too well-mannered to simply savage well-established artistic brands; Buskirk settles in to surgically unravel the often curious practices of up-market museums; galleries; and auction houses. What she finds (and one suspects knew all along) is that a algebraic complexity coats a more basic equation that mars the corrosive; often fraught; intersection of art and commerce. Citing many examples; Buskirk elegantly argues that contemporary art practices have veered dangerous close to those of the entertainment and fashion worlds and deftly turns aside the mostly atonal defense of these practices handed down by artists and institutions alike. And beneath the elegance of her writing; the bloodier work of scholarship secures Buskirks argument as she cites example after example of debased cultural transactions. In short; this is a masterly work that should be required reading by anyone interested in how the art world works.