Open research questions in Art, Politics, and Modernism
197 gap statements mined from Art, Politics, and Modernism papers in our 7.9M-paper local library, which holds 3,548 papers on the topic — drawn mostly from each paper's own stated research gap, future-work, challenge and limitation notes, and its abstract. The ones listed below are a selection still marked open; each names the study that raised it, with a DOI link where the paper has one.
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What the literature leaves open
But like other women artists of the first half of the twentieth century, “rediscovered” well after their male peers and partners, Hurtado’s own aesthetics and artworks remain to be carefully studied.
The essay proposes that simultaneity is an important and recurrent concern for artists and curators that has been underexplored within art historical and related discourses.
The Gap Which Separates: Simultaneity, Disparity, and Audiovisual-Linking Technologies in “Southeast Asian Contemporary Art” · 2025 · DOIThe difficulties of McCahon's working conditions prior to 1971 have been emphasized by scholars, but his transition to full-time painting has not been fully explored. The role of distractions in McCahon's painting process has not been fully understood.
Colin McCahon’s 1971 exhibition View from the Top of the Cliff and necessary distractions · 2026 · DOIThe paper highlights the need to examine the artistic and semantic features of ethnodesign in the context of contemporary decorative art.
DESIGN OF TETYANA POKOTYLO’S AUTHORIAL DOLLS IN THE CONTEXT OF CONTEMPORARY DECORATIVE ART · 2026 · DOIFuture research could explore the influence of other artists on Malevich's work. The study suggests further analysis of the conceptual importance of symbolic forms in avant-garde art.
The study highlights the need for further analysis of the influence of Čiurlionis's artistic legacy on Malevich's Suprematist theory.
The paper identifies a need for support and empowerment of local artists and communities.
There is a need for further research on the history and cultural significance of Sohrai painting. The paper identifies a gap in existing literature on the preservation and promotion of traditional art forms in Jharkhand.
Future research can build on the paper's analysis of the exhibition's catalog and audiovisual records. Future research can explore the application of the paper's findings to other artistic works. Future research can investigate the role of the archive in other artistic contexts.
The paper notes that prior work on archive theory has not fully addressed the role of the artist in mobilizing the archive.
Future research should focus on promoting a more inclusive understanding of European art practices. Future research should explore the complexities of Eastern European art amidst significant geopolitical changes. Future research should examine the impact of the marginalization of Eastern European art and artists on the region's cultural identity.
The Cold War Is Over, and It Made Us Even Colder: Art and Artists Between Eastern and Western Europe from 1945 until 2025 · 2026 · DOIThe study addresses a research gap concerning the limited studies that examine the integration of materiality, performance, and digital media in the analysis of female body representation.
The Female Body Between Materiality, Performance, and Digital Media: An Analytical Study of the Exhibition Le Non-corps · 2026 · DOIThe need to balance artistic and cultural production with a commitment to economic and social justice principles.
Future research could explore the relationship between art and kitsch in other cultural contexts. Future research could examine the impact of mass society and conspicuous consumption on the production and consumption of art and kitsch.
The paper highlights the need to consider the social and cultural context of art and kitsch.
The challenge of balancing permanent art installations with the need for temporary exhibitions. The difficulty of integrating permanent art interventions into the museum's overall narrative. The risk of permanent installations becoming static and unengaging.
The lack of analysis of spatial taxonomies in museum spaces. The need to explore the potential of permanent art interventions as idiosyncratic hallmarks of the respective museum.
Future research can explore the application of Merleau-Ponty's concept of sensation to other art forms. The relationship between Merleau-Ponty's philosophy and other modernist movements can be further investigated.
The paper highlights the need to explore the relationship between Merleau-Ponty's philosophy and modernist painting.
While making a timely contribution to Xu Bing scholarship by focusing on an understudied work in his oeuvre, it also adds new lines of inquiry: first, with regard to text-image reciprocity, which continues to be a focal point in studies of contemporary Chinese art; and second, with regard to animation-calligraphy reciprocity, which begs more critical attention.
Despite Manet’s desire to be \naccepted by artistic authorities, his innovative approach in the context and style which can be thought \nin the scope of art for the sake of art in his paintings was not understood.
Hurtado’s refusal to be defined or delimited by the dehumanizing racist colonial legacies of colorism typical of both Latin American and US cultures found support in the traditional, core Indigenous idea of a living, vibrant planet of interdependent beings,14 but also in the culturally open sensibility of many in the artistic and intellectual circles of her youth that opened them to non-European cultures, albeit…
The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of Eastern European art and its marginalization in international art venues and narratives. The paper identifies a gap in the representation of Eastern European art and artists in major international art venues and narratives.
The Cold War Is Over, and It Made Us Even Colder: Art and Artists Between Eastern and Western Europe from 1945 until 2025 · 2026 · DOIFurther examination of Rotor's institutional practice and its methodology in fostering a resilient human ecology. Application of Rotor's model to other contexts, promoting economic and social justice principles. Investigation of the impact of Rotor's practice on the local community and the broader art world.
The case study draws on interview data with 46 key stakeholders (including commissioners, activists, and residents) to contribute new insights into public art’s queer afterlives in an underexplored Central European setting.
Most-cited papers in Art, Politics, and Modernism
- Showing seeing: a critique of visual culture · Journal of Visual Culture · 2002 · 315 citations
- Concerning imagery. · Psychological Review · 1968 · 311 citations
- The Shape of Time: Remarks on the History of Things · Art Journal · 1963 · 283 citations
- Renaissance and Renascences in Western Art · Art Journal · 1961 · 219 citations
- "Context Stinks!" · New Literary History · 2011 · 159 citations
- “Presence”in Absentia · Art Journal · 1997 · 157 citations
- Microvenus · Art Journal · 1996 · 147 citations
- Modern Painting and the Northern Romantic Tradition, Friedrich to Rothko · Art Journal · 1976 · 125 citations
- The Childhood of the Artist · The Psychoanalytic Study of the Child · 1957 · 121 citations
- Idea, a Concept in Art Theory · Art Journal · 1970 · 110 citations
Most recent work
- The Problem of Time in Painting · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026
- Temporality as a Hidden Structural Axis of Visual Art · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026
- Murals and neighborhoods: The impact of public art in Philadelphia · Cities · 2026
- About the Artist: Eleonora Nigro, MSc · Diabetes Care · 2026
- Context Curation: An Art Practice in Which the Context Is the Work · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026
- Colin McCahon’s 1971 exhibition View from the Top of the Cliff and necessary distractions · Tuhinga · 2026
- DESIGN OF TETYANA POKOTYLO’S AUTHORIAL DOLLS IN THE CONTEXT OF CONTEMPORARY DECORATIVE ART · STREDOEVROPSKY VESTNiK PRO VEDU А VYZKUM · 2026
- THE ROLE OF THE CREATIVE INDIVIDUAL STYLE IN THE APPLICATION OF ARTISTIC PSYCHOLOGISM. · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2026
- Lift Every Voice and Sing: The Art Legacy of the Harlem Renaissance · Social Education · 2026
- Review: Today Is Always Yesterday: Contemporary Brazilian Art , by Michael Asbury · Latin American and Latinx Visual Culture · 2026
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