Jacques Rancière and Contemporary Art: Swapping Stories of Love and Tyrannicide

This is neither the place nor the time to say that the love affair between the contemporary art world and philosopher Jacques Ranciere is over, even if signs of a certain decrystallization are beginning to appear. The philosopher seems coy, wary: “I get letters all the time from people who are organising biennales which, they say, have been conceived according to my principles, this being the reason I must come. Since I cannot go everywhere I am unable to tell.” “Moreover there is, as is wel...