**Martha Buskirk *is Professor of Art History and Criticism at Montserrat College of Art. Her publications include Creative Enterprise: Contemporary Art between Museum and Marketplace and The Contingent Object of Contemporary Art *, as well as numerous articles and catalogue essays. Her recent resea...

**Martha Buskirk *is Professor of Art History and Criticism at Montserrat College of Art. Her publications include Creative Enterprise: Contemporary Art between Museum and Marketplace and The Contingent Object of Contemporary Art *, as well as numerous articles and catalogue essays. Her recent research was supported by Guggenheim and Clark Art Institute Fellowships.