The Progress Trap AC25 set in a vivid world

set in a vivid world of myth

while a conversation between Blum and Dorothy Lichtenstein—held on the occasion of this exhibition—further illuminates their rich shared history

Brian Clark

leaders at IBM's Institute for Business Value (IBV)

The Progress Trap AC25 set in a vivid worldThe idea of progress, one of the animating ideas of Western civilization, has now gone global. From Marxism and neoliberalism to todays mutant identity politics, it offers a framework of knowledge and confidence: an assurance that things will get better and that history is on our side. However, in doing this it creates a form of authority that is simultaneously imaginary and dishonest, resting on confidence in a future that is really contingent and