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A survey of engaging contemporary artworks in which money is the subject or material, from old-fashioned pennies to digital tokensAs an inescapable aspect of everyday life, money has appeared in art throughout its history. Many modern artists have used currency to reflect on various economic, political and social concerns. Some use physical money--banknotes, coins, checks and credit cards--as an actual art material to subvert notions of value, while others have embraced digital currencies, looking forward to a possible future where money is wholly intangible.
Money in Art: From Coinage to Crypto is an accessible yet thought-provoking publication that features an intriguing selection of modern and contemporary art. David Trigg gathers a selection of over 90 works presented chronologically from Pop art onward, and provides engaging texts contextualizing the role of money in the history of art.
David Trigg has written widely on contemporary art for books and major art journals including
Studio International, the
Art Newspaper,
Art Monthly,
ArtReview and
Frieze. He is the author of
Reading Art (Phaidon, 2018).
About the author
David Trigg is a Bristol-based writer, critic and art historian. He has written widely on contemporary art for books and major art journals, including Studio International, The Art Newspaper, Art Monthly, ArtReview, Frieze and The Burlington Magazine. He is the author of Reading Art: Art for Book Lovers (Phaidon Press, 2018), named one of the ‘art books of the year’ by The Times, which examines how artists have depicted books as symbols, subjects and objects. His book Spring (Tate Publishing, 2020) explores the season of spring through artworks from Tate’s collection. A selection of his interviews with artists is included in Talking Art 2 (Ridinghouse, 2018).
Mark Carney is a Canadian economist who served as governor of the Bank of Canada from 2008 to 2013 and the Bank of England from 2013 to 2020.
