Founded in the early 1980s with the idea of fostering an open dialogue between the artistic communities of Europe and America,
Parkett is based in Zurich, with an office also in New York City. To celebrate the fortieth issue of
Parkett, in June 1994 the editors presented a special thematic issue asking what beauty will look like after it reemerges from Postmodernism? And how, when contemporary life demands so many different things from contemporary art, do we strike a balance between history and presence, politics and humor? Taking the children's game of Snakes and Ladders as a guiding metaphor, the gala issue offered six mini-collaborations: Holland Cotter on
Francesco Clemente;
Boris Groys on
Peter Fischli and David Weiss; David Rimanelli and Max Weechsler on
Gunther Förg;
Gordon Burn on
Damien Hirst; Joan Simon on
Jenny Holzer; and
Gilbert Lascault on
Rebecca Horn. Also in this issue,
Dave Hickey wrote on magic,
Vik Muniz on apparitions, Jeff Perrone on boards and borders, and
G. Roger Denson on nomadic critical theory. In 2001, on the occasion of
Parkett's retrospective, the Museum of Modern Art in New York City staged the exhibition, "Parkett - 20 Years of Artists' Collaborations", replete with a catalog raisonné of all artists' editions. A book from the Kunsthaus Zurich exhibition in 2004 features unpublished artists sketches, documents, interviews, photographs and statements on the history and the making of Parkett since 1984. Exhibitions of Parkett's artists' editions have also been held in
Cologne (Ludwig Museum),
Frankfurt (Portikus),
Copenhagen (Louisiana Museum),
Tokyo (Hillside Forum),
Geneva (Centre d'Art Contemporain),
London (Whitechapel Art Gallery), and Zurich (Kunsthaus). ==Featured artists==