The 13th issue of the Journal of the Faculty of Art at the Pedagogical University of Krakow, “Annales Universitatis Paedagogicae Cracoviensis. Studia de Arte et Educatione,” addresses invisibility and absence in contemporary art practices in widely understood public sphere, where the latter concerns both urban and rural space, the Internet, as well as museums and galleries, public collections of contemporary art, art festivals and other events. Authors featured in this volume investigate those
artistic and institutional practices that seek to achieve social efficacy and presence, yet their less conspicuous existence is not considered a failure.

In this issue, authors are interested in those approaches as well as individual and collective efforts that question the omnipresent quest for visibility. This attitude may be manifested in negating the market and the conception of artwork as commodity, or in a dismissal of galleries and museums. Yet, it may also be expressed in the artist’s approach – his or her state of mind – of being authentically exhausted with and distanced towards fame and recognition despite being a successful player in the world of high-budget commissions and festivals of art in public space.