The companion to a one-of-a-kind exhibition at the University of Chicago s Smart Museum of Art, "Feast: Radical Hospitality in Contemporary Art "explores the role of the meal in contemporary art. "Feast "offers the first survey of the artist-orchestrated meal: since the 1930s, the act of sharing food and drink has been used to advance aesthetic goals and foster critical engagement with the culture of the moment. Both exhibition catalogue and reader, this richly illus- trated book offers an interdisciplinary exploration of the art of the meal and its relationship to questions about...