What is contemporary art?
By: Terry Smith.
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780226764306; 9780226764313
Subjects: Art, Modern -- 21st century -- History and criticism; Aesthetics, Modern -- 21st century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Contemporary art inside out; title: Museums: modern/contemporary; title: Remodernizing Manhattan; title: Sublime-on-Hudson: Dia : Beacon now; title: SensationSaatchi; title: Contemporizing the Tate Modern; title: Spectacles: architecture/sculpture; title: The experience museum: Bilbao and beyond; title: The intensity exhibit: Barneyworld at McGuggenheim; title: Markets: global/local; title: Going global: selling contemporary art; title: From the desert to the fair; title: Countercurrents: south/north; title: The postcolonial turn; title: Our otherness: the beauty of the animal; title: Contemporaneity: times/places; title: Taking time; title: Art, truth, and politics; title: An art historical hypothesis; title: What is contemporary art?