With austerity cuts to public funding, many contemporary art museums have been forced to scale down their budgets, staff and acquisitions. In Radical Museology, New York-based art historian Claire Bishop argues that the incommensurability of fiscal and cultural temporality--one fast, the other slower--points to an alternative world of values in which museums (and by extension, ...(展开全部)

Theory in Contemporary Art since 1985 is a groundbreaking anthology that captures the essence and the edge of the contemporary art scene. Provides the first truly comprehensive and international anthology of theory in contemporary art of the last two decades. Brings together a broad selection of important contributions to the fields of contemporary art, theory, and cultur...(展开全部)

This groundbreaking new survey of contemporary art covers all the major art movements since 1970, the impact they have had. Each chapter contains a one or two page spread dedicated to artists commenting on their own work or the work of other artists.

At one time dismissed by many as inaccessible, elitist or even facile, contemporary art has since entered the realm of popular culture and is enjoyed by millions of gallery visitors every year. This accessible and beautifully produced up-to-date guide pinpoints key artists and events, and so helps demystify a generation of rapid change in the art world. The A-Z listing (by arti...(展开全部)

作者：(美国)佐亚·科库尔(Zoya Kocur) (美国)梁硕恩(Simon Leung) 译者：王春辰 何积惠 李亮之 等佐亚·科库尔（Zoya Kocur）是一位独立学者兼美国纽约大学艺术系客座艺术教授，合作编著了《当代艺术与多元化文化教育）（1996年），并发表过多篇有关艺术教育学和博物馆教育学方面的论文。梁硕恩（Simon Leung）是一位艺术家兼美国欧文加利福尼亚大学演播艺术系副教授，他的作品曾在威尼斯三年展（2003年）和惠特尼双年展（1993年）上展出。 王春辰是中国艺术批评家、美术史学博士，现工作于中央美术学院美术馆。出版有《1940年以来的艺术》（2006年）、《绘画现象学》（2006年）、《装饰新思维》（2006年）、《艺术的终结之后）（2007年）等译著。

Contemporary art is the object of inflated and widely divergent claims. But what kind of discourse can open it up effectively to critical analysis? Anywhere or Not at All is a major philosophical intervention in art theory that challenges the terms of established positions through a new approach at once philosophical, historical, social and art-critical. Developing the position...(展开全部)

For undergraduate/graduate courses in Contemporary Art, Art Criticism, and Art History; also appropriate for studio courses. This text gathers together the seminal moments in the international art scene of the last few years, placing them in the context of the critical and public understanding of the works, and brings into play the remarkable growth of contemporary art museums ...(展开全部)

In the modern era, the archive--official or personal--has become the most significant means by which historical knowledge and memory are collected, stored, and recovered. The archive has thus emerged as a key site of inquiry in such fields as anthropology, critical theory, history, and, especially, recent art. Traces and testimonies of such events as World War II and ensuing co...(展开全部)

夏洛特?伯纳姆-卡特（Charlotte Bonham-Carter），2003 年在美国伊利诺伊州埃文斯顿的西北大学获得英语文学学士学位，2006 年在伦敦的皇家艺术学院获得当代艺术策展管理硕士学位。经常为多家国际性的艺术出版物撰稿，包括《艺术快报》、《当代艺术》、《无题》、《艺术通讯》和《CIRCA》艺术杂志，还为英国国立肖像美术馆出版的《今日肖像》供稿。她参与撰写或主编的艺术展览目录手册数量众多，并在爱尔兰现代艺术博物馆合作策划推出过“精美尸体”主题展。此前为伦敦“外堡”（Barbican）艺廊的助理馆长，现就职于伦敦当代艺术协会，担任助理馆长。她同时负责编辑伦敦当代艺术协会的视觉艺术出版物《罗兰》。 大卫?霍奇（David Hodge），艺术史博士，主攻的课题为罗伯特?莫里斯（Robert Morris，美国雕塑家、观念艺术家）在20 世纪6...(展开全部)

Without doubt, the international contemporary art stage increases annually, drawing new crowds and new interest. Whilst enticing, contemporary art can be bewildering. This accessible and beautifully produced guide will pinpoint key artists and events, and so help demystify a generation of rapid change in the art world. The A-Z listing (by artist's name) will feature 200 of the ...(展开全部)