Contemporary art can be baffling and beautiful, provocative and disturbing. This pioneering book presents a new look at the controversial period between 1945 and 2015, when art and its traditional forms were called into question. It focuses on the relationship between American and European art, and challenges previously held views about the origins of some of the most innovative ideas in art of this time.

Major artists such as Jackson Pollock, Robert Rauschenberg, Andy Warhol, Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Louise Bourgeois, Cindy Sherman, Jeff Koons, and Shiran Neshat are all discussed, as is the art world of the last fifty years. Important trends are also covered including Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, Minimalism, Conceptualism, Postmodernism, and Performance Art.

Αυτή η αναθεωρημένη και ενημερωμένη δεύτερη έκδοση περιλαμβάνει ένα νέο κεφάλαιο που εξερευνά την τέχνη από το 2000 και πώς η παγκοσμιοποίηση έχει προκαλέσει αλλαγές στον καλλιτεχνικό κόσμο, μια ενημερωμένη Βιβλιογραφία και 16 νέες, έγχρωμες εικονογραφήσεις.