The Global Art Compass: New Directions in 21st Century Art

by Alistair Hicks

In the past, writers and critics such as Goethe, Ruskin, and Clement Greenberg perpetuated particular ideas about art and even dictated these ideas to the artists themselves. Today, artists no longer have to follow one prevailing theory and the art world is less centralized in particular cities: New York, London, Paris, Berlin, and Beijing all offer rich environments to artists but none are designated as the exclusive center of the art world.

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0500239193
• ISBN13: 9780500239193
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.5"