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<p>Who gets to say what counts as contemporary art? Artists, critics, curators, gallerists, auctioneers, collectors, or the public? Revealing how all of these groups have shaped today’s multifaceted definition, Terry Smith brilliantly shows that an historical approach offers the best answer to the question: <i>What is Contemporary Art?</i></p> <p>Smith argues that the most recognizable kind is characterized by a return to mainstream modernism in the work of such artists as Richard Serra and Gerh
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- Author
- Smith, Terry (Terry E.)
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press; University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780226764306
- Category
- art
- Subjects
- History, Art, Criticism & Theory
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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