The Global Contemporary and the Rise of New Art Worlds

edited by Hans Belting, Andrea Buddensieg and Peter Weibel $50 mitpress.mit.edu   "Globalism is another new normal with ambiguous implications, and this primer, edited by Hans Belting, Andrea Buddensieg and Peter Weibel, charts at least one aspect of its development. The book originated as an exhibition catalog in Germany and was conceived largely from a European perspective, which should prove refreshing for readers who chafe at the exceptionalist attitude of the American art mainstream. More important, the book covers a lot of historical ground, taking that tectonic y ear 1 989 as its starting point and using the ex plosion of international biennials and triennials for an art-world map utterly different from the one that existed a generation or two ago."

Text: Holland Cotter

About the author Holland Cotter has been a staff art critic at The New York Times since 1998. In 2009, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism.   Source: The New York Times, Style T Magazine, Holiday Gift Guide 2013, book no. 54