Art History after Modernism

In this book Belting examines how art is made, viewed, and interpreted today. Arguing that contemporary art has burst out of the frame that art history had built for it, Belting calls for an entirely new approach to thinking and writing about art. He moves effortlessly between contemporary issues — the rise of global and minority art and its consequences for Western art history, installation and video art, and the troubled institution of the art museum — and questions central to art history’s definition of itself, such as the distinction between high and low culture, art criticism versus art history, and the invention of modernism in art history. Forty‑eight black and white images illustrate the text, perfectly reflecting the state of contemporary art.