Dumbadze Alexander - Contemporary Art: 1989 to the Present

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Contemporary art : 1989 to the present / edited by Alexander Dumbadze and Suzanne Hudson.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-4443-3860-7 (hardback) ISBN 978-1-4443-3866-9 (paperback)
1. Art, Modern20th century. 2. Art, Modern21st century. I. Dumbadze, Alexander Blair, 1973 editor of compilation.
N6490.C65665 2013
709.051dc23

2012035615

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Massimiliano Gioni is Associate Director and Director of Exhibitions at the New Museum. He is the Curator of the 55th Venice Biennale (2013). Among the many exhibitions he has either curated or co-curated are the 2010 Gwangju Biennial, the 4th Berlin Biennale, and Manifesta 5.
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