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Global Art and Contemporary Art

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Biennials — Art on a Global Scale

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Considering the importance of globalization for the history of the biennials, the often addressed oppositions of center vs. periphery, global vs. local, which are so central to the second phase of this type of exhibition, it seems appropriate to adopt a new terminology that does not make a geographic and geopolitical distinction between Western and non-Western contemporary art.

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Vogel, S.B. (2010). Global Art and Contemporary Art. In: Biennials — Art on a Global Scale. Edition Angewandte. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-0251-0_9

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