Art since 1980

It can be difficult gain perspective on your own time, but these artists manage to do just that.

1980 - now

Beginner's guide

Art has never been more diverse, but here's a good starting point.

Concepts in art 1980 - now

Cold War Germany and after

Cold War Germany and after

Art in the AIDs era

Art in the AIDs era

Post-Cultural Revolution China

Post-Cultural Revolution China

Apartheid-era South Africa

Apartheid-era South Africa

Young British Artists and art as commodity

Young British Artists and art as commodity

Pictures Generation and postmodern photography

Pictures Generation and postmodern photography

Revisiting histories

Revisiting histories

Mapping and migration

Mapping and migration

Figuration, the body, and representation

Figuration, the body, and representation

Social practice

Social practice

Public memory and the politics of place

Public memory and the politics of place

Landscape and ecology

Landscape and ecology

Digital culture

Digital culture

Assemblage and materiality

Assemblage and materiality

Spirituality and transcendence

Spirituality and transcendence

All content | 1980 - now

A room full of seeds, a picture of a picture, a billboard on Times Square, and a dead shark: what does it all mean?

Selected Contributors