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| Contents | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Themes of Contemporary Art: What, Why, and How Format of the Book | |
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| The Art World Expands | |
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| Overview of History and Art History: 1980-2008 | |
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| Old Media Thrive, New Media Make Waves | |
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| The Art World Goes Global Theory Waxes and Wanes | |
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| Art Meets Contemporary Culture Post Studio Art Practice | |
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| Time | |
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| Time and Art History Representing time | |
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| Embodying time Changing Views of Time Changing Views of the Past | |
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| Exhibits about Time Exploring the Structure of Time Fracturing time | |
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| Real time Changing rhythm Exploring endlessness | |
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| Revisiting the Past Recovering history | |
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| Reshuffling the past Reframing the present Commemorating the Past | |
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| Profile #1: Brian Tolle | |
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| Profile #2: Cornelia Parker | |
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| Place | |
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| Places Have Meanings Places | |
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| Have Value Exhibits about Place History's | |
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| Influence (Most) places exist in space | |
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| The work of art exists in a place Looking at Places | |
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| Looking Out For Places Constructing (and Deconstructing) | |
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| Artificial Places Placeless Spaces What's Public? | |
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| What's Private? | |
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| In-Between Places | |
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| Profile #1: Janet Cardiff | |
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| Profile #2: Unilever Series at Tate Modern | |
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| Identity | |
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| Identity in Art History Identity is Communal or Relational Social and cultural identities | |
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| Identity politics | |
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| Identity is Constructed Essentialism | |
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| Difference Identity is Not Fixed | |
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| Sexual Identity is Diverse Hybridity Reinventing Identities | |
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| Profile #1: Jaune Quick-to-See Smith | |
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| Profile #2: Shirin Neshat | |
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| The Body | |
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| Past Figurative Art A New Spin on the Body | |
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| The body is a battleground | |
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| The body is a sign People are bodies | |
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| The Body Beautiful Different bodies | |
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| Body parts Mortal Bodies Sexual Bodies | |
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| The gaze Sexual pleasure and desire Sex and violence Post-Human Bodies | |
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| Profile #1: Renee Cox | |
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| Profile #2: Zhang Huan | |
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| Language | |
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| Words with Art: A History Art with Words | |
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| A History Recent Theories of Language Reasons for Using Language Exhibitions and Publications | |
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| Concerning Language in Art Language Makes Meaning Language Takes | |
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| Form Transparency and translucency Spatiality and physicality | |
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| Books made by artists Art made with books | |
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| Wielding the Power of Language Confronting the Challenge of Translation | |
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| Using Text in the Information Age | |
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| Profile #1: Ken Aptekar | |
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| Profile #2: Nina Katchadourian | |
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| Science | |
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| What is Science? | |
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| The Scientific Impulse | |
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| The Scientific Method Artists as Amateur Scientists | |
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| Artists Adopt Scientific Methods and Materials | |
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| Creole Technologies BioArt Science and Art: Intertwined Through History | |
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| The Ideology of Science Is Science Running Amok? | |
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| Activist Art Responds Recent Exhibits about science and art | |
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| The Visual Culture of Science Scientific imaging and art Deconstructing the visual culture of science Scientific displays | |