Four key historians present a comprehensive history of art from the past century, documenting through 100 essays presented in a year-by- year format key events that contributed to the changing of artistic traditions and the invention of new practices and forms, in a volume complemented by more than 6

This volume examines a variety of artists within the framework of specific theoretical and historical questions. The movements covered include Nouveau Realisme in France, art in postwar Germany, American Fluxus and pop art, minimalism and postminimal art, and European and American conceptual art.

The work of Thomas Hirshhorn (b. Bern, Switzerland, 1957), recently on view at such major international art venues as the Tate Modern (2003), Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris, 2001), and the Art Institute of Chicago (2000), are giant, labour-intensive, room-sized collages of low grade materials, that is to say, rubbish.

Intends to span Orozcos' career, working variously in sculpture, drawing, photography, installation, collage, painting and video. With many illustrations, this book includes his significant works from the late 1980s to date.