What is 'contemporary' about contemporary art? Who is really running the art world? This title explores the dramatic changes that have taken place in the art world since the fall of the Berlin Wall. It provides a look at the reasons for the art boom, and reveals the politics behind the business.

Examines the impact of international modernism on British art and the emergence of distinctly British counter-movements. This volume includes maps, chronologies, bibliographies, an index and finding aids. It is suitable for the study of British Art from secondary school to PhD level.

Providing an analysis of the young British artists , this work explores the reasons for its popularity and the work of its leading exponents: Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Marcus Harvey and Sarah Lucas, among others.

This work examines the rapid development of Internet art since its beginnings in the mid-1990s and discusses how it has been manipulated and advanced since then. The book looks at how the sophistication and number of works has risen, and what it means to the future of the art establishment.

Published to coincide with the exhibition 'Paris, Capital of the Arts, 1900-1968' at the Royal Academy of Arts, London.