A collection of texts by theorists, art historians, curators, and critics which considers the relationship between art and the present, focusing on a variety of issues, including if terms such as ‘globalization, postmodernity and postcoloniality’ are still useful for understanding our world today. See in particular Terry Smith’s introduction, which positions the discussion in the post-1989 era. See also texts by Antonio Negri and Okwui Enwezor (on the ‘postcolonial constellation’).