Why are the paleolithic Venus of Willendorf, Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel frescoes, and Marcel Duchamp's ready-made urinal all considered works of art? Why, strictly speaking, is a Cindy Sherman phot
This groundbreaking book--part exhibition catalogue, part culturalhistory--chronicles alternative art spaces in New York City since the 1960s. Developed from anexhibition of the same name at Exit Art,