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Alivelyandcomprehensiveoverviewofpaintingofthelast30years,presentingworkbysuchcelebratedfiguresasGerhardRichterandNeoRauch,alongsideemergingartistsincludingJumaldiAlfiandIngridCalame-Photo-realism,landscape,still-life,portraiture,neo-expressionism,installationpaintingandtheLeipzigschoolarejustsomeoftheareasofthisthrivingartmediumexploredbytheauthor-Worksby240artistsfrommorethan30countriesmakethisatrulyglobalexaminationofwhatpaintingis,everywherepaintingsarebeingmadetoday-Organizedinthemes,PaintingTodayshowcasesthebroadrangeofstyles,materialsandmethodsthatcomprisecontemporarypainting-Insightfulandaccessible,TonyGodfrey’sapproachwillappealtoscholarsandnewcomerstothesubjectalikeTonyGodfreyisDirectorofResearchatSotheby’sInstituteofArt.HestudiedatLeedsUniversityandhastaughtinvariousartschoolsinEngland.HehasworkedatSotheby’sInstitutesince1989,andsince2006hehasalsobeenaProfessorofFineArtatPlymouthUniversity.Hehaspublishedregularlyoncontemporaryart,includingabookonpainting,TheNewImage:paintingintheEightiesin1986,abookondrawing,DrawingTodayin1990andabookonConceptualArt,ConceptualArtin1998(alsopublishedbyPhaidon),andfrequentlyreviewingexhibitionsforTheBurlingtonMagazine.