The course is focused on modern and contemporary art tendencies in context of modernism and postmodernism. It includes certain issues such as birth and evolution of the modern idea; historical limits of modern art, modernism, modernization; the basic concepts and methods of modern art; the arguments about culture in the late capitalist society; the end of grand narratives and history; the basic concepts, tendencies and methods of postmodern art; curatorship and biennials. Related artists, tendencies and works of art will be instructed during the course.