We herewith open a new column, which presents critical perspectives on current issues, relevant to the GAM project. We call them perspectives, as they are observations that merely represent our own views, without claiming to have a general validity for explaining a world in constant change. The texts would fulfill their purpose if they are read and responded to with critical or complementary remarks by the readers. The global window, as we are speaking of our website in Germany, only offers fleeting glimpses of the present complexities and contradictions in the contemporary art world.

The first text to be put into the new column is part of a paper that I gave during the Third GAM Platform on May 21, 2009. It will soon be followed by further texts that serve as a permanent adjustment of our thinking. An earlier version has been published as an introduction to the second GAM publication: The Global Art World: Audiences, Markets and Museums.

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