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A good starting point to locating contemporary art museums is the wikipedia. It has clickable links to many of the major contemporary art museums of the world that you can explore further. If you have a contemporary art museum in your city that is not listed, then add it to this wikipedia.
Monuments are all around us and some reflect modernist principles, like Eero Saarinen's Arch he created for St. Louis. Another famous memorial is the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C. designed by Maya Lin. What modernist landmarks can you locate in your city? Blog/facebook us!
You can curate a collection of contemporary sites in your city by downloading Google Earth from the link below—it has tutorials. You can locate the contemporary art museums, modernist buildings, and contemporary public sculpture and construct your own tour! Share with us on our facebook/blog!
Fashion is all around us. Its living, breathing art of the moment created by designers and curated by individuals like you and me! Not only is Japanese street fashion followed closely by many people all over the world, but the New York Times photographs the latest street trends right in NY each week! What is your style?
Map the contemporary architecture in your city on Google Earth! The city is full of surprises. A Frank Gehry building may be an obvious choice, but there are hidden gems by Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, and I. M. Pei buried in the urban sprawl.
Starting with the Pop artists of the 1960s popular culture has broadened the definition of art. Today manga and anime have taken the place of comics, like Spiderman and Batman. In turn, comics have been transformed into dark movies dealing with universal archetypes. Do you think visual culture is art?
Many contemporary artists create ephemeral art like Nele Azevedo, Andy Goldsworthy, and Vic Muniz. YouTube and Vimeo serve as museums that host the ephemeral experience of their artwork. Do you know of any other contemporary artists that focus on ephemeral art?
YouTube and Vimeo also serve as a museum for performance artists like Marina Abramovich, Laurie Anderson, and Zhang Huan. How do you think performance art has changed since the twentieth century?
Most cities have public sculptures interspersed amongst the glass and steel skyscrapers. Chicago alone has about 100 public artworks! How many does your city have?