Andrew Dewdney, David Dibosa and Victoria Walsh interview with art historian Leon Wainwright, as part of ‘Tate Encounters: Britishness and Visual Culture’, a three-year research project funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council through the Diasporas, Migration and Identities Programme, which commenced in April 2007. Collaborating institutions: Tate Britain, London South Bank University and the University of the Arts London, through Chelsea College.

This panel discussion, in collaboration with the Open University, explores Terry Smith’s book Contemporary Art: World Currents (Laurence King, 2011). It was part of a launch for the book given by Sandy Nairne, Director of the National Portrait Gallery. Speakers include: art historians Terry Smith, Anthony Downey and Leon Wainwright, and Tessa Jackson, OBE, Director of the Institute for International Visual Arts (inIVA, London).

Steve Edwards, Mohini Chandra, Marcus Verhagen and Dominic Willsdon, Discussion 2  This video recording from the Contemporary Art and Globalisation Study Day features a panel discussion between speakers.

Steve Edwards and Dominic Willsdon, Photography and Social Space  In an era of increasingly global capitalist production, photographers have become more and more preoccupied with documenting social spaces. Steve Edwards’ talk considers the work that has emerged from both the documentary tradition and the legacy of conceptual art.

Suman Gupta, Sonia Boyce, Paul Wood, Dominic Willsdon, Discussion 1  This video recording from the Contemporary Art and Globalisation Study Day features a panel discussion between speakers.

Suman Gupta, The Evolution of 'Globalization'  Suman Gupta‘s presentation gives a brief history of the evolving connotations of the term ‘globalization’ from the late 1970s onwards. It ponders some of the early uses of the term, as it emerged to replace ‘internationalization’ from three linked directions: alluding to extensions of American sociology; denoting a programme of instituting uniformities within and across nation states; and, most importantly, connoting the character of advanced capitalism.

Paul Wood, Globalisation & Art - A Brief History  Paul Wood considers some historical precedents for the relation of western art to the art of the rest of the world. In particular, he talks about the early 20th century avant-gardist notion of 'the primitive' and the break-up of this idea in the later 20th century.

Introduction. Topics explored in this study day include the changing history of modern western art’s relationship to the rest of the world; theories of globalisation; and the status of photography in relation to globalisation. One of the most important factors to affect contemporary art has been cultural and economic globalisation. Increasingly, international art exhibitions draw their contents from all over the world, and artists address a wide range of subjects relating to this developing situation.