杰西卡•莱克（Jessica Lack）介绍了五十场具有开创性的现代和当代艺术运动，这些运动脱胎于政治参与，去殖民化，边缘化或冲突。这些运动旨在通过挑战现状来振兴社会。尽管不如波普艺术，达达主义和未来主义那么出名，但这些艺术家协会——例如伊朗的Saqqakhaneh艺术家，墨西哥的Stridentists，日本的Jikken Kobo或美国的AfriCobra）——都为其成员赋予了力量和发声的机会。

《全球艺术》通过探索每场艺术运动的独特历史背景，重要的文化事件和相互联系以及运动发展中的主要支持者，使人们不熟悉的材料鲜活起来。

Jessica Lack introduces fifty pioneering modern and contemporary art movements born out of political engagement, decolonization, marginalization or conflict. These movements have aimed to revitalize society by challenging the status quo. While not as well known as Pop Art, Dada and Futurism, these associations of artists - such as the Saqqakhaneh artists of Iran, the Stridentists of Mexico, Jikken Kobo of Japan or America's AfriCobra - have empowered and given voice to their members.

Global Art brings unfamiliar material to life by exploring the unique historical context for each art movement, key cultural events and interconnections, and the key protagonists in the movement's evolution.