A unique collection of 42 essays with a broad purview of modern and contemporary art profusely illustrated with black and white photos and color plates. Book consists of five sections: Reconsidering the New York School; Art in Public Places; Art Outside the Center; Canadian Art; and Late Modernism. Kangas takes a special interest in epicenters - cities with art communities outside the New York area. His writing incorporates literary and art-critical theory as applied methods for better understanding and appreciating modern and contemporary art. Epicenter is a must for everyone interested in the relation between New York and the rest of the world, as well as for artists, collectors and other visual arts professionals who seek a broader peespective onto the art of the past half-century.