At the core of The Museum of Modern Art's new building in midtown Manhattan are dramatic and expansive new galleries designed to showcase the Museum's world-famous collection of international contemporary art. "Contemporary Highlights" presents this renowned collection in pocket size, as a handbook guide to the Museum's contemporary collection, and features the curators' selections of 250 of the most significant artworks that the Museum has collected over the past 25 years. Interweaving highlights from the Museum's seven curatorial departments--Painting and Sculpture, Drawings, Prints and Illustrated Books, Photography, Architecture and Design, Film and Media--this volume presents a broadly chronological overview of the most innovative, provocative and fascinating art of the past quarter century. Each work is presented on its own page, in full color, accompanied by a brief and accessible essay outlining the work's significance. As a companion to "Modern Highlights" or on its own, "Contemporary Highlights" is an indispensable resource. Includes work by Matthew Barney, Louise Bourgeois, Nan Goldin, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Mike Kelley, Louise Lawler, Christian Marclay, Paul McCarthy, Barry McGee, Ana Mendieta, Boris Mikhailov, Takashi Murakami, Bruce Nauman, Cady Noland, Neo Rauch, Charles Ray, Gerhard Richter, Pipilotti Rist, Kara Walker, David Wojnarowicz and others.

纽约现代艺术博物馆（Museum of Modern Art，常简称为MoMA）是一所在纽约市的曼哈顿中城的博物馆，也是世界上最杰出的现代艺术收藏之一。博物馆最初以展示绘画作品为主，后来展品范围渐渐扩大，包括雕塑，版画，摄影，印刷品，商业设计，电影，建筑，家具及装置艺术等项目，博物馆目前已拥有馆藏个人作品超过15万件、2万多部电影以及4百万幅电影剧照。最著名的作品包括：梵高的《星夜》，毕加索的《亚维侬少女》，达利的《记忆的永恒》等。

王滢，北京大学艺术学院艺术学专业研究生。曾为广西师范大学出版社编辑，现为自由职业者。曾翻译出版《与艺术相伴》，《詹森艺术史》（合译）和《世界艺术地图》（合译）等。