This stunningly illustrated book is the first critical guide to the two hundred most important modern and contemporary art sites around the world. Designed for the international art tourist as a key critical reference in an era where more and more art is found outside galleries or museums, Destination Art not only is packed with practical information for the traveler but also provides a highly accessible chronological survey of the world's most important large-scale and public works of twentieth- and twenty-first-century art. Encompassing massive land and environmental works, extensive sculpture parks, magnificent architectural follies, site-specific installations, even whole towns turned over to the display of art, this book chronicles a wealth of works that have achieved near-mythical status since they were created. Among the many influential and popular artists included are Henri Matisse, Antoni GaudÌ, Jean Tinguely, Constantin Brancusi, James Turrell, Richard Serra, Robert Smithson, and Antony Gormley. The book includes full visitor information, with hours and admissions fees, directions, contact details and websites, and further reading. Fifty key art destinations are featured in substantial essays, with accounts of their histories, descriptions of their sites, and spectacular photography. With destinations from around the world and special emphasis on Europe and the United States, this volume signals the coming of age of site-specific art and will inspire visitors from around the globe and armchair enthusiasts alike.

Copub: Thames & Hudson

Amy Dempsey has worked for the Tate Modern Museum in London and is the author of Styles, Schools and Movements.

“Dempsey’s prose is intelligent and serious; it is also inviting to the uninitiated. The book’s engaging illustrations allow for absentminded leafing, and with its plethora of practical information, it may also serve as an inspiring locus for the reader’s next journey.”—Public Art Review

“For travelers seeking art on a grand scale, the 200 modern and contemporary site-specific works in this survey more than “merit the detour.””—American Craft

“In an era of grand outdoor installations, this book is for art lovers who want to venture beyond the confines of the museum, and includes practical visitor information (directions, hours, admission fees). It's also an eye-opening experience for the armchair adventurer and amateur art critic.”—San Francisco Chronicle

“A art travel guide to pilgrimage sites as obvious as Mount Rushmore in South Dakota and as obscure as the Brancusi Ensemble in Targu-Jiu, Romania. It’s well illustrated with color photographs, so makes a wonderful resource for armchair travelers, too.”—Seattle Times

“A practical and informative guide to over 200 art sites around the world, Destination Art is a lavishly illustrated tour of places that if you cannot see then you ought to be aware of. A great gift for the armchair traveler.”—Art Times / Css Publications

“Lucidly written, beautifully illustrated, and accompanied by practical details, Amy Dempsey's book can be studied at home by readers who dream wistfully of traveling to one or more of these Destination Art sites, or by travelers, who, volume in hand, have just arrived triumphantly to experience them firsthand.”—Moira Roth, author of Traveling Companions/Fractured Worlds

Listen to Amy Dempsey discuss Destination Art on BBC Radio