A panel discussion held at the presentation of the MAK Vienna and MAK Center’s publication, Kunst im Abseits? Art in the Center, with Artistic Director of the 1997 Johannesburg Biennale Okwui Enwezor; critic and editor of art/text Susan Kandel; Los Angeles Times art critic Christopher Knight; artist Diana Thater; and moderated by MAK Center Director Carol McMichael Reese. Speakers considered the impact of major exhibitions of contemporary art at the close of the 20th century, and the prospects for their future.