Art and *contemporaneidad is a pertaining transversal matter to the module of the artistic contexts and devoted to face the appearances more *circunstanciales and of period of the art, so much by his social significance like cultural. This subject complements the knowledges purchased *secuencialmente in previous courses, more specifically in the matters of "Anthropology of the Art" and "History of the Art", of first course, and "Psychology of the Art" and Art and modernity", of second course. This subject pretends that the student know and analyse those artistic practices that develop in the actuality and that relate them with those concepts established in the idea of *contemporaneidad. This subject will have continuity in fourth course and more specifically in the matters: "Work of end of"degree , "artistic Projects", "affine Arts" and "Management, artistic field and professional world".