to be more concerned with the present.Historically­minded curators(馆长) are beginning to focus on the 1990s: a decade that feels like only yesterday and yet like an ancient history all at the same time.

　　In 2013，the New Museum in New York presented NYC 1993: Experimental Jet Set，Trash and No Star，which filled the museum's entire building with art.In 2014，the Centre Pompidou's satellite space in Metz displayed 1984－1999.The Decade，which showcased the generation that put French art back on the global art world's map.Andin 2015 at New Jersey's Montclair Art Museum was Come As You Are: Art of the 1990s，a full­scale survey of the last decade of the last millennium(千禧年)．

　　These exhibitions reveal that the gap between the past and the present might not be as large as presupposed，and that the 1990s is still going strong even today.

　　If you want to understand the art of the 1990s，you have to start with economics.The 1980s was represented by large­scale paintings that were sold for lots of money.But in 1991，the situation was a far cry from that in the 1980s.The art market crashed greatly，closing galleries right and left.Prices fell by more than 50% for many contemporary artists，and average art prices didn't recover their pre­crash height until 2003.

　　The rise of the World Wide Web had a strong influence on art production.So did celebrity culture，especially in Britain，where the young British artists hit the galleries and the newspaper front pages.The big theme was globalization.That was reflected not only in the art of the time，but in the institutions that arose from it.Art will continue to be produced forever.But the 1990s may turn out to be much more than a point on a timeline.

　　【语篇解读】　20世纪90 年代对于艺术史来说是具有深远影响力的十年。直至今日，它对于艺术的影响依然没有结束。

　　1．What does the writer intend to convey through the second paragraph?

　　A．Different museums had different themes of art.

　　B．France was the center of global art.

　　C．The art of the 1990s drew global attention.

D．Museums worldwide shared similar tastes.