Diplomat, writer and art collector Giorgio Guglielmino explores the meaning of originality in the context of contemporary art. He reintroduces us to artists of different nationalities and across generations who have paved a new direction and created new art forms that have shaped contemporary art as we know it. The book includes a conversation with art collector Marcel Crespo and features the artworks of Richard Long, On Kawara, Jannis Kounellis, Alighiero Boetti, Mimmo Paladino, Jenny Holzer, Cindy Sherman, Julian Schnabel, Joseph Beuys, Ilya Kabakov, Tony Cragg, Barbara Krueger, Rosemarie Trockel, Anish Kapoor, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Guillermo Kuitca, Gabriel Orozco, Gerhard Richter, Tracey Emin, Anselm Kiefer, Ernesto Neto, Christian Marclay, David Hockney, Tino Seghal, Anya Gallacio, Shahzia Sikander, Eisa Jocson, Cai Guo-Qiang, William Kentridge, and Maria Justus (dal risvolto di copertina del libro).