Third Text, subtitled “Third World perspectives on contemporary art and culture”, is a new journal which has been launched to fill a gap in the literature of contemporary art. It aims to promote wider discussion and a deeper understanding of the work of Third World and black artists than can be provided from an exclusively Eurocentric or “Western” viewpoint. Its scope and purpose, as demonstrated by the contents of early issues, is explained by Guy Brett, writing on behalf of the editors and at the invitation of the Art Libraries Journal; readers must judge its success for themselves.