The paper presents several, both methodological and personal, remarks on the didactics of academic subjects connected with art in higher education institutions. The main research question will be: is contemporary art (painting, installation art and film as well as music) created in the global, transcultural or multicultural domain? During classes, in the uterrances of students and lecturers, are these terms synonymous, close in meaning or contradictional? How does the selection of certain linguistic items in class affect the attitudes, values and contents we transfer to the students? These issues are crucial because of the need to educate the contemporary viewer of art who will be able to take part in the culture of the 21st century in a conscious and mature way, both passively and actively.