modern art

noun

art that was produced in the late 1860s through the 1970s and that rejected traditionally accepted forms and emphasized individual experimentation and sensibility.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of modern art¹

First recorded in 1800–10, for an earlier sense

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Rothko's Grey, Orange on Maroon, No. 8 painting is one of several works of modern art that have been damaged in the Netherlands in recent years.

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One result was an extensive exhibition record — more than 120 solo shows at museums and galleries internationally – as well as representation in nearly 30 museum collections, including extensive holdings at L.A.’s Museum of Contemporary Art, New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

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Here was a fresh Impressionist face from America’s favorite modern art movement, but just a handful of pictures were top-notch.

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Leading contemporary and modern art gallery Hauser & Wirth has a jam-packed spring season.

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The Museum of Modern Art has an exhibit about the earliest days of Impressionism and you read the articles like, "It's the devil's work, it's going to destroy society."

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