modern art

American  

noun

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of modern art

First recorded in 1800–10, for an earlier sense

Example Sentences

And he came of age in the long shadow of modern art’s towering and, he felt, likely terminal -isms.

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A famed art collector and philanthropist, Lauder long held a place in the upper echelons of New York society, his family’s name gracing portions of the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Museum of Modern Art, among other institutions.

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The world of art in the 21st century—the world of modern art, as we still call it—does not respond comfortably to the idea of a masterpiece.

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Mr. Crow, a professor of modern art at New York University, has previously written about the relationship between art and politics in 18th-century France and America’s 1960s counterculture.

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Gary served on the board of trustees of the Museum of Modern Art and hosted events at his home for fellow trustees and board members, including Ron Lauder and David Rockefeller, Jr.

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