modern art

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of modern art¹

First recorded in 1800–10, for an earlier sense

Example Sentences

Theatre Picasso marks 100 years since the Spanish artist, often referred to as the godfather of modern art, unveiled his famous painting The Three Dancers.

From BBC

She found this “link” especially chilling when placed in context with some of the president’s previous comments, which included writing that “a lot of modern art is a con” in his famous book “The Art of the Deal.”

From Salon

“In 2016,” Young wrote, “he said of modern art shown in a Brooklyn Museum exhibition that ‘it’s not art.

From Salon

‘Degenerate art’ — or, in German, ‘entartete kunst’ — was a term coined by the Nazi Party in the 1920s to describe modern art, which was seen as antithetical to the Nazi project.”

From Salon

Inspections identified essential repairs were required on the Grade II-listed, internationally renowned bridge, which was once chosen to feature in the Twentieth Century Engineering Exhibition at New York's Museum of Modern Art.

From BBC