Modern Art

Modern Art

Modern art is characterised by a departure from traditional styles and values, notably produced from the late 19th century to the late 20th century.

Modern art includes creative works created from around the 1860s to the 1970s, encapsulating the artistic styles and ideologies prevalent during this timeframe. Typically linked with art that boldly departs from traditional conventions, it reflects a spirit of experimentation that sets aside historical precedents.

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Ibrahim El-Salahi

Ibrahim El-Salahi’s mesmerising paintings represent the dream of postcolonial Sudan. His prison drawings expose the nightmare hidden beneath.

Ibrahim El-Salahi
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The art movement that redefined Britain

What does it mean to be a British artist? The British Black Arts Movement introduced the world to a side of Britain that had been previously kept out of museums and galleries.

The art movement that redefined Britain
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Yayoi Kusama Louis Vuitton: When Will The Dots Stop?

Bags, billboards and Bella Hadid. The commodification of Yayoi Kusama.

Yayoi Kusama Louis Vuitton: When Will The Dots Stop?
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The Guerrilla Girls: Four Decades of Disruption

From the streets to the Supreme Court, the punk feminist art collective are still fighting for social justice in the art world and beyond.

The Guerrilla Girls: Four Decades of Disruption
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Artificial Inspiration

What does recent progress in artificial intelligence mean for art and artists?

Artificial Inspiration
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Devan Shimoyama in Pittsburgh

From the Warhol Museum to Croatian murals, Devan Shimoyama shows us why Pittsburgh deserves a spot on any American art pilgrimage.

Devan Shimoyama in Pittsburgh
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Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore

Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore met as teenagers and stayed together for the rest of their lives. They were collaborators, step-siblings and lovers and they both changed their birth names to make them gender neutral.

Claude Cahun and Marcel Moore
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Avant Arte in Accra

A series of studio visits in the Ghanaian capital.

Avant Arte in Accra
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Jake & Dinos Chapman

Jake (b. 1966) and Dinos (b. 1962) Chapman, also known as the Chapman Brothers, are British visual artists who live and work between London and Oxfordshire, UK.

Jake & Dinos Chapman

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Parra's studio, with Parra at the centre, his back to the camera as he works on the large painting takes centre stage, showing a faceless blue woman in a striped dress, painted in red, purple, blue and teal. The studio is full of brightly coloured paints, with a large window on the right and a patterned rug across the floor under the painting.