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Abstract Expressionism

Abstract Expressionist artists reinvented abstract painting—and other media—forming a distinctly American style.

Abstract Expressionism

Abstract Expressionist artists reinvented abstract painting—and other media—forming a distinctly American style.

The Processes and Materials of Abstract Expressionist Painting
Abstract Expressionism: A New Art for a New World
The Sublime and the Spiritual
Abstract Expressionist Sculpture

Photography

Explore the many different ways photography has been used to document and examine the modern world.

Photography

Explore the many different ways photography has been used to document and examine the modern world.

Posed/Unposed
Photography and Public Image
Photography as Witness
Sets, Stories, and Situations
The Photographic Record

What Is Modern Art?

Late-19th-century artists broke with tradition to create art for the modern age.

What Is Modern Art?

Late-19th-century artists broke with tradition to create art for the modern age.

Painting Modern Life
Rise of the Modern City
Modern Landscapes
Modern Portraits
Popular Culture

Expressionism

Amid the destruction of World War I, German and Austrian Expressionists responded to the anxiety of modern life.

Expressionism

Amid the destruction of World War I, German and Austrian Expressionists responded to the anxiety of modern life.

Expressionism and City Life
Expressionist Portraits
Expressionism and Nature
Expressionist Depictions of War

Minimalism

Explore the simplified forms and rich ideas behind Minimalist art.

Minimalism

Explore the simplified forms and rich ideas behind Minimalist art.

Serial Forms and Repetition
The Materials of Minimalism
Constructing Space

Pop Art

Explore how Pop artists were inspired by—and made art directly from—consumer goods, mass media, and popular culture.

Pop Art

Explore how Pop artists were inspired by—and made art directly from—consumer goods, mass media, and popular culture.

Appropriation
Celebrity

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Dada

Discover how Dada artists used chance, collaboration, and language as a catalyst for creativity.

Dada

Discover how Dada artists used chance, collaboration, and language as a catalyst for creativity.

Marcel Duchamp and the Readymade
Chance Creations: Collage, Photomontage, and Assemblage
Artistic Collaboration
Word Play

Surrealism

In a revolution against a society ruled by rational thought, the Surrealists tapped into the “superior reality” of the subconscious.

Surrealism

In a revolution against a society ruled by rational thought, the Surrealists tapped into the “superior reality” of the subconscious.

Tapping the Subconscious: Automatism and Dreams
Surrealist Objects and Assemblage
Surrealism and the Body
Surrealist Landscapes

Conceptual Art

Discover how Conceptual artists used language, performance, and instructions to fuel creativity, and sought alternatives to institutional settings.

Conceptual Art

Discover how Conceptual artists used language, performance, and instructions to fuel creativity, and sought alternatives to institutional settings.

Language and Art
Sol LeWitt and Instruction-based Art
Outside the Museum
Performance into Art