
What Is Modern Art?
Late-19th-century artists broke with tradition to create a Modern Art.

Media and Performance Art
See what happens when artists perform—live or on-camera—and incorporate themselves and their audience into their work.

Migration and Movement
Artists move around the world, shifting their identities, cultural traditions, and artistic techniques.

Film
Discover the history and development of film, a merging of science, technology, business, and art, and one of the most widely experienced mediums.

Design
Discover the central role of design in everyday life.

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

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

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

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