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

Police in Italy say they have busted a major European criminal network forging and selling artworks by some of the biggest names in modern art.

From BBC

"My paintings are nothing else but the reflection of nature," he once wrote in a 1963 questionnaire for New York's Museum of Modern Art.

From BBC

Cara Manes, an associate curator at the Museum of Modern Art, once said that Gaitonde’s works were an embodiment of what silence might look like.

From BBC

A comic strip-inspired 1967 poster for psychedelic rock group the West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band belongs to the collection of New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

From Los Angeles Times

He admits he liked Mr Carbonaro’s earlier work, describing it as “modern art” and “different” but said his late mother always hated it.

From BBC