Contemporary Art and Avant-Gardes

Cubism, Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, and the art of the 21st century.

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1. Contemporary Art and Avant-Gardes

A survey of art's radical break with tradition, from the fractured forms of Cubism and the dream logic of Surrealism through the raw gesture of Abstract Expressionism to the global, digital, and activist art world of today.