avant-garde
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“How do we make fun of it in an avant-garde, punk, radical way? How do we poke holes at it?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
There are many extraordinary memoirs of the European avant-garde, but Hemingway brings a unique poetry to his account of the golden years between the wars.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026
Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, who became famous later in life for her work in sculptures and installations, has died aged 97, her company has confirmed.
From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026
After studying art in Japan, Kusama moved to the United States in the late 1950s, and -- encouraged and helped by Georgia O'Keeffe -- quickly made a splash in New York's avant-garde scene.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Indeed, it is possible to date the chasm that was to develop between the populist mainstream and the classical avant-garde in music to this place and time.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
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The troupe’s co-founders, Kelly Copper and Pavol Liska, are serious artists whose shrewd approach and mischievous creative drive combine elements of European and American avant-gardes.
From New York Times ● Oct. 27, 2022
Almost a third of the works here are by women, which, for a show of historical avant-gardes, counts as a lot.
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2020
She has been rightly noticed by other artistic avant-gardes, and has collaborated with electronic composers and been commissioned by choreographers.
From New York Times ● May 26, 2017
In his mid-20s, Tavener symbolised what must have seemed like a visionary coming-together of the pop and classical musical avant-gardes.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 19, 2013
Mott thinks that punk has been misrepresented since, both by rock historians who have over-intellectualised its meaning and context, and by curators who over-emphasise its artistic links to previous avant-gardes.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 28, 2010
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