Avant Garde
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Just Above Midtown Was a Haven for Black Artists
A new exhibition spotlights the gallery that championed Black avant-garde art in the 1970s and ’80s
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Is the Artwork of Sophie Taeuber-Arp Still Avant-Garde?
Decades after she painted this canvas, a new show reconsiders a misunderstood Swiss artist
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The Summer of Yoko Ono Ends with Shrieks and Screams
A concert, a broken vase and unfettered adoration for the avant-guard artist marks the Hirshhorn’s finale to its appreciation
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How Artists and the LGBTQ Community Made Wearing Trash Cool
Before hipsters descended on your local thrift store, repurposing discarded goods was a subversive art form
