Learn about the materials, techniques, movements, and themes of modern and contemporary art from around the world.

Participants claimed various, often humorous definitions of Dada—“Dada is irony,” “Dada is anti-art,” “Dada will kick you in the behind”—though the word itself is a nonsense utterance.

While many of the debates inaugurated in these decades are still ongoing, a younger generation of feminist artists takes an approach incorporating intersecting concerns about race, class, …

Among the earliest known drawing materials, charcoal sticks are produced by burning vines or twigs of wood in an airless atmosphere. The black tonality of charcoal varies based on the …

Derived from the French verb coller, meaning “to glue,” collage refers to both the technique and the resulting work of art in which fragments of paper and other materials are arranged and …

Its main characteristics include anti-authoritarianism, or refusal to recognize the authority of any single style or definition of what art should be; and the collapsing of the distinction between …

Planet, Mother, Spaceship: Art to Commemorate Earth Day From floating think tanks to modular coral farms, MoMA’s Architecture and Design curators share artworks addressing the …

Assemblage A three-dimensional work of art made from combinations of materials including found or purchased objects.

A unique work of art, often on paper, made with dry or wet mediums including pencil, charcoal, chalk, pastel, crayon, pen, ink, watercolor, or oils. In addition to paper, drawings may be made …

A general term for metal-plate printmaking techniques, including etching, drypoint, engraving, aquatint, and mezzotint. The word comes from the Italian intagliare, meaning “to incise” or “to …