Unknown to those audiences, they were witnessing the birth of a movement, a movement of experimental movies—or, as is our topic today, avant-garde cinema. To understand it correctly, think of the ...

A see-through back reveals the printed circuit board inside. And there's a small circular display with retro-style animations ...

A lost 1913 watercolor by Man Ray has resurfaced in an attic, offering insight into the modernist’s early transformation.

J. Hoberman’s teeming history of New York’s avant-garde scene is a fascinating trove of research and a thrilling clamor of ...

P. Adams Sitney, emeritus professor of visual arts in the Lewis Center for the Arts, was one of the world’s leading experts ...

Stalin had banned abstract art years earlier, in 1932, making it hard for avant-garde artists to continue unless they transitioned to the only permitted art form: propaganda paintings in the style of ...

Avant-garde movements aren’t meant, by definition, to stick around forever, but this one has had remarkable staying power, perhaps because of the importance ascribed to apprenticeship in Japan.

Avant-garde albums have historically been pretty inaccessible to mainstream audiences. If a collection of music is too weird, a lot of listeners will dismiss it. However, I think the following ...

Torn Space’s SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE Delivers Raw, Avant-Garde Take on Bergman Classic with first-rate cast. By Peter Hall February 20, 2025 No Comments 5 Mins Read. Share.

“Avant-garde” cuisine, the way Juman and Sheholli seem to be using it, draws the natural comparison from visual art to a certain subset of fine-dining restaurants that defy categorization.

He championed works of cinema that were destined never to have a commercial breakthrough — which, to him, was the whole point ...