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modernism

[mod-er-niz-uhm] / ˈmɒd ərˌnɪz əm /


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Works from The New Sacred Art Movement are currently on show in the landmark Nigerian Modernism exhibition at Tate Modern.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

Through the sepia filter of today, it can be easy to romanticize this tale — a lesbian champion of the arts making the world safe for Modernism.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2025

It represents what might be called an Establishment Modernism, befitting a confident institution secure in its sense of self.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

Modernism Week, a biannual celebration of midcentury architecture and design, returns to the desert city Feb. 13-23.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2025

The causes, the results and the purpose of Modernism.

From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)




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