Avant-garde movements arose as a counterpoint, pushing the boundaries of what art could represent and how it could be created. Impressionism is often considered a precursor to the avant-garde.

HOW TO BE AVANT-GARDE: Modern Artists and the Quest to End Art, by Morgan Falconer In July 1915, on the shores of Lake Garda, Filippo Tommaso Marinetti mounted his army-issue bicycle to perform ...

Rocky River spring Avant-Garde Art & Craft Show is set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. March 15 at Rocky River Memorial Hall, 21016 Hilliard Blvd. This large show will feature artists and ...

But being avant-garde, Mr. Falconer reminds us, meant going yet further and abandoning art as traditionally conceived. “Humanity will not lose much by missing art,” the painter Piet Mondrian ...