How to Use modern art in a Sentence

modern art

noun
  • Sotheby’s will offer them as part of its modern art evening sale in November, held as part of the New York marquee auctions.
    — Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Signs of this history were on display amid all the adventurous modern art that made Mandell’s home seem like an elegant, circus-like wonderland.
    — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The Cadogan has the feel of the Downton era but looks like the city home of a much more up-to-date kind of aristocrat—one who dabbles in modern art or works part-time as a furniture buyer, say.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The complex is meant to serve not only as a venue for modern art and design from China and abroad, but also to allow Suzhou's visitors and residents to enjoy open spaces by the water.
    — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 21 Sep. 2026
  • While van Gogh, painted in his now iconic style, is immediately recognizable, this particular portrait, like so many paintings in this exhibition of modern art icons, feels almost new.
    — Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The show is a collaboration of the modern art museum with ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, which specializes in media art.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • To the south of the neighborhood sits the sprawl of Chapultepec Park, replete with running trails, modern art museums, and the massive National Museum of Anthropology.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Helena Newman, chair of Sotheby’s Europe and worldwide head of Impressionist and modern art, told Ocula that the painting could sell above estimate for $200 million.
    — News Desk, Artforum, 30 Sep. 2026
  • The project had been in the works since 2014, but plans accelerated in 2021 when Tang and Hsu-Tang, two of the world‘s top collectors, gifted the museum $125 million toward renovating the its modern art wing.
    — Leigh Anne Miller For Artnews, Robb Report, 17 Sep. 2026
  • But the investigation took an unexpected turn on October 3, when officers observed the younger suspect visiting the Fondation Maeght, a major modern art institution whose collection includes works by Joan Miró, Alberto Giacometti, and Marc Chagall.
    — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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