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The legacy of the avant-garde – the essay I didn’t need to write

Is a 21st-century avant-garde possible? Introduction β€œIt is we, artists, that will serve as your avant-garde.” (Rodrigues Olinde, 1825, β€˜L’artiste, le savant et l’industriel β€˜, quoted in Matei Calinescu Five Faces of Modernity: Avant-Garde, Decadence, Kitsch, Postmodernism) In this essay … Continue reading

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