Order History
Premium Membership & Rewards
Help Center / FAQ
How to Be Avant-Garde: Modern Artists and the Quest to End Art
Paperback
$19.99
Premium Members save an extra 10% and all Members collect stamps to save with Rewards. 10 stamps = $5.Learn More
Select a store to view item availability.
One of Literary Hub's Most Anticipated Books of 2025
"Engrossing…full of colorful characters and winning personal touches." —Michael Patrick Brady, Boston Globe
The strange story of the twentieth-century artists who sought to destroy art by transforming it into the substance of everyday life.
“Art has poisoned our life,” proclaimed Dutch artist and De Stijl cofounder Theo van Doesburg. Reacting to the tumultuous crises of the twentieth century, especially the horrors of World War I, avant-ga...