contemporary art

collocation in English

meaningsofcontemporaryandart

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contemporary
adjective
uk
/kənˈtem.pər.ər.i/us
/kənˈtem.pə.rer.i/
existing or happening now, and therefore ...
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art
noun
uk
/ɑːt/us
/ɑːrt/
the making of objects, images, music, etc. that are beautiful or that ...
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(Definition ofcontemporaryandartfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Incontemporaryartmusic, far fewer people are mentioned.
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In both cases, the mutual exclusivity of and distance between popular musics andcontemporaryartmusic are diminishing.
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Concerts are transient, limited in time and space;contemporaryartmusic concerts especially have a small audience.
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The just-mentioned trends were salient only for clearly unusual pieces representing, for example,contemporaryartmusic or foreign folk music.
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We may be used to viewing art in silence, walking quietly from one room to another, butcontemporaryartis an exception.
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It should be borne in mind that a good deal ofcontemporaryartis intended to be shown in relatively unembellished settings.
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With this in mind, she undertook to restore the clock in a way that would also mark the arrival ofcontemporaryartin the city.
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It is no secret how marginal contemporary music (read:contemporaryartmusic) and especially electroacoustic music (in the broadest sense) within contemporary music remain.
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The choice of upholding tradition is shown as at odds not with contemporary society but with the demands uponcontemporaryartto be relevant to its own age.
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The cost ofcontemporaryartis uncertain: it is impossible to budget for inspiration.
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The directive affects thecontemporaryartmarket, involving works by artists whose death occurred after 1927.
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When introspection takes hold of the people, it shows up incontemporaryart.
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How muchcontemporaryartcan our galleries afford to buy today?
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Corporations have also integrated themselves into thecontemporaryartworld, exhibiting contemporary art within their premises, organising and sponsoring contemporary art awards, and building up extensive corporate collections.
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Four galleries are devoted tocontemporaryart.
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It covers fashion,contemporaryartand beauty.
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Its exhibitions focus oncontemporaryart.
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It focuses on modern andcontemporaryart.
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The gallery focused oncontemporaryart.
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Contemporaryartincludes sculpture and figurative paintings.
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As a bridge to the next section, take the example of the development of musical structure in recent years, whether in electroacoustic or any other form ofcontemporaryartmusic.
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It is, however, an exciting area of research, still primitive and frustrating, but part of the inexorable march of the image - increasingly dominant in contemporary life andcontemporaryart.
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The mass media andcontemporaryartof all kinds both reflect and influence the current standards of taste and behaviour.
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It is not likely that he would endeavour to interpret thecontemporaryartand design of the rising generation.
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The proposed directive affects thecontemporaryartmarket, involving works by artists whose death occurred after 1926.
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