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Britart

Britart proper noun: the work of the Young British Artists, a group of conceptual artists, painters, sculptors, and installation artists who came to prominence in the United Kingdom in the 1990s.

Proper noun

Britart

  1. The work of the Young British Artists, a group of conceptual artists, painters, sculptors, and installation artists who came to prominence in the United Kingdom in the 1990s.
    • A minute's silence, please, in memory of the Britart landmarks that were destroyed in Tuesday night's fire at a Momart warehouse in east London.2004 May 28, Thomas Sutcliffe, “Why Britart is a burning issue”, in The Independent

Origin of Britart

From Brit- + art.

Questions about Britart

What does Britart mean?
Britart means the work of the Young British Artists, a group of conceptual artists, painters, sculptors, and installation artists who came to prominence in the United Kingdom in the 1990s.
What part of speech is Britart?
Britart is a proper noun.

Words near Britart in the dictionary

  1. Britannicized
  2. Britannicizes
  3. Britannicizing
  4. Britanno-
  5. Britanny
  6. Britart
  7. Britbong
  8. Britbongs
  9. britch
  10. britchen
  11. britchens

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