Fri, 6 Jun 2025, 11:00 - 13:00
Fri, 13 Jun 2025, 11:00 - 13:00
Fri, 20 Jun 2025, 11:00 - 13:00
Fri, 27 Jun 2025, 11:00 - 13:00
Fri, 4 Jul 2025, 11:00 - 13:00
Fri, 11 Jul 2025, 11:00 - 13:00
City & Hackney Recovery College
23 Primrose Square
London E9 7TS
Art movements, schools, and groups have played a crucial role in shaping the trajectory of modern art, fostering innovation and collective creativity. These organized or loosely affiliated communities of artists often emerge as responses to cultural, social, or political shifts, providing a platform for shared ideologies and experimentation. From Impressionism and Cubism to Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism, art movements have helped artists break from tradition, challenge established norms, and explore new techniques, mediums, and concepts. Schools and groups like the Bauhaus or the Vienna Secession created environments of interdisciplinary collaboration, uniting artists, designers, and architects in groundbreaking work. These collectives also provided support and validation for avant-garde ideas that might have been marginalized in isolation. By analysing the evolution of such movements and their impact on both art history and contemporary practices, this course highlights how these groups have catalysed progress, encouraged dialogue across disciplines, and influenced the global art landscape. Their collective vision continues to inspire, proving the enduring power of collaboration in modern art's development.