1980s
Neo-Expressionism
Representative work: The Wind by Julian Schnabel
A fierce return to figuration and painterly excess, Neo-Expressionism reclaimed myth, history, and raw feeling after a decade of Conceptual and Minimal restraint.
27 artists in the WattsOS database
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Key Exhibitions
Exhibitions featuring Neo-Expressionism artists.
Borderline
Paula Cooper Gallery
Jul 2025 – Aug 2025
1 artist from this movement
Auf das Ganze achten und gegen die Tatsachen existieren
Kunsthalle Basel
Oct 2021 – Jan 2022
1 artist from this movement
Drawings of the Eighties from the Collection, Part I
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Nov 1989 – Feb 1990
1 artist from this movement
Contemporary Works from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Dec 1987 – Sep 1988
1 artist from this movement
Naked/Nude: Contemporary Prints
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Jul 1986 – Dec 1986
1 artist from this movement
Contemporary Drawings
Museum of Modern Art · New York
Dec 1984 – May 1985
1 artist from this movement
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Related Movements
Movements that share artists with Neo-Expressionism.
Movement
- Name
- Neo-Expressionism
- Period
- 1980s
- Artists
- 27
- Wikidata
- Q264474
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