Did You Know That Clubs And Cabarets Also Shaped Modern Art?

Modern art encompasses a lot of different topics and styles, from lavish, artistic, and abstract rendering to simple, minimalistic depiction of anything an artist desires, who could have known that one of the environments that helped the highly-diverse world of art today were underground clubs and cabarets? The Barbican Art Gallery in London explores the impact of these venues on art through the exhibition “Into the Night: Cabarets and Clubs in Modern Art,” Artsy details: 

From the 1880s to the 1960s, artistic communities in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America thrived because of these spaces. They had lasting effects on modern art.  Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen designed the now-iconic poster for Montmartre club Le Chat Noir, and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec actively documented the performances at the legendary Moulin Rouge nightclub in Paris. 
Modern art responded to the intricacies of new life after the Industrial Revolution. Artists sought not just to commune with one another, but to invigorate their senses; many did this not just as patrons, but as performers and designers, too. At the time, the newness of these spaces made them creatively lawless. 

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