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Britart en · PROPN

Etymology

Etymology tree English Brit- Proto-Indo-European *h₂er- Proto-Indo-European *h₂értis Proto-Italic *artis Latin ars Latin artemder. Old French artbor. Middle English art English art English Britart From Brit- + art.

Meanings

  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:

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