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  1. Dada | Definition & History | Britannica

    Jan 9, 2026 · Dada, nihilistic and antiaesthetic movement in the arts that flourished primarily in Zürich, Switzerland; New York City; Berlin, Cologne, and Hannover, Germany; and Paris in the early 20th …

  2. Dadaism - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Dadaist artists expressed their discontent with violence, war, and nationalism, and were close to the radical far-left. The whole point behind Dadaism was to prove that anything could be art if the artist …

  3. Dada Movement Overview and Key Ideas | TheArtStory

    Dada was an artistic and literary movement that began in Zürich, Switzerland. It arose as a reaction to World War I and the nationalism that many thought had led to the war.

  4. What is Dada? - MoMA

    Dada’s subversive and revolutionary ideals emerged from the activities of a small group of artists and poets in Zurich, eventually cohering into a set of strategies and philosophies adopted by a loose …

  5. A brief history of Dada - Christie's

    Feb 26, 2024 · How Andre Breton, Max Ernst, Man Ray and Marcel Duchamp made Dada an art movement that mocked Europe's post-WW1 artistic and social conventions

  6. Dada Art (Dadaism): Origins, Characteristics, Artists, and ... - Artlex

    Dada Art is an avant-garde movement that emerged during World War I as a reaction against the chaos and devastation caused by the conflict. Dadaism challenged traditional concepts of art, aesthetics, …

  7. The Birth of Dada - History Today

    4 days ago · The same month another revolution began in the back room of a bar up the street. It was called the Cabaret Voltaire. The man behind it was Hugo Ball, a German poet. Ball needed money. …

  8. Dada: The Art of Rebellion that Shook the World

    May 13, 2025 · Dada is a radical art movement that erupted in Zurich in 1916, challenging the foundations of Western art and culture. Born in the chaotic aftermath of World War I, Dada rejected …

  9. Dadaism - Routledge Encyclopedia of Modernism

    Cologne Dada (1919–22) emerged as a complex double pivot between wartime and postwar Dada with a later turn from Dada to Surrealism. Dada was both stimulated and suppressed by the dire …

  10. Dada, an introduction – Smarthistory

    Who created the first abstract artwork? Representation and abstraction: looking at Millais and Newman Dada Dada, an introduction