Trending Art Movements — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed art movements on Wikipedia, September 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Renaissance. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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2,861,583
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Renaissance
cultural movement that spanned the period roughly from the 14th to the 17th century
172,596
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2
Dada
avant-garde art movement in the early 20th century
126,342
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3
Bauhaus
school in Germany that combined crafts and the fine arts
96,303
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views
4
Romanticism
artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement
96,181
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5
Baroque
cultural movement, starting around 1600
79,188
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6
Art Deco
influential visual arts design style which first appeared in France during the 1920s
77,537
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views
7
Impressionism
19th-century art movement
75,251
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8
surrealism
international cultural movement that began in the early 1920s
65,285
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9
Art Nouveau
international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art
60,315
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10
Early Netherlandish painting
work of artists active in the Low Countries during the 15th- and 16th-century Northern Renaissance
53,447
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11
avant-garde
works that are experimental or innovative
50,555
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12
kitsch
art or other objects that appeal to popular rather than high art tastes
44,387
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views
13
bohemianism
practice of an unconventional lifestyle
44,383
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views
14
cubism
early-20th-century avant-garde art movement
42,893
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15
Postmodernism
philosophical and artistic movement
42,612
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16
rapping
artistic form of vocal delivery and emotive expression that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and [commonly] street vernacular"
41,605
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17
Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood
group of English painters, poets, and critics, founded in 1848
40,021
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18
magic realism
style of literary fiction and art
37,851
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views
19
Beat Generation
literary movement
37,604
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views
20
Futurism
artistic and social movement
37,146
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views
21
satire
literary and art genre with a style of humor based on parody
36,880
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22
ukiyo-e
Japanese art genre, fl. 17th–19th c., consisting of woodblock prints and paintings of such subjects as female beauties, kabuki actors, sumo wrestlers, scenes from history and folk tales, travel scenes, landscapes, flora, fauna, and erotica
36,551
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23
Expressionism
modernist art movement
36,165
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views
24
New Hollywood
American film movement between the late-1960s and early-1980s
33,495
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views
25
Neoclassicism
Western cultural movement inspired by ancient Greece and Rome
33,176
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views
26
Fauvism
artistic style that emphasized painterly qualities and strong color over the representational or realistic values retained by Impressionism
32,974
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views
27
Mannerism
style of European art
32,704
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views
28
pop art
art movement
30,648
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views
29
modernism
movement of art, culture, philosophy and architecture
30,250
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views
30
French New Wave
c. 1960s movement in French cinema
29,149
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views
31
Gothic art
style of Medieval art developed in Northern France
28,596
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views
32
Britpop
music genre; 1990s UK pop culture movement
28,170
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views
33
pointillism
technique of painting with small, distinct dots
27,867
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34
Baroque music
style of Western classical music
27,034
views
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35
riot grrrl
underground feminist punk rock movement; music genre
26,962
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views
36
Classical Hollywood cinema
style of filmmaking characteristic of American cinema between the 1910s and the 1960s
25,544
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views
37
Arts and Crafts movement
international design movement
24,934
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38
Pre-Code Hollywood
US cinema before the Motion Picture Production Code introduction
24,744
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views
39
Dogme 95
1995 Manifesto by Lars von Trier, Thomas Vinterberg, Kristian Levring and Søren Kragh-Jacobsen
24,700
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views
40
Symbolism
late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images
24,645
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41
solarpunk
political and aesthetic movement that advocates for the environment
24,539
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42
visual kei
movement among Japanese musicians defined by a strong focus on visual expression through outrageous costumes, makeup, and hairstyles
24,378
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43
Sturm und Drang
Proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music
22,946
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44
Decadent movement
late-19th-century artistic and literary movement centered in Western Europe
22,096
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45
ero guro
literary and artistic movement originating circa 1930 in Japan
21,150
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46
literary realism
literary movement
20,865
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views
47
Post-impressionism
predominantly French art movement that developed roughly between 1886 and 1905
20,806
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48
Harlem Renaissance
African-American cultural movement in New York City in the 1920s
20,624
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49
contemporary art
art produced from the 1940s to the present
20,522
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50
outsider art
art created outside the boundaries of official culture by those untrained in the arts
20,436
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51
abstract art
art with a degree of independence from visual references in the world
20,346
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52
graphic novel
book with primarily comics contents
20,021
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53
Romantic music
music of the Romantic period
19,607
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views
54
Fluxus
international network of artists, composers and designers
19,301
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55
Romanesque art
artistic style of Europe from approximately 1000 AD to the 13th century
18,250
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56
British Invasion
cultural phenomenon of the mid-1960s, when rock and pop music acts from the United Kingdom and other aspects of British culture became popular in the United States
18,081
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57
realism
artistic style of representing subjects realistically
17,840
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58
naturalism
literary movement
17,790
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59
Aestheticism
art movement emphasizing aesthetic considerations over social values
17,544
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60
abstract expressionism
American post–World War II art movement
17,219
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61
socialist realism
art style depicting communist values
17,001
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62
Constructivism
artistic and architectural philosophy
16,844
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63
Memphis Group
Italian design group
16,323
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64
Bloomsbury Group
influential group of associated English writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists
16,258
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65
degenerate art
term used by the German Nazi regime to describe modern art
16,208
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views
66
humour
tendency of someone to point out and emphasize the comical nature of something (or the mental state that leads to this tendency)
15,937
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67
Classicism
art movement; architectural style
15,671
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68
postmodern literature
literary form and movement of the twentieth century
14,885
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69
The Five
circle of five prominent 19th-century Russian composers
14,692
views
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70
Biedermeier
Era in Central Europe between 1815 and 1848
14,579
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views
71
modern art
artistic works produced during the period extending roughly from the 1860s to the 1970s
14,567
views
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72
naïve art
art movement
14,546
views
views
73
new wave of British heavy metal
heavy metal movement of the late 1970s and early 1980s
14,522
views
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74
New Extremity
film genre
14,446
views
views
75
Jugendstil
artistic movement; German equivalent of art nouveau
14,379
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76
Fayum mummy portraits
type of ancient naturalistic portraits from Roman Egypt
14,348
views
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77
Vienna Secession
group of Austrian artists and architects
14,322
views
views
78
New Romantic
1970s British pop culture movement
14,157
views
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79
eclecticism
conceptual approach
14,079
views
views
80
Minimalism
movements in various forms of art and design
13,764
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views
81
kitchen sink realism
British social realist artistic movement
13,665
views
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82
Madchester
Musical and cultural scene from late 80s-early 90s Manchester
13,649
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views
83
Suprematism
early 20th-century art movement
13,605
views
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84
Spanish Golden Age
period of flourishing in arts and literature in Spain
13,360
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views
85
hip hop culture
culture including hip hop music, turntablism, breakdancing and graffiti
13,171
views
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86
Classical period
genre of Western music (c. 1730–1820)
13,160
views
views
87
De Stijl
Dutch artistic movement
12,088
views
views
88
medieval music
Western music written during the Middle Ages
11,845
views
views
89
psychedelia
movement, subculture, style or aesthetic that is resembled in the psychedelic subculture of the 1960s and the psychedelic experience produced by certain psychoactive substances
11,631
views
views
90
German Expressionism
cultural movement
11,496
views
views
91
Baroque painting
painting movement
11,442
views
views
92
Hudson River school
American art movement
11,424
views
views
93
Renaissance music
musical period between the 15th and 17th centuries
11,407
views
views
94
High Renaissance
short period of the most exceptional artistic production during the Italian Renaissance
11,338
views
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95
agitprop
political art from Soviet Russia
11,227
views
views
96
conceptual art
contemporary art movement
11,216
views
views
97
Italian neorealism
national film movement characterized by stories set amongst the poor and the working class
11,166
views
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98
Dutch Golden Age painting
17th-century Dutch painting
10,981
views
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99
academic art
style of painting and sculpture produced under the influence of European academies of art
10,656
views
views
100
Northern Renaissance
Renaissance that occurred in the European countries north of the Alps
10,477
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