When did “Modern Art” begin?

This era is notoriously difficult to pin down, and disagreement is everywhere

There's debate over when "modern art" officially begins as a movement. There IS a prevailing view so it's not a clean 50-50 split. More like 60-40 or 70-30. But in this case, I don't quite agree with the academics. They have a compelling argument except it’s purely academic and doesn’t consider certain realities..

First, some art history for context.

In t…