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The shift occurred in the early 20th century. As artists moved away from representing reality (realism) toward representing ideas (conceptualism), the need for descriptive titles evaporated. Wassily Kandinsky, the father of abstract art, often named his works Composition or Improvisation —functional, sterile names that refused to tell the viewer what to feel.

: The fair recently announced an expansion to Houston for an inaugural edition in September 2025. Untitled

Furthermore, the overuse of "Untitled" in contemporary art has become a cliché. Walking through a Chelsea gallery in the 2020s, one might see a wall of thirty "Untitled" works and think: This isn't profound. This is brand management. The word has become a uniform, a uniform that signifies "serious artist" without requiring serious thought. The shift occurred in the early 20th century