# pea_phd_Saliba **Opening (not a real abstract):** Summary of the research project Throughout history, some art pieces have been labeled as “avant-garde” or “pioneering”. Such artworks have elicited strong reactions and often rejection at first, but they ultimately modified the definition of art and introduced new art movements. Although revolutionary artworks play a key role in art history and society, established definitions of art have left this central topic unattended. The aim of this project is to provide a definition of revolutionary artworks as social entities. This project registers within the scope of social ontology as I will endorse the broad definition of artworks as artifacts having social functions (e.g. Koslicki & Massin, forthcoming; Juvshik 2024; Saliba 2023). Social ontology is a framework that has offered valuable reflections on social entities in recent years and is the ideal domain to study artworks considering **Authors:** [[Course : HISTORY, ART]]