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contemporary art Contemporary art is the art of today, produced in the second half of the 20th century or in the 21st century. Contemporary artists work in a globally influenced, culturally diverse, and technologically advancing world. Their art is a dynamic ...
, i.e., those whose peak of activity can be situated somewhere between the 1970s (the advent of
postmodernism Postmodernism is an intellectual stance or mode of discourseNuyen, A.T., 1992. The Role of Rhetorical Devices in Postmodernist Discourse. Philosophy & Rhetoric, pp.183–194. characterized by skepticism toward the " grand narratives" of modern ...
) and the present day. Artists on this list meet the following criteria: *The person is regarded as an important figure or is widely cited by his/her peers or successors. *The person is known for originating a significant new concept, theory or technique. *The person has created, or played a major role in co-creating, a significant or well-known work, or collective body of work, that has been the subject of an independent book or feature-length film, or of multiple independent periodical articles or reviews. *The person's work either (a) has become a significant monument, (b) has been a substantial part of a significant exhibition, (c) has won significant critical attention, or (d) is represented within the permanent collections of several notable galleries or museums, or had works in many significant libraries.


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Marina Abramović Marina Abramović ( sr-Cyrl, Марина Абрамовић, ; born November 30, 1946) is a Serbian conceptual and performance artist. Her work explores body art, endurance art, feminist art, the relationship between the performer and audi ...
(born 1946), performance artist * Vito Acconci (1940–2017), installation and performance artist * Rita Ackermann (born 1968), artist *
Bas Jan Ader Bastiaan Johan Christiaan "Bas Jan" Ader (19 April 1942 – disappeared 1975) was a Dutch conceptual and performance artist, and photographer. His work was in many instances presented as photographs and film of his performances. He made perf ...
(1942–1979), conceptual artist * Eija-Liisa Ahtila (born 1959), video artist * Peggy Ahwesh (born 1954), video artist *
Chantal Akerman Chantal Anne Akerman (; 6 June 19505 October 2015) was a Belgian film director, screenwriter, artist, and film professor at the City College of New York. She is best known for films such as ''Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles' ...
(1950–2015), filmmaker *
Vikky Alexander Vikky Alexander (born in Victoria, British Columbia, in 1959) is a Canadian contemporary artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. She has exhibited internationally since 1981 as a practitioner in the field of photo-conceptualism, and as an ...
(born 1959), installation artist * Edward Allington (1951–2017) sculptor *
Francis Alÿs Francis Alÿs (born 1959, Antwerp) is a Belgian-born, Mexico-based artist. His work emerges in the interdisciplinary space of art, architecture, and social practice. In 1986, Alÿs left behind his profession as an architect and relocated to Mex ...
(born 1959), conceptual artist * El Anatsui (born 1944), sculptor and installation artist *
Laurie Anderson Laurel Philips Anderson (born June 5, 1947), known as Laurie Anderson, is an American avant-garde artist, composer, musician, and film director whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects. Initially trained in violin and ...
(born 1947), performance artist * Carl Andre (born 1935), sculptor * Janine Antoni (born 1964), sculptor and installation artist * Ida Applebroog (born 1929), painter *
Nobuyoshi Araki is a Japanese photographer and contemporary artist professionally known by the mononym . Known primarily for photography that blends eroticism and bondage in a fine art context, he has published over 500 books.The number depends on such things ...
(born 1940), photographer * Diane Arbus (1923–1971), photographer * Siah Armajani (1939–2020), sculptor *
Arman Arman (November 17, 1928 – October 22, 2005) was a French-born American artist. Born Armand Fernandez in Nice, France, Arman was a painter who moved from using objects for the ink or paint traces they leave (''cachets'', ''allures d'objet'') to ...
(1928–2005), sculptor *
John Armleder John Armleder (born 1948, in Geneva) is a Swiss performance artist, painter, sculptor, critic, and curator. His work is based on his involvement with Fluxus in the 1960s and 1970s, when he created performance art pieces, installations and collectiv ...
(born 1948), performance artist, painter, sculptor, critic, and curator *
Art & Language Art & Language is a conceptual artists' collaboration that has undergone many changes since it was created in the late 1960s. The group was founded by artists who shared a common desire to combine intellectual ideas and concerns with the creati ...
, conceptual artist * Richard Artschwager (1923–2013), sculptor and painter * Roy Ascott (born 1934), new media artist * Frank Auerbach (born 1931), painter *
Sofia Areal Sofia Areal (born in Lisbon, 4 June 1960) is a Portuguese abstract painter, whose works adhere mostly to organic non-geometrical forms and a strong chromatic focus. Besides painting and drawing, Areal's work involves collage, textile design, and s ...
(born 1960), painter


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Francis Bacon Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban (; 22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626), also known as Lord Verulam, was an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England. Bacon led the advancement of both ...
(1909–1992), painter *
Jo Baer Josephine Gail Baer (born August 7, 1929) is an American painter associated with minimalist art. She began exhibiting her work at the Fischbach Gallery, New York, and other venues for contemporary art in the mid-1960s. In the mid-1970s, she turne ...
(born 1929), painter *
John Baldessari John Anthony Baldessari (June 17, 1931 – January 2, 2020) was an American conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images. He lived and worked in Santa Monica and Venice, California. Initially a painter ...
(1931–2020), conceptual artist *
Balthus Balthasar Klossowski de Rola (February 29, 1908 – February 18, 2001), known as Balthus, was a Polish-French modern artist. He is known for his erotically charged images of pubescent girls, but also for the refined, dreamlike quality of his image ...
(1908–2001), painter *
Banksy Banksy is a pseudonymous England-based street artist, political activist and film director whose real name and identity remain unconfirmed and the subject of speculation. Active since the 1990s, his satirical street art and subversive epigram ...
(born 1974), graffiti artist *
Fiona Banner Fiona Banner (born 1966), also known as The Vanity Press is a British artist. Her work encompasses sculpture, drawing, installation and text, and demonstrates a long-standing fascination with the emblem of fighter aircraft and their role within cul ...
(born 1966) *
Matthew Barney Matthew Barney (born March 25, 1967) is an American contemporary artist and film director who works in the fields of sculpture, film, photography and drawing. His works explore connections among geography, biology, geology and mythology as well ...
(born 1967), filmmaker * Will Barnet (1911–2012), painter * Artur Barrio (born 1945), interactive artist * Jennifer Bartlett (born 1945), painter *
Georg Baselitz Georg Baselitz (born 23 January 1938) is a German painter, sculptor and graphic artist. In the 1960s he became well known for his figurative, expressive paintings. In 1969 he began painting his subjects upside down in an effort to overcome the ...
(born 1938), painter *
Jean-Michel Basquiat Jean-Michel Basquiat (; December 22, 1960 – August 12, 1988) was an American artist who rose to success during the 1980s as part of the Neo-expressionism movement. Basquiat first achieved fame as part of the graffiti duo SAMO, alongside ...
(1960–1988), painter *
Noah Becker Noah Becker (born 1970) is an American and Canadian artist, writer, publisher of ''Whitehot Magazine of Contemporary Art'', and jazz saxophonist who lives and works in New York City. He is a contributing writer for ''Art in America'' Magazine, ' ...
(born 1970), painter * Vanessa Beecroft (born 1969) * Larry Bell (born 1939), sculptor *
Maurice Benayoun Maurice Benayoun (aka MoBen or 莫奔) (born 29 March 1957) is a French new-media artist, curator, and theorist based in Paris and Hong Kong. His work employs various media, including video, computer graphics, immersive virtual reality, th ...
(born 1957), media artist * Lynda Benglis (born 1941), sculptor *
Danelle Bergstrom Danelle Bergstrom (born 1957) is an Australian visual artist known for landscapes and portraits of significant Australians and International figures. Biography Bergstrom was born in Sydney. She attended Hunters Hill High School and studied art ...
(born 1957), painter *
José Bernal José Bernal Romero (January 8, 1925 – April 19, 2010, known by his first name and by his paternal family name José Bernal) was a Cuban-American artist, born in Santa Clara, Cuba, in the former province of Las Villas (now Villa Clara). H ...
(1925–2010), painter/sculptor *
Joseph Beuys Joseph Heinrich Beuys ( , ; 12 May 1921 – 23 January 1986) was a German artist, teacher, performance artist, and art theorist whose work reflected concepts of humanism, sociology, and anthroposophy. He was a founder of a provocative art mov ...
(1921–1986), sculptor, performance artist, installation artist *
Ashley Bickerton Ashley Bickerton (May 26, 1959 – November 30, 2022) was a Barbadian-born American contemporary artist. A mixed-media artist, Bickerton often combined photographic and painterly elements with industrial and found object assemblages. He is asso ...
(born 1959), mixed-media artist *
Janet Biggs Janet Biggs is an American artist, known for her work in video, photography and performance art. Biggs lives and works in New York City. Biggs' work focuses on individuals in extreme landscapes or situations and often navigates territory betwee ...
(born 1959), video and performance artist *
Dara Birnbaum Dara Birnbaum (born 1946) is an American video and installation artist. Birnbaum entered the nascent field of video art in the mid-to-late 1970s challenging the gendered biases of the period and television’s ever-growing presence within the Amer ...
(born 1946), video and installation artist *
Ronald Bladen Ronald Bladen (July 13, 1918 – February 3, 1988) was a Canadian-born American painter and sculptor. He is particularly known for his large-scale sculptures. His artistic stance, was influenced by European Constructivism, American Hard-Edge Pa ...
, (1918–1988), sculptor * David Blatherwick (born 1960), painter and video artist *
Guy Bleus Guy Bleus (born October 23, 1950) is a Belgian artist, archivist and writer. He is associated with olfactory art, visual poetry, performance art and the mail art movement. His work covers different areas, including administration (which he cal ...
(born 1950), performance artist, mail art *
Christian Boltanski Christian Liberté Boltanski (6 September 1944 – 14 July 2021) was a French sculptor, photographer, painter, and film maker. He is best known for his photography installations and contemporary French Conceptual art, conceptual style. Early li ...
(1944–2021), sculptor, photographer, painter and film maker * Alighiero Boëtti (1940–1994), conceptual artist *
Maurizio Bolognini Maurizio Bolognini (born July 27, 1952) is a post-conceptual media artist. His installations are mainly concerned with the aesthetics of machines, and are based on the minimal and abstract activation of technological processes that are beyond the ...
(born 1952), post-conceptual media artist * Henry Bond (born 1966), writer, photographer and visual artist *
Christine Borland Christine Borland (born 1965) is a Scottish artist. Born in Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland, Borland is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs) and was nominated for the Turner Prize in 1997 (won by Gillian Wearing) for her work ''From Life'' at Tra ...
(born 1965) *
Michaël Borremans Michaël Borremans (born 1963) is a Belgian painter and filmmaker who lives and works in Ghent. His painting technique draws on 18th-century art as well as the works of Édouard Manet and Degas. The artist also cites the Spanish court painter D ...
(born 1963), painter *
Eberhard Bosslet Eberhard Bosslet (born 1953) is a German contemporary artist who has been producing site-specific art and architectural-related works, such as sculpture, installation, light art and painting, all indoors and outdoors, since 1979. Biography ...
(born 1953), sculptor, installation artist *
Fernando Botero Fernando Botero Angulo (born 19 April 1932) is a Colombian figurative artist and sculptor, born in Medellín. His signature style, also known as "Boterismo", depicts people and figures in large, exaggerated volume, which can represent politic ...
(born 1932), painter * Jack Boul (born 1927), painter, printmaker and sculptor * Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010), sculptor and installation artist *
Mark Bradford Mark Bradford (born November 20, 1961) is an American visual artist. Born in Los Angeles, Bradford studied at the California Institute of the Arts. Recognized for his collaged painting works, which have been shown internationally, his practice al ...
(born 1961), painter * Robert J Brawley (1937–2006), painter *
Candice Breitz Candice Breitz (born 1972) is a South African white artist who works primarily in video and photography.Stuart Brisley Stuart Brisley (born 1933) is a British artist. Education Brisley studied at Guildford School of Art from 1949 to 1954 and at the Royal College of Art from 1956 to 1959. In 1959–60 he attended the Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Munich, G ...
(born 1933), performance artist * Marcel Broodthaers (1924–1976), poet, filmmaker and artist * Glenn Brown (born 1966) *
Tania Bruguera Tania Bruguera (born 1968 in Havana, Cuba) is an artist and activist who focuses on installation and performance art. She lives and works between New York City and Havana, and has participated in numerous international exhibitions. Her work is ...
(born 1968), installation and performance artist *
Angela Bulloch Angela Bulloch (born 1966 in Rainy River, Ontario, Canada), is an artist who often works with sound and installation; she is recognised as one of the Young British Artists. Bulloch lives and works in Berlin. Life and career Bulloch studied at G ...
(born 1966), installation artist *
Deborah Butterfield Deborah Kay Butterfield (born May 7, 1949) is an American sculptor. Along with her artist-husband John Buck, she divides her time between a farm in Bozeman, Montana, and studio space in Hawaii. She is known for her sculptures of horses made fr ...
(born 1949), sculptor *
Chris Burden Christopher Lee Burden (April 11, 1946 – May 10, 2015) was an American artist working in performance, sculpture and installation art. Burden became known in the 1970s for his performance art works, including ''Shoot'' (1971), where he arranged ...
(1946–2015), performance artist, sculptor, installation artist *
Jack Bush John Hamilton Bush (March 20, 1909 – January 24, 1977) was a Canadian abstract painter. A member of Painters Eleven, his paintings are associated with the Color Field movement and Post-painterly Abstraction. Inspired by Henri Ma ...
(1909–1977), painter * Gerard Byrne (born 1969), installation artist


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Sophie Calle Sophie Calle (born 9 October 1953) is a French writer, photographer, installation artist, and conceptual artist. Calle's work is distinguished by its use of arbitrary sets of constraints, and evokes the French literary movement known as Oulipo. ...
(born 1953), conceptual artist from France * Nuno de Campos (born 1969), painter *
Janet Cardiff Janet Cardiff (born March 15, 1957) is a Canadian artist who works chiefly with sound and sound installations, often in collaboration with her husband and partner George Bures Miller. Cardiff first gained international recognition in the art worl ...
(born 1957), installation artist *
Gerard Caris Gerard Caris (born 20 March 1925) is a Dutch sculptor and artist who has pursued a single motif throughout the course of his artistic career, the pentagon. Early life and education He was born in Maastricht, the Netherlands. After attending ...
(born 1925), sculptor *
Norman Carlberg Norman K. Carlberg (November 6, 1928 – November 11, 2018) was an American sculptor, photographer, and printmaker. He is noted as an exemplar of the modular constructivist style. Early life and education Carlberg was born in Roseau, Minnes ...
(1928–2018), sculptor *
Gillian Carnegie Gillian Carnegie (born 1971 in Suffolkbr> is an England, English artist. Carnegie is a graduate of the Camberwell School of Art and the Royal College of Art. Carnegie works within traditional categories of painting – still life, landscape, ...
(born 1971), painter *
Anthony Caro Sir Anthony Alfred Caro (8 March 192423 October 2013) was an English abstract sculptor whose work is characterised by assemblages of metal using ' found' industrial objects. His style was of the modernist school, having worked with Henry Moor ...
(1924–2013), sculptor *
Antonio Caro Antonio José Caro Lopera (10 December 1950 – 29 March 2021) was a Colombian conceptual artist who created works since the late 1960s. He typically used non-traditional forms to create politically and socially charged critiques of Colombian is ...
(1950–2021), painter, conceptualization *
Nicolas Carone Nicolas Carone (June 4, 1917 – July 15, 2010) belonged to the early generation of New York School Abstract Expressionist artists. Their artistic innovation by the 1950s had been recognized internationally, including in London and Paris. New ...
(1917–2010), painter, sculptor * James Casebere (born 1953), photographer *
Maurizio Cattelan Maurizio Cattelan (born 21 September 1960) is an Italian artist. Known primarily for his hyperrealistic sculptures and installations, Cattelan's practice also includes curating and publishing. His satirical approach to art has resulted in him bei ...
(born 1960) *
Nick Cave Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian singer, songwriter, poet, lyricist, author, screenwriter, composer and occasional actor. Known for his baritone voice and for fronting the rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, ...
(born 1959), performance artist, sculptor * John Cederquist (born 1946), American sculptor *
Vija Celmins Vija Celmins (pronounced VEE-ya SELL-muns;Hilarie M. Sheets and Randy Kennedy (September 24, 2015)''New York Times''. lv, Vija Celmiņa, pronounced TSEL-meen-ya) is a Latvian American visual artist best known for photo-realistic paintings and dr ...
(born 1938), painter *
Saint Clair Cemin Saint Clair Cemin (born Cruz Alta, Brazil in 1951) is a postmodern sculptor. Life and work Saint Clair Cemin lives and works in New York City and Beijing. His work encompasses multiple styles, approaches, and materials, from neo-surrealism to ...
(born 1951) Brazilian sculptor * John Chamberlain (1927–2011), sculptor * Suki Chan (born 1977), video and installation artist * Gordon Cheung, (born 1975), contemporary artist *
Jake and Dinos Chapman Iakovos "Jake" Chapman (born 1966) and Konstantinos "Dinos" Chapman (born 1962) are British visual artists, often known as the Chapman Brothers. Their subject matter tries to be deliberately shocking, including, in 2008, a series of works that ...
(born 1966 and 1962) * Judy Chicago (born 1939), feminist artist *
Dale Chihuly Dale Chihuly () (born September 20, 1941) is an American glass artist and entrepreneur. He is best known in the field of blown glass, "moving it into the realm of large-scale sculpture". Early life Dale Patrick Chihuly was born on September 20 ...
(born 1941), glass artist * Luke Ching (born 1972) conceptual artist *
Dan Christensen Dan Christensen, (October 6, 1942 – January 20, 2007) was an American abstract painter He is best known for paintings that relate to Lyrical Abstraction, Color field painting, and Abstract expressionism. Christensen was born in Cozad, ...
(1942–2007), abstract painter * Abraham David Christian (born 1952) *
Chinwe Chukwuogo-Roy Chinwe Ifeoma Chukwuogo-Roy MBE (2 May 1952 − 17 December 2012) was a visual artist who was born in Awka (Oka), Anambra state, Nigeria, but spent much of her young life in Ikom on the Cameroon border, before moving back to the family home at ...
(1952–2012), portrait painter and printmaker *
Christo and Jeanne-Claude Christo Vladimirov Javacheff (1935–2020) and Jeanne-Claude Denat de Guillebon (1935–2009), known as Christo and Jeanne-Claude, were artists noted for their large-scale, site-specific environmental installations, often large landmarks and ...
(1935–2009) * Paolo Cirio (born 1979), Internet artist *
Lygia Clark Lygia Pimentel Lins (23 October 1920 – 25 April 1988), better known as Lygia Clark, was a Brazilian artist best known for her painting and installation work. She was often associated with the Brazilian Constructivist movements of the mid-2 ...
(1920–1988), painter, installation artist *
Brian Clarke Brian Clarke (born 2 July 1953) is a British painter, architectural artist and printmaker, known for his large-scale stained glass and mosaic projects, symbolist paintings, set designs, and collaborations with major figures in Modern and con ...
(born 1953), multidisciplinary architectural artist, painter, stained glass designer *
Francesco Clemente Francesco Clemente (born 23 March 1952) is an Italian contemporary artist. He has lived at various times in Italy, India and New York City. Some of his work is influenced by the traditional art and culture of India. He has worked in various art ...
(born 1952), painter *
Chuck Close Charles Thomas Close (July 5, 1940 – August 19, 2021) was an American painter, visual artist, and photographer who made massive-scale photorealist and abstract portraits of himself and others. Close also created photo portraits using a very l ...
(1940–2021), painter *
Claude Closky Claude Closky (born 22 May 1963) is a French Contemporary Artist who lives and works in Paris, France. Reception Closky won the "Grand prix des Arts plastiques" (1999) and the Marcel Duchamp Prize (2005) awarded by the ADIAF. Dike Blair wrot ...
(born 1963) * Arnaud Cohen (born 1968) *
Robert Colescott Robert H. Colescott (August 26, 1925 – June 4, 2009) was an American painter. He is known for satirical genre and crowd subjects, often conveying his exuberant, comical, or bitter reflections on being African American. He studied with Fernand L ...
(1925–2009), painter *
Mat Collishaw Matthew "Mat" Collishaw Hon. FRPS (born 6 January 1966) is an English artist based in London. Collishaw's work uses photography and video. His best known work is ''Bullet Hole'' (1988), which is a closeup photo of what appears to be a bull ...
(born 1966), photographer, video artist * George Condo (born 1957), painter *
Cortis & Sonderegger Cortis & Sonderegger is a collaborative team of two Swiss artists, Jojakim Cortis and Adrian Sonderegger. They are best known for their photographs of their physical recreations of famous photographs. Life Cortis was born in 1978 in Aachen, Switze ...
(born 1978 and 1980), installation *
Tony Cragg Sir Anthony Douglas Cragg (born Liverpool 9 April 1949) is an Anglo-German sculptor, resident in Wuppertal, Germany since 1977. Early life and training Tony Cragg was born in Liverpool."Tony Cragg." ''Contemporary Artists''. Farmington Hills, ...
(born 1945), sculptor *
Michael Craig-Martin Sir Michael Craig-Martin (born 28 August 1941) is an Irish-born contemporary conceptual artist and painter. He is known for fostering and adopting the Young British Artists, many of whom he taught, and for his conceptual artwork, '' An Oak Tre ...
(born 1941), painter, printmaker, digital artist, sculpture *
Martin Creed Martin Creed (born 21 October 1968) is a British artist, composer and performer. He won the Turner Prize in 2001 for exhibitions during the preceding year, with the jury praising his audacity for exhibiting a single installation, ''Work No. 22 ...
(born 1968), installation artist *
Patricia Cronin Patricia Cronin (born in 1963 in Beverly, Massachusetts) is a New York-based feminist cross-disciplinary artist. Since the early-1990s, Cronin has garnered international attention for her photographs, paintings and sculptures that address conte ...
(born 1963), cross-disciplinary artist * José Luis Cuevas (1934–2017), painter, printmaker, sculptor


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* Dado (1933–2010), painter *
Hanne Darboven Hanne Darboven (29 April 1941 – 9 March 2009) was a German conceptual artist, best known for her large-scale minimalist installations consisting of handwritten tables of numbers. Early life and career Darboven was born in 1941 in Munich. She g ...
(1941–2009), conceptual artist * Ian Davenport (born 1966), painter and printmaker *
Ronald Davis Ronald "Ron" Davis (born 1937) is an American painter whose work is associated with geometric abstraction, abstract illusionism, lyrical abstraction, hard-edge painting, shaped canvas painting, color field painting, and 3D computer graphics ...
(born 1937), abstract painter * Richard Deacon (born 1949), sculptor *
Tacita Dean Tacita Charlotte Dean CBE, RA (born 1965) is a British / German visual artist who works primarily in film. She was a nominee for the Turner Prize in 1998, won the Hugo Boss Prize in 2006, and was elected to the Royal Academy of Arts in 2008. ...
(born 1965), conceptual artist, filmmaker * Wim Delvoye (born 1965), neo-conceptual artist * Walter De Maria (1940–2013), installation artist, conceptual artist *
Abigail DeVille Abigail DeVille (born 1981) is an artist who creates large sculptures and installations, often incorporating found materials from the neighborhoods around the exhibition venues. DeVille's sculptures and installations often focus on themes of th ...
(born 1981), installation and sculpture artist *
Guy Denning Guy Denning (born 1965) is a self-taught English contemporary artist and painter based in France. He is the founder of the Neomodern group and part of the urban art scene in Bristol.Metcalfe, Anna"Off the streets" '' Financial Times'', 26 Ma ...
(born 1965), painter *
Richard Diebenkorn Richard Diebenkorn (April 22, 1922 – March 30, 1993) was an American painter and printmaker. His early work is associated with abstract expressionism and the Bay Area Figurative Movement of the 1950s and 1960s. In the late 1960s he bega ...
(1922–1993), painter *
Rineke Dijkstra Rineke Dijkstra HonFRPS (born 2 June 1959) is a Dutch photographer. She lives and works in Amsterdam.Sam Dillemans Sam Dillemans (born 17 January 1965) is a Belgian painter. Background Sam Dillemans was born in Leuven, Flemish Brabant, Flanders, Belgium. After high school, Dillemans studied at several academies in Belgium and abroad. He obtained the Fren ...
(born 1965), painter * DOT DOT DOT (artist) visual, public, conceptual artist * Braco Dimitrijevic (born 1948) * Jim Dine (born 1935), sculptor * Mark di Suvero (born 1933), sculptor * Harry Dodge (born 1966), visual artist * Peter Doig (born 1959), painter * Marlene Dumas (born 1953), painter * John Duncan (artist), John Duncan (born 1953), performance, installation artist


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* Martin Eder (born 1968), painter * Ólafur Elíasson (born 1967) * Tracey Emin (born 1963) * Ben Enwonwu (1917–1994), painter and sculptor * Bracha Ettinger (born 1948) * Valie Export (born 1940) *Mary Beth Edelson (1933–2021) feminist artist


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* Jan Fabre (born 1958), multidisciplinary artist * Öjvind Fahlström (1928–1976), multimedia artist * Harun Farocki (1944–2014), filmmaker * Angus Fairhurst (1966–2008), installation artist * Hans-Peter Feldmann (born 1941), photographer, installation artist * Kenneth Feingold (born 1952), conceptual artist * Brendan Fernandes (born 1979), performance artist * Teresita Fernández (born 1968), multidisciplinary artist * Esther Ferrer (born 1937), conceptual and performance artist * Carole Feuerman (born 1945), sculptor * Stephen Finer (born 1949), painter * Eric Fischl painter (born 1948), painter, sculptor and printmaker * Peter Fischli & David Weiss (born 1952, 1946–2012) * Dan Flavin (1933–1996) * Bruno Fonseca (1958–1994), painter, sculptor * Caio Fonseca (born 1959), painter * Peter Forakis (1927–2009), sculptor * Günther Förg (1952–2013), painter, graphic designer, sculptor and photographer * Sam Francis (1923–1994), painter * Helen Frankenthaler (1928–2011), painter * Andrea Fraser (born 1965), performance artist * Lucian Freud (1922–2011), painter * Tom Friedman (artist), Tom Friedman (born 1965), conceptual sculptor


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* Ellen Gallagher (born 1965), multidisciplinary artist * * Anya Gallaccio (born 1963), installation artist * Enrico Garff (born 1939), painter *Kendell Geers (born May 1968) conceptual artist * Isa Genzken (born 1948), sculptor * Gilbert and George, (born 1943 and 1942), sculptors, performance artists * Adrian Ghenie (born 1977), painter * Sam Gilliam (born 1933), painter * Liam Gillick (born 1964), conceptual artist * Karin Giusti (born 1955), sculptor, installation artist * Robert Gober (born 1954), sculptor * Michael Goldberg (painter), Michael Goldberg (1924–2007), painter * Nan Goldin (born 1953), photographer * Jack Goldstein (1945–2003), painter * Andy Goldsworthy (born 1956), sculptor, photographer * Peter Golfinopoulos (born 1928), painter * Leon Golub (1922–2004), painter * Felix Gonzales-Torres (1957–1996), sculptor, installation artist * Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster (born 1965), artist and filmmaker * Robert Goodnough (1917–2010), painter * Douglas Gordon (born 1966), video art, photography * Antony Gormley (born 1950), sculptor * Dan Graham (1942-2022), multidisciplinary artist * Robert Graham (sculptor), Robert Graham (1938–2008), sculptor * Rodney Graham (born 1949), photographer, installation artist * Cleve Gray (1918–2004), painter * Kaloust Guedel (born 1956), painter, sculptor * Genco Gulan (born 1969), sculptor, performance artist * Don Gummer (born 1946), sculptor * Andreas Gursky (born 1955), photographer


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* Hans Haacke (born 1936), conceptual artist * Jacques Halbert (born 1955), neo-dada artist * Petrit Halilaj (born 1986) * David Hall (video artist), David Hall (1937–2014), video artist * Richard Hamilton (artist), Richard Hamilton (1922–2011), painter, collagist * Keith Haring (1958–1990), painter, graffiti artist * Mona Hatoum (born 1952), performance artist * Susan Hauptman (1947–2015), graphic fine artist * Carl Michael von Hausswolff (born 1956), sound artist * Tim Hawkinson (born 1960), sculpture artist * Al Held (1928–2005), painter * Gottfried Helnwein (born 1948), multimedia artist, installation artist, painter, photographer, performance artist * Diango Hernandez (born 1970), conceptual artist, painter * Jeremy Henderson (1952–2009), artist and painter * Eva Hesse (1936–1970), sculptor * Andreas Heusser (born 1976), conceptual artist * Hugo Heyrman (born 1942), painter, multimedia artist * Gary Hill (born 1951), video artist * Susan Hiller (1940–2019), installation artist * Charles Hinman (born 1932), painter * Thomas Hirschhorn (born 1957), installation artist * Damien Hirst (born 1965), installation artist * David Hockney (born 1937), painter * Jim Hodges (artist), Jim Hodges (born 1957), installation artist * Howard Hodgkin (1932–2017), painter * Candida Höfer (born 1944), photographer * Tom Holland (artist), Tom Holland (born 1936), mixed media artist, painter * Frank Holliday (born 1957) * Saskia Holmkvist (born 1971), conceptual artist * Christian Holstad (born 1972), conceptual artist * Jenny Holzer (born 1950), interdisciplinary artist * Roni Horn (born 1955), sculptor, installation artist and writer * Peter Howson (born 1958), painter * Teresa Hubbard and Alexander Birchler, Teresa Hubbard/Alexander Birchler (born 1965/1962), video artists * Gary Hume (born 1962), painter * Philipp Humm (born 1959), painter, multi-disciplinary artist * Pierre Huyghe (born 1962), media artist


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* Jörg Immendorff (1945–2007), painter * INO (artist), INO, visual artist


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* Alfredo Jaar (born 1956), conceptual artist * Richard Jackson (artist), Richard Jackson (born 1939), painter, installation *Renata Jaworska (born 1979), painter * Chantal Joffe (born 1969), painter * Jasper Johns (born 1930), painter, printmaker * Ray Johnson (1927–1995), pop artist, mail art * Jennie C. Jones (born 1968), multidisciplinary * Josignacio (born 1963), painter * Donald Judd (1928–1994), sculptor * Isaac Julien (born 1960), filmmaker


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* Ilya Kabakov (born 1933), installation artist * Eduardo Kac (born 1962), transgenic artist * Stanya Kahn (born 1968), performance, video artist * Wolf Kahn (1927–2020), landscapes, oil paints/pastels * Anish Kapoor (born 1954), sculptor * Allan Kaprow (1927–2006), painter, performance artist * Deborah Kass (born 1952), mixed media artist * On Kawara (1932–2014), conceptual artist * Mary Kelly (artist), Mary Kelly (born 1941), conceptual artist * Mike Kelley (artist), Mike Kelley (1954–2012), sculptor, installation artist, performance artist * Ellsworth Kelly (1923–2015), painter * William Kentridge (born 1955), draughtsman, film maker and sculptor * Anselm Kiefer (born 1945), painter * Manfred Kielnhofer (born 1967), sculptor, designer, photographer * Edward Kienholz (1927–1994), installation artist * Karen Kilimnik (born 1962), painter * Bodys Isek Kingelez (1948–2015), sculpture * Martin Kippenberger (1953–1997), conceptual artist, installation artist * Komar and Melamid (born 1943 and 1945), conceptual artist * Jeff Koons (born 1955), conceptual artist * Mark Kostabi (born 1960), painter * Barbara Kruger (born 1945), artist and photographer * Alfred Freddy Krupa (born 1971), painter, book artist * Peter Kuckei (born 1938), painter * Yayoi Kusama (born 1929), installation artist, performance artist, painter


L

* David LaChapelle (born 1963), photographer * Suzanne Lacy (born 1945), performance/public artist * Ronnie Landfield (born 1947), painter * Michael Landy (born 1963), conceptual artist * Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt (born 1948), installation, collage * Maria Lassnig (1919–2014), painter * Matthieu Laurette (born 1970), multimedia, conceptual, installation, video artist * Robert Lazzarini (born 1965), sculptor, installation artist * Lee Bul (born 1964), sculpture, installation, conceptual artist * Marc Lee (born 1969), installation, new media and conceptual artist * Zoe Leonard (born 1961), photographer and visual artist * Mark Lewis (artist), Mark Lewis (born 1958), installation and film artist * Sol LeWitt (1928–2007), installation and conceptual artist * Richard Long (artist), Richard Long (born 1945), sculptor, photographer, painter * Robert Longo (born 1953), painter and sculptor * Lee Lozano (1930–1999), painter * Rafael Lozano-Hemmer (born 1967), installation artist * Sarah Lucas (born 1962), photographer, sculptor, conceptual artist


M

* Robert Mangold (born 1937), painter * Robert Mapplethorpe (1946–1989), photographer * Christian Marclay (born 1955), composer, conceptual artist *Bruce McLean (born 1944) conceptual, performance, sculptor, painter * Brice Marden (born 1938), painter * Kerry James Marshall (born 1955), painter * Milovan Destil Marković (born 1957), painter, performance artist * Agnes Martin (1912–2004), painter * Eugene J. Martin (1938–2005), painter * Enrique Martinez Celaya (1964), painter, sculptor * Gordon Matta-Clark (1943–1978), conceptual artist * Amanda Matthews (born 1968), sculptor, painter, public art designer * Paul McCarthy (born 1945), performance and installation artist * Allan McCollum (born 1944), sculptor, installation artist * Ryan McGinley (born 1977), photographer * Steve McQueen (director), Steve McQueen (born 1969), filmmaker * Cildo Meireles (born 1948), sculptor and installation artist * Ana Mendieta (1948–1985), sculptor, performance and video artist * Yucef Merhi (born 1977), installation and new media artist * Thom Merrick (born 1963), sculptor, painter * Boris Mikhailov (photographer), Boris Mikhailov (born 1938), photographer * Ann Mikolowski (1940–1999), portrait miniaturist, waterscape painter, printmaker, book artist * Haroon Mirza (born 1977), sculptor, installation artist * Eva Moll (born 1961), painter, performance and installation artist *Dianna Molzan (born 1972), painter, sculptor * Franco Mondini-Ruiz (born 1961), painter, sculptor, performance and installation artist * Jonathan Monk (born 1969), conceptual artist * Sebastian Diaz Morales (born 1975), video artist * François Morellet (1926–2016), painter, engraver, sculptor and light artist * Yasumasa Morimura (born 1951), photographer * Robert Morris (artist), Robert Morris (1931–2018), sculptor, writer and conceptual artist * Ed Moses (artist), Ed Moses (1926–2018), painter * Antoni Muntadas (born 1942), installation and new media artist * Vik Muniz (born 1961), photographer * Bruce Munro, installation artist * Takashi Murakami (born 1962), sculptor and painter * Elizabeth Murray (artist), Elizabeth Murray (1940–2007), painter * Zoran Mušič (1909–2005), painter * Wangechi Mutu (born 1972), painter


N

* Bruce Nauman (born 1941) * Ernesto Neto (born 1964), installation artist *John Nieto (1936–2018), painter * Odd Nerdrum (born 1944), painter * Shirin Neshat (born 1957), visual artist * NEVERCREW (born 1980 and 1979), urban artists, installation artists * Alexander Ney (born 1939), sculptor and painter * Graham Nicholls (born 1975), installation artist * Olaf Nicolai (born 1962), conceptual artist * Kenneth Noland (1924–2010), painter * Thomas Nozkowski (1944–2019), painter * Jim Nutt (born 1938), painter *Marina Núñez (born 1966), multimedia artist


O

* Albert Oehlen (born 1954), painter * Markus Oehlen (born 1956), painter * Chris Ofili (born 1968), painter * Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986), painter * Claes Oldenburg (1929-2022), sculptor * Jules Olitski (1922–2007), painter * Nathan Oliveira (1928–2010), painter * Yoko Ono (born 1933), musician, artist * Bruce Onobrakpeya (born 1932), printmaker, painter and sculptor * Orlan (born 1947), performance and body artist * Roman Opałka (1931–2011), painter *Catherine Opie (born 1961), photographer * Julian Opie (born 1958), digital artist * Dennis Oppenheim (1938–2011), conceptual and installation artist * Gabriel Orozco (born 1962), conceptual and installation artist * Tony Oursler (born 1957), multimedia and installation artist


P

* Nam June Paik (1932–2006), video artist * Roxy Paine (born 1966), sculptor * Eduardo Paolozzi (1924–2005), sculptor * Niki de Saint Phalle (1930–2002), sculptor * Cornelia Parker (born 1956), sculptor and installation artist * Ray Parker (painter), Ray Parker (1922–1990), painter * Ed Paschke (1939–2004), painter * Simon Patterson (artist), Simon Patterson (born 1967), conceptual artist * Oliver Payne and Nick Relph (born 1977 and 1979), video artists * Grayson Perry (born 1960), ceramicist * Raymond Pettibon (born 1957), drawing, video and installation artist * Elizabeth Peyton (born 1965), painter * Adrian Piper (born 1948), conceptual artist * Steven Pippin (born 1960), sculptor * Michelangelo Pistoletto (born 1933), painter, action and object artist *Lari Pittman (born 1952), painter * Paola Pivi (born 1971), multimedia artist * Sigmar Polke (1941–2010), painter, photographer * Larry Poons (born 1937), painter * William Powhida (born 1976), drawing, painter, writer * Kenneth Price (1935–2012), ceramicist, sculptor * Richard Prince (born 1949), painter and photographer * Laure Prouvost (born 1978), installation artist, 2013 Turner Prize winner * Martin Puryear (born 1941), sculptor


Q

* Marc Quinn (born 1964), sculptor


R

* Alessandro Raho (born 1971), painter and photographer * Arnulf Rainer (born 1929), painter * Yvonne Rainer (born 1934), performance artist * Rallé (born 1949), painter * Paul Henry Ramirez (born 1963), painter * Neo Rauch (born 1960), painter * Robert Rauschenberg (1925–2008), painter, collagist, printmaker, neo-dadaist * Peter Reginato (born 1945), sculptor * Paula Rego (born 1935), painter * Seund Ja Rhee (1918–2009), painter, printmaker, and ceramicist * Jason Rhoades (1965–2006), installation artist and sculptor * Jesse Richards (born 1975), artist * Gerhard Richter (born 1932), painter * Pipilotti Rist (born 1962), video artist * Larry Rivers (1923–2002), painter, multi-media * James Rosenquist (1933–2017), painter * Martha Rosler (born 1943), video artist, installation artist and performance artist * Dieter Roth (1930–1998), artist's books, sculptor, installation artist * Thomas Ruff (born 1958), photographer * Allen Ruppersberg (born 1944), conceptualist, mixed media, installation artist * Edward Ruscha (born 1937), painter, printmaker and filmmaker


S

* Anri Sala (born 1974), video artist * Chéri Samba (born 1956), painter * Sanejouand, Jean-Michel Sanejouand (1934–2021), painter and sculptor * David Salle (born 1952), painter * Bojan Sarcevic (born 1974), sculptor * Wilhelm Sasnal (born 1972), painter * Jenny Saville (born 1970), painter * Raymond Saunders (artist), Raymond Saunders (born 1934), painter * Markus Schinwald (born 1973), painter, sculptor and filmmaker * Julian Schnabel (born 1951), painter, sculptor and filmmaker * Carolee Schneemann (1939-2019), performance artist * Thomas Schütte (born 1954), sculptor * Richard Serra (born 1939), sculptor * Joel Shapiro (born 1941), sculptor * Sonia Landy Sheridan (1925–2021), art researcher * Cindy Sherman (born 1954), photographer, performance artist * Yinka Shonibare (born 1962) * Amy Sillman (born 1966), painter * David Simpson (artist), David Simpson, (born 1928), painter * Lorna Simpson (born 1960), interdisciplinary artist * Bob and Roberta Smith (born 1958) * Jack Smith (film director), Jack Smith (1932–1989), film director * Kiki Smith (born 1954), feminist artist * Robert Smithson (1938–1973), land artist, sculptor and photographer * Michael Snow (born 1929), filmmaker, musician, painter * Joan Snyder (born 1940), painter * Keith Sonnier (1941–2020), sculptor * Pierre Soulages (1919–2022), painter * Nancy Spero (1926–2009), painter * Joe Stefanelli (painter), Joe Stefanelli (1921–2017), painter * Pat Steir (born 1940), painter * Frank Stella (born 1936), painter, printmaker * Thomas Struth (born 1954), photographer * Hiroshi Sugimoto (born 1948), photographer * Sarah Sze (born 1969), sculptor


T

* William Tillyer (born 1938), painter, printmaker, watercolorist *Tomoko Takahashi (born 1966), installation artist * Mark Tansey (born 1949), painter * Sam Taylor-Wood (born 1967), filmmaker, photographer * Diana Thater (born 1962), video artist * Paul Thek (1933–1988), painter, sculptor, installation artist * Wayne Thiebaud (1920-2021), painter, printmaker * Hank Willis Thomas (born 1976), conceptual artist * Arthur Thrall (1926–2015), printmaker, painter * Agnes Thurnauer (born 1962) * Wolfgang Tillmans (born 1968), photographer * Rirkrit Tiravanija (born 1961), conceptual and installation artist * Mark Titchner (born 1973), painter * Slaven Tolj (born 1964), performance, installation artist * Scott Treleaven (born 1975), filmmaker * Rosemarie Trockel (born 1952), installation artist * Gavin Turk (born 1967), sculptor * James Turrell (born 1943), installation artist * Richard Tuttle (born 1941), postminimalist * Luc Tuymans (born 1958), painter * Cy Twombly (1928–2011), painter * Keith Tyson (born 1969), drawing, painter, installation artist


U

* Francis Upritchard (born 1976), installation artist *Tomasz Urbanowicz (born 1959), architectural glass artist


V

* Koen Vanmechelen (born 1965), multimedia artist, social art * Lydia Venieri (born 1964), painter, sculptor, photographer * Bill Viola (born 1951), video artist * Wolf Vostell (1932–1998), multimedia artist * Peter Voulkos (1924–2002), ceramicist, sculptor *Marc Vaux (born 1932), conceptual, painter, sculptor


W

* Kara Walker (born 1969), installation artist * Jeff Wall (born 1946), photographer * Magnus Wallin (born 1965), video artist * Mark Wallinger (born 1959), conceptual artist * Suling Wang (born 1968), painter * Andy Warhol (1928–1987), pop artist * Gillian Wearing (born 1963), conceptual artist * Carrie Mae Weems (born 1953), photographer * Lawrence Weiner (1942–2021), conceptual artist * Monika Weiss (born 1964), installation, video and performance artist * Ai Weiwei (born 1957), Chinese, conceptual artist * Tom Wesselmann (1931–2004), painter * Franz West (1947–2012), drawing, painter, sculptor * Rachel Whiteread (born 1963), sculptor * Jack Whitten (1939–2018), painter * Alison Wilding (born 1948), sculptor * Hannah Wilke (1940–1993), sculptor * Thornton Willis (born 1936), painter * Jane and Louise Wilson (born 1967), installation artists * Richard Wilson (sculptor), Richard Wilson (born 1953), installation artist * Joel-Peter Witkin (born 1939), photographer * Francesca Woodman (1958–1981), photographer * Wu Guanzhong (1919–2010), painter * Erwin Wurm (born 1954), sculptor, photographer * Andrew Wyeth (1917–2009), painter


X

*Xing Xin (born 1981), performance artist


Y

*Lynette Yiadom-Boakye (born 1977), painter *Peter Young (artist), Peter Young (born 1940), painter *Jack Youngerman (1926–2020), painter


Z

*Andrea Zittel (born 1965), installation artist *Larry Zox (1936–2006), painter *Ricardo Estanislao Zulueta (born 1962), interdisciplinary artist


See also

*Art *Lists of painters *List of modern artists *List of sculptors


Notes


References

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