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Ai Weiwei (28/8/1957- ) is an artist, architectural designer, curator, and social activist and perhaps the best-known Chinese Contemporary artist. His formal and analytical approach to creating new structures from ready-made and prefabricated objects leads the viewer to challenge traditional thinking about art and the role of the artist. From …
Yayoi Kusama (22/3/1929–14/8/2026), a pioneering figure of the avant-garde and a precursor of Pop Art, Minimalism, and Feminist Art, is recognised as …
The American Avant-Garde artist and leading figure in the Dada and Surrealist movements, Man Ray (27/8/1890-18/11/1976), was a pioneer in painting, film, …
Marguerite “Peggy” Guggenheim (26/8/1898-23/12/1979), is the woman that created one of the most important Collections of Modern European and American art. Relying …
Andy Warhol (6/8/1928-22/2/1987), was one of the most influential artists of the second half of the 20th Century, creating some of the …
Giovanni Anselmo (5/8/1934-18/12/2023) is a self-taught artist known for his sculptural installations created under the Arte Povera movement. He was born in …
Allan McCollum (4/8/1944- ) is one of the most original and influential post-Conceptual American artists alive today. His work is repeatedly characterised …
Since the late 1960s, Robert Wilson’s (4/10/1941-31/7/2025) productions have decisively shaped the look of theater and opera. Through his signature use of …
Enrico Castellani (4/8/1930-1/12/2017), one of Italy’s most influential artists associated with the zero movement, Movimento Arte Nucleare and Azimut and is best …
Keith Sonnier (31/7/1941-18/7/2020), was a pioneering figure in conceptual, post-minimal, video and performance art of the late 1960s. Born in Grand Mamou, …
Marcel Duchamp (28/7/1887–2/10/1968), has been aptly described by Willem de Kooning as a one-man Art Movement. Duchamp has had a huge impact …
Andy Goldsworthy’s (26/7/1956- ) is a photographer and environmentalist, his works consists of natural landscapes, works produced by only him and the …
Since the 1960s Alex Katz (24/7/1927- ) has developed a highly innovative style unlike any of his contemporaries. His landscapes and figures excel …
Nam June Paik (20/7/1932-29/1/2006) is commonly hailed as the “father” of new media art for his discoveries in music, video, performance, television …
Cornelia Parker (14/7/1956- ) is well known for her large scale, often site specific, installations. Her engagement with the fragility of existence …
Piero Manzoni (13/7/1933-6/2/1963 )was a pioneering Italian conceptual artist who challenged traditional ideas of art through provocative and unconventional works. He used …
Like other Pop artists, David Hockney (9/7/1937-116/2026) revived figurative painting in a style that referenced the visual language of advertising. What separates …
Chuck Close Close (5/7/1940-19/8/2021) was a leading American artist known for his monumental, photorealistic portraits. He painted friends, family members, and fellow …
Tracey Emin (3/7/1963- ) an English artist known for her autobiographical and confessional artwork. Emin produces work in a variety of media …
Today is the occasion to bear in mind One of the world’s foremost contemporary artists, Sean Scully (30/6/1945-). His work draws on …
Born in Biella, Italy, Michelangelo Pistoletto (25/6/1933- ) was a leading figure in the development of both Arte Povera and conceptual art. …
The painter, sculptor, writer and philosopher Lee Ufan (24/6/1936- ), who came to prominence in the late 1960s as one of the …
The contemporary Swiss artist Sylvie Fleury (24/6/1961- ), is known for her mises-en-scène of glamour, fashion and luxury products. Although at first …
Even though his diverse artistic production eludes classification, Rirkrit Tiravanija (21/6/1961- ) has accurately described it as “relational”: a body of work …
