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Born February 10, 1942 • New York City • New York
Died December 2, 2021 (aged 79) • New York City • New York
Movement / Style conceptual art
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Jenny Holzer
American conceptual artist
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Eduardo Kac
Brazilian American artist
Maurizio Cattelan: Mini-Me
Maurizio Cattelan
Italian artist
Francis Alÿs: REEL-UNREEL
Francis Alÿs
Belgian-born conceptual artist
Abraham Cruzvillegas stands with arms crossed in front of his enormous geometric wooden art installation in Tate Modern's Turbine Hall.
Abraham Cruzvillegas
Mexican artist
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Danh Vo
Vietnamese-born artist
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Alfredo Jaar
Chilean-born artist
Cildo Meireles: Babel
Cildo Meireles
Brazilian artist
Mickalene Thomas
Mickalene Thomas
American mixed-media artist
Rashid Johnson
Rashid Johnson
American multimedia artist
Artist Mark Bradford smiles in front of a textured abstract artwork at the 57th Venice Biennale art exhibition in Italy.
Mark Bradford
American multimedia artist
Nick Cave
Nick Cave
American artist
Roni Horn in 2017
Roni Horn
American artist and photographer
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Christian Marclay
Swiss American artist and composer
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Bruce Nauman
American artist
Felix Gonzalez-Torres: “Untitled”
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
American artist
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Laurie Anderson
American performance artist and author
Barbara Kruger: Belief+Doubt
Barbara Kruger
American artist
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Adrian Piper
American conceptual and performance artist
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Paul Chan
Hong Kong-born artist and activist