Artists
1960s to NOW
Explore 95 influential artists who shaped contemporary culture. From Pop Art pioneers to today's digital innovators.
Marina Abramović
Performance Art
Rhythm 0 (1974)
Vito Acconci
Performance Art
Seedbed (1972)
Memo Akten
AI and Algorithmic Art
Learning to See (2017)
Refik Anadol
AI and Algorithmic Art
Machine Hallucinations (various)
Carl Andre
Minimalism
144 Magnesium Square (1969)
Brook Andrew
Contemporary Indigenous Art
Jumping Castle War Memorial (2010)
Suzanne Anker
Bio Art
Astroculture (Shelf Life) (2009)
Cory Arcangel
Digital Art / New Media Art
Super Mario Clouds (2002)
John Baldessari
Conceptual Art
I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art (1971)
Banksy
Street Art / Graffiti Art
Girl with Balloon (various)
Georg Baselitz
Neo-Expressionism
Adler (Eagle) (1977)
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Neo-Expressionism
Untitled (Skull) (1981)
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Street Art / Graffiti Art
Hollywood Africans (1983)
Robert Bechtle
Photorealism
61 Pontiac (1968-1969)
Vanessa Beecroft
Relational Aesthetics
VB35 (1998)
Rebecca Belmore
Contemporary Indigenous Art
Vigil (2002)
Lynda Benglis
Postminimalism
For Carl Andre (1970)
Louise Bourgeois
Installation Art
Maman (1999)
Tania Bruguera
Social Practice Art
Immigrant Movement International (2010-2015)
Chris Burden
Performance Art
Shoot (1971)
Sougwen Chung
AI and Algorithmic Art
Drawing Operations Unit: Generation 1 (D.O.U.G.) (2015-ongoing)
Francesco Clemente
Neo-Expressionism
The Fourteen Stations, No. XII (1981-1982)
Chuck Close
Photorealism
Big Self-Portrait (1967-1968)
Petra Cortright
Post-Internet Art
VVEBCAM (2007)
Hanne Darboven
Conceptual Art
Schreibzeit (Writing Time) (1975-1999)
Olafur Eliasson
Installation Art
The Weather Project (2003)
Tracey Emin
Young British Artists (YBAs)
My Bed (1998)
Richard Estes
Photorealism
Telephone Booths (1967)
Shepard Fairey
Street Art / Graffiti Art
Obey Giant (various)
Audrey Flack
Photorealism
Marilyn (Vanitas) (1977)
Dan Flavin
Minimalism
the nominal three (to William of Ockham) (1963)
Theaster Gates
Social Practice Art
Dorchester Projects (2006-ongoing)
Liam Gillick
Relational Aesthetics
Discussion Island: Projected Think Tank (1997)
Ralph Goings
Photorealism
McDonalds Pickup (1970)
Keith Haring
Street Art / Graffiti Art
Radiant Baby (various)
Jeanne van Heeswijk
Social Practice Art
The Blue House (2005-2009)
Michael Heizer
Land Art / Earthworks
Double Negative (1969-70)
Eva Hesse
Postminimalism
Hang Up (1966)
Damien Hirst
Young British Artists (YBAs)
The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living (1991)
Nancy Holt
Land Art / Earthworks
Sun Tunnels (1973-76)
Gary Hume
Young British Artists (YBAs)
Doors series (various)
Pierre Huyghe
Relational Aesthetics
Untilled (Liegender Frauenakt) (2012)
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
Land Art / Earthworks
Running Fence (1972-76)
Donald Judd
Minimalism
Untitled (Stack) (1967)
Brian Jungen
Contemporary Indigenous Art
Prototype for New Understanding #1 (1998)
Eduardo Kac
Bio Art
GFP Bunny (2000)
Anselm Kiefer
Neo-Expressionism
Margarethe (1981)
Mario Klingemann
AI and Algorithmic Art
The Butcher's Son (2018)
Jeff Koons
Appropriation Art
New Hoover Convertibles (1981-1987)
Joseph Kosuth
Conceptual Art
One and Three Chairs (1965)
Barbara Kruger
Appropriation Art
Untitled (Your body is a battleground) (1989)
Yayoi Kusama
Installation Art
Infinity Mirrored Room - The Souls of Millions of Light Years Away (2013) (and her Infinity Mirror Rooms series generally)
Suzanne Lacy
Social Practice Art
The Oakland Projects (1991-2001)
Lynn Hershman Leeson
Digital Art / New Media Art
Lorna (1979-1984)
Sherrie Levine
Appropriation Art
After Walker Evans: 4 (1981)
Sol LeWitt
Minimalism
Wall Drawing #118 (1971) (and his Wall Drawings generally, as well as his modular structures)
Sol LeWitt
Conceptual Art
Wall Drawing #260 (1975) (and his Wall Drawings series generally)
Olia Lialina
Digital Art / New Media Art
My Boyfriend Came Back From The War (1996)
Roy Lichtenstein
Pop Art
Whaam! (1963)
Rick Lowe
Social Practice Art
Project Row Houses (1993-ongoing)
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
Digital Art / New Media Art
Pulse Room (2006)
Sarah Lucas
Young British Artists (YBAs)
Au Naturel (1994)
James Luna
Contemporary Indigenous Art
The Artifact Piece (1987/1990)
Walter De Maria
Land Art / Earthworks
The Lightning Field (1977)
Agnes Martin
Minimalism
The Islands (1961)
Marta de Menezes
Bio Art
Nature? (1999-2000)
Kent Monkman
Contemporary Indigenous Art
The Daddies (2016)
Robert Morris
Postminimalism
Untitled (1967-1968) from his "Felt Pieces" series.
Bruce Nauman
Postminimalism
Slow Angle Walk (Beckett Walk) (1968)
Chris Ofili
Young British Artists (YBAs)
No Woman No Cry (1998)
Claes Oldenburg
Pop Art
Floor Burger (1962)
Yoko Ono
Performance Art
Cut Piece (1964)
Nam June Paik
Digital Art / New Media Art
Electronic Superhighway: Continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii (1995)
Philippe Parreno
Relational Aesthetics
No Ghost Just a Shell (2000-2002) (Collaboration with Pierre Huyghe)
Lady Pink
Street Art / Graffiti Art
Various subway car murals (1979-1985)
Richard Prince
Appropriation Art
Untitled (Cowboy) (1989)
Jon Rafman
Post-Internet Art
9 Eyes of Google Street View (2008-ongoing)
James Rosenquist
Pop Art
F-111 (1964-65)
Helena Sarin
AI and Algorithmic Art
Latentscapes #6, 2018 Collaborations with the Artificial Self
Julian Schnabel
Neo-Expressionism
The Walk Home
Carolee Schneemann
Performance Art
Interior Scroll (1975)
Richard Serra
Postminimalism
Tilted Arc (1981)
Cindy Sherman
Appropriation Art
Untitled Film Stills (1977-1980)
Robert Smithson
Land Art / Earthworks
Spiral Jetty (1970)
Stelarc
Bio Art
Third Hand (1980)
Hito Steyerl
Post-Internet Art
How Not to Be Seen: A Fucking Didactic Educational.MOV File (2013)
Rirkrit Tiravanija
Relational Aesthetics
Untitled (Free) (1992)
Ryan Trecartin
Post-Internet Art
I-Be Area (2007)
James Turrell
Installation Art
Roden Crater (1979-ongoing)
Amalia Ulman
Post-Internet Art
Excellences & Perfections (2014)
Andy Warhol
Pop Art
Campbell's Soup Cans (1962)
Lawrence Weiner
Conceptual Art
A REMOVAL OF THE CORNER OF A RUG IN USE (1968)
Ai Weiwei
Installation Art
Sunflower Seeds (2010)
Tom Wesselmann
Pop Art
Great American Nude #57 (1964)
Tissue Culture & Art Project (Oron Catts & Ionat Zurr)
Bio Art
Victimless Leather (2004)