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Contemporary Art

What is contemporary art?

Contemporary art refers to avant-garde or innovative art created in the recent past or present day. The exact starting point of contemporary art varies depending on the institution, often tied to the founding year of museums or galleries that showcase the style. Contemporary art is characterized by its focus on current ideas, diverse media, and the exploration of new concepts and techniques.
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Abts, Tomma

Adams, Derrick

Ai, Weiwei

Aldridge, Miles

Alys, Francis

Amorales, Carlos

Anatsui, El

Andersson, Mamma

Arakawa, Shusaku

Araki, Nobuyoshi

Arbus, Diane

Arsham, Daniel

B

Balkenhol, Stephan

Ballen, Roger

Barceló, Miquel

Barney, Matthew

Basquiat, Jean-Michel

Batchelor, David

Beecroft, Vanessa

Bernhardt, Katherine

Bleckner, Ross

Boel, Delphine

Boltanski, Christian

Borremans, Michael

Bourgeois, Louise

Bradford, Mark

Bradley, Joe

Braeckman, Dirk

Bravo, Manuel Alvarez

Breuning, Olaf

Brown, Glenn

Brüggemann, Stefan

C

Cabelo,

Cabrita Reis, Pedro

Calle, Sophie

Calleja, Javier

Carter, Nathan

Cattelan, Maurizio

Celmins, Vija

Charlton, Alan

Chunya, Zhou

Clemente, Francesco

Close, Chuck

Collier, Anne

Combas, Robert

Connors, Matt

Cragg, Tony

Craig-Martin, Michael

Creed, Martin

Crewdson, Gregory

Cucchi, Enzo

D

De Cock, Jan

De Cordier, Thierry

De Saint Phalle, Niki

Delvoye, Wim

Demand, Thomas

Diao, David

Doig, Peter

Dumas, Marlene

de Bruyckere, Berlinde

E

Eliasson, Olafur

Emin, Tracey

F

Fabre, Jan

Fischl, Eric

Fischl & Weiss, Peter & David

Fleury, Sylvie

Freed, Leonard

Freud, Lucian

Frize, Bernard

G

Gallagher, Ellen

Gates, Theaster

Ghenie, Adrian

Goldin, Nan

Gormley, Antony

Gornik, April

Goud, Laxma

Grosse, Katharina

Grotjahn, Mark

Guangyi, Wang

Gupta, Subodh

Gursky, Andreas

Guyton, Wade

H

Halley, Peter

Hashmi, Zarina

Hatoum, Mona

Hayón, Jaime

Hernandez Pijuan, Joan

Hofer, Candida

Horn, Roni

Huan, Zhang

I

Iglesias, Cristina

Innes, Callum

Irazu, Pello

K

Kaga, Atsushi

Kapoor, Anish

Kentridge, William

Komu, Riyas

Koons, Jeff

Kruger, Barbara

L

LaChapelle, David

Lagrange, Marc

Lang, Wes

Le Rat, Blek

Levine, Sherrie

Ligon, Glenn

Longo, Robert

Lutter, Vera

M

Manders, Mark

Mann, Sally

Mapplethorpe, Robert

Marshall, Kerry James

McBride, Rita

McLean, Bruce

Mehretu, Julie

Minjun, Yue

Minter, Marilyn

Mir, Aleksandra

Mori, Mariko

Moriyama, Daido

Morris, Burton

Morris, Sarah

Muholi, Zanele

Mullican, Matt

Muniz, Vik

Muntadas, Antoni

Murakami, Takashi

Murata, Yuko

Mutu, Wangechi

Müller, Josef Felix

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Nara, Yoshitomo

Nash, David

Navarro, Ivan

Neto, Ernesto

Newton, Helmut

Nitsche, Frank

O

Oehlen, Albert

Ofili, Chris

Ono, Yoko

Opie, Julian

Orlinski, Richard

Oursler, Tony

Owens, Laura

P

Paladino, Mimmo

Panamarenko,

Pantone, Felipe

Parker, Cornelia

Parr, Martin

Party, Nicolas

Perez, Enoc

Perez-Flores, Dario

Permeke, Constant

Pettibon, Raymond

Peyton, Elizabeth

Phillips, Richard

Pierson, Jack

Plensa, Jaume

Polanszky, Rudolf

Porter, Liliana

Price, Ken

Prince, Richard

Pushpamala, N.

Q

Quinn, Marc

R

R, Tal

Rauch, Neo

Rheims, Bettina

Richter, Daniel

Rodríguez Caballero, David

Rondinone, Ugo

Rong, Rong

Rothenberg, Susan

Ruby, Sterling

Ruff, Thomas

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Sachs, Tom

Salgado, Sebastiao

Sander, Karin

Santibañez, Katia

Sarmento, Juliao

Saville, Jenny

Scharf, Kenny

Schnabel, Julian

Schutte, Thomas

Sekine, Nobuo

Senise, Daniel

Shapiro, Joel

Sherman, Cindy

Shrigley, David

Siena, James

Simmons, Gary

Simpson, Lorna

Sitchinava, Mariam

Smith, Kiki

Stern, Bert

Stingel, Rudolf

Stockholder, Jessica

Struth, Thomas

Su, Xiaobai

Sugimoto, Hiroshi

Sultan, Donald

Sutil, Francisca

Sweetlove, William

T

Thater, Diana

Therrien, Robert

Tillmans, Wolfgang

Tobias, Gert & Uwe

Treleaven, Scott

Trockel, Rosemarie

Turrell, James

Tuymans, Luc

U

Usle, Juan

V

Valdés, Manolo

Van Kerckhoven, Anne-Mie

Van Meene, Hellen

Varga-Weisz, Paloma

Vasconcelos, Joana

Vitali, Massimo

van Eeden, Marcel

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Walker, Kara

Wall, Jeff

Welling, James

West, Franz

Whiteread, Rachel

Wilding, Alison

Wilding, Ludwig

Wiley, Kehinde

Winters, Terry

Witkin, Peter

Wood, Jonas

Woodman, Francesca

Wool, Christopher

Wylie, Rose

X

Xiaogang, Zhang

Y

Yan, Huang

Yuskavage, Lisa

Z

Zaccagnini, Carla

Zaugg, Remy

Zhijie, Qiu

Zittel, Andrea

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Provenance

Provenance

Provenance refers to the chronology of ownership, location, or custody of an artwork. Tracing an object's provenance helps establish its authenticity and historical context by documenting its ownership history, storage locations, and custody over time. This process often involves expert opinions, comparative analysis, and scientific testing to provide evidence of the artwork’s origin and history.

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