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conceptual artist

American  
[kuhn-sep-choo-uhl ahr-tist] / kənˈsɛp tʃu əl ˈɑr tɪst /

noun

  1. a person who produces conceptual art.


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The conceptual artist is renowned for transforming words into eerie pronouncements, and here she scours the FBI’s files on the civil-rights movement.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 16, 2026

“I’d go so far as to say that the Nortons were the glue that sustained the young artists of the time,” said conceptual artist Charles Gaines.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2026

The 18-carat gold toilet was part of an exhibition by Italian conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan.

From BBC Feb. 26, 2025

That’s the explanation most visitors take away from Cattelan’s solo show, the first in more than two decades by a conceptual artist famous for a series of similarly eyebrow-raising works.

From Seattle Times Jun. 4, 2024

The conceptual artist Charles Gaines, best known for his rules-based grid works that he began making in the 1970s, had his imagination shaped by his experiences of difference.

From New York Times May 16, 2024

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