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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

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

From BBC ● Feb. 28, 2025

For Sebastian Hernandez — a creative director, performance artist, conceptual artist, mover and DJ who runs the party You Los Angeles — beauty doesn’t happen without ugliness.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2024

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

In the Manhattan Art Review, he called Bettina’s work “right on time for likable and almost leisurely nostalgia,” comparing it favorably to the creations of the conceptual artist Dan Graham.

From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2024

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