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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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“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

Tuesday also saw a sculpture of a fully functioning gold toilet by the conceptual artist Maurizio Cattelan picking up $12.1m just an hour after the record-breaking Klimt sale.

From BBC • Nov. 19, 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

McCarthy’s The Box will show work at the fair from three California voices: Pasadena-based sculptor Naotaka Hiro, mixed-media sculptor Laura Soto and the late conceptual artist Eugenia P. Butler.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 29, 2024

“I’m really excited to return to the garden and see what it brings,” says the conceptual artist Ja’Tovia Gary, 39.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2023

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