: an art form in which the artist's intent is to convey a concept rather than to create an art object
conceptual artistnounoften capitalized C
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Recent Examples on the WebClaude Rutault, a French artist whose work stood at the intersection of painting and conceptual art, died on May 27 at a retirement home in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, near Paris.New York Times, 17 June 2022 Claude Rutault, a French artist whose work stood at the intersection of painting and conceptual art, died May 27 at a retirement home in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, near Paris. Nina Siegal, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2022 Füsun Onur, a pioneer of conceptual art in Turkey, at age 85 has filled the Turkish pavilion with wiry cats and mice set up in storyboard tableaus that confront modern-day threats like the pandemic and climate change. Colleen Barry, ajc, 25 Apr. 2022 Fusun Onur, a pioneer of conceptual art in Turkey, at age 85 has filled the Turkish pavilion with wiry cats and mice set up in storyboard tableaus that confront modern-day threats like the pandemic and climate change. Colleen Barry, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Apr. 2022 As the 1970s approached, her work, which had always defied easy categorization with its clunky, folksy shapes and farce, seemed even further from the styles du juor, which leaned toward minimalism and conceptual art. Grace Edquist, Vogue, 14 Apr. 2022 One of the key figures of the nouveau réalisme (New Realism) movement, Klein was a pioneer of conceptual art. Jane Recker, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Apr. 2022 One does not need training in conceptual art to react to a photograph. Rica Cerbarano, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2022 Documentary photography meets staged, conceptual art, old papers and processes like albumen prints meet the latest digital prints and inkjet prints, coal black prints meet bright and colorful prints.Vogue, 23 Feb. 2022 See More