modern & contemporary artists and art

artist and art ... the-artists.org ... The major modern & contemporary visual artists (up to 10.000). Sculpture, painting, installation, print, performance, photography, collage and multimedia and digital artists. By technique, art style and art movement. Famous, established and emerging artists since 1900 are presented with their portrait, biography and/or portfolio, with links to webresources to find anything you want to know about them, with images of their work, comprehensive biographies and articles, and if it exists, the artist ‘s personal website. Members are able to write comments and add new information. Professional artists can become part of the-artists.org by building their own portfolio and profile. In short: This is a website for art lovers, art students, artists, art historians, large and small collectors, museumcurators, art gallery owners and exhibition organisers.
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"Younger than Jesus: The Artists Directory" is the product of some of the most wide-ranging research in the field of contemporary art in years: the first 'Younger than Jesus' triennial at the New Museum. Working with a team of 200 'insiders' (curators, writers, teachers, critics, bloggers and artists) scattered across the globe, curators Massimiliano Gioni , Lauren Cornell and Laura Hoptman have selected the 500 best international artists under the age of 33... amazon.com


"Vitamin 3-D: New Perspectives in Sculpture and Installation." Today artists demolish the classical definition of sculpture - 'not architecture and not landscape' - in such works as Jorge Pardo's houses, Mike Nelson's labyrinthian interiors and Fischli and Weiss's garden plots. And if in the years leading up to Minimalism sculpture absorbed its pedestal, it has now spread across the floor, hung from the rafters and even swallowed the whole building... amazon.com

"Cezanne and Beyond." The famous proclamation that Cézanne “is the father of us all” has been attributed to both Matisse and Picasso, and his influence has extended to a great diversity of artists thereafter. In this monumental book, a team of distinguished scholars offers the most comprehensive view to date on Cézanne’s vital role in shaping European and American art throughout the 20th century and into the 21st... amazon.com


Parkett. a small museum and a large library on contemporary art
Parkett art magazine is published in direct collaboration with important international contemporary artists, whose oeuvre is explored in several essays by leading writers and critics. PARKETT 84 COLLABORATIONS:, Zoe Leonard, Mai-Thu Perret, John Stezaker.