For those uninitiated into its history, conceptual art can often seem like a trick — is that really a urinal in an art gallery? Is sticking yogurt caps on gallery walls really great art? Unfortunately ...

Conceptual art can follow some pretty rigorous guidelines, but to make compelling art you also need to break the rules. Both principles resound in “Rules & Repetition: Conceptual Art at the Wadsworth ...

So, let’s just go for it. What the hell happened in art history after the 1950s when the real, discrete art movements started to break down? That’s right — we’re taking the bull by the horns here, ...

Introduction : An invisible college in an Anglo-American world / Michael Corris -- The Formalist connection and originary myths of conceptual art / Frances Colpitt -- Content, context, and conceptual ...

When Colombian artist Fernando Botero died on Sept. 15 at age 91, media around the world noted that he was Latin America’s best-known painter and sculptor, and that his voluminous figures are ...

Every month, hundreds of galleries add newly available works by thousands of artists to the Artnet Gallery Network—and every week, we shine a spotlight on one artist or exhibition you should know.

At the Institute of Contemporary Art, Miami, 79-year-old artist Charles Gaines wants to shatter your expectations. In the case of its centerpiece, “Falling Rock,” that’s taken somewhat literally. The ...

Commentator Andrei Codrescu says the real conceptual artists are working on the Web now. He compares what is being done online favorably with the best museum pieces that went up and then were ...

Every week, Artnet News brings you Wet Paint, a gossip column of original scoops. This week, the column takes us to Los Angeles, for Tinsel Town’s annual art week. I think I’ll remember this Frieze ...

At the center of Franz West’s “Liege” (1989) stands a 5-footlong iron couch whose smooth, gently sloping surface culminates in the upward curve of a headrest. The work, one of 13 from the Sigmund ...

Craft & Conceptual Art: Reshaping the Legacy of Artists' Books revisits this early history, focusing on the intertwined legacies of book art centers and other institutions across the US whose primary ...