Conceptual art transformed the art world beginning in the 1960s by shifting the focus of the work from the art object itself to the ideas and concepts that went into its creation. Such works rose to prominence as a reaction to Western formalist art and...

Conceptual art is art in which the concept(s) or idea(s) involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns. Many of the works of the artist Sol LeWitt may be constructed by anyone simply by following a set of written...

Introduction The articles in this issue explore a variety of contentions surrounding the definition, implementation, and reaction to art and culture in a period of exploration and change. The topics range across regions as diverse as Australia, the developing nations of Africa...

Conceptual Art and the Politics of Publicity by Alexander Alberro MIT Press, 2003/288 pp./$35.00 (hb). Conceptual artist Mel Ramsden called conceptual art, "... modernism's nervous breakdown." After nearly forty years critics and artists are still defining conceptual art, even as...

Sol LeWitt, an artist known for his dynamic wall paintings and as a founder of minimal and conceptual art styles, died Sunday in New York, according to published reports.The 78-year-old artist, who was born in Hartford and lived for the last two decades in Chester,...

For 4 days each December, Art Basel Miami Beach and its sister show, Design Miami, lure thousands of the world's top gallerists, design firms, and wealthy collectors to South Florida. In 5 short years, the shows have vaulted the city into the upper echelon of...