top 10
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Pierre huyghe
French artist Pierre Huig lives and works in Paris and New York. Conceptualist, one of the key figures in the "Relational Aesthetics" direction of contemporary art, a favorite of French intellectuals. He received wide recognition as the author of multi-channel art videos and video installations. In the 90s he was engaged in post-production.
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Ai Weiwei
Chinese contemporary artist and architect, curator and critic, founder and director of China Art Archive & Warehouse. In the 2011 ranking of the 100 most influential people in the art world, compiled by ArtReview magazine, Ai Weiwei ranked first. Ai Weiwei encapsulates political conviction and his personal poetry in his many sculptures, photographs, and public works.
3
Wolfgang Tillmans
German photographer (b. 1968 in Remscheid, Germany). Lives and works in Berlin and London. Winner of the prestigious Hasselblad Award. Many remember Wolfgang Tillmans as a chronicler of youth culture in the 1990s. He was the first non-British winner of the prestigious Turner Prize (2000)
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JR
In September 2017, a huge baby appeared on the border between Mexico and California. Baby Kikito is a figment of the imagination of 34-year-old French street artist JR. Kikito peers curiously through a border fence set up in the Mexican town of Tecate. He is often referred to as the French Banksy.
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Barbara Kruger
American artist Barbara Kruger lives and works in New York and Los Angeles. Kruger has already made history in contemporary art with her spectacular work with typography and fonts, as well as her explosive socio-political temperament. In 2017, a Barbara Kruger retrospective was held at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC./p>
