Joseph Beuys, born in Krefeld, Germany, in 1921, was a pioneering conceptual artist and sculptor. His career was marked by a deep belief in the transformative power of art.

Joseph Beuys was a leading German Conceptual and performance artist. Known for his highly original and controversial themes, his practice of “social sculpture” attempted to make art more democratic by ...

This is the second article in a three-part series looking at more “conceptual” forms of art. ... Review: Joseph Beuys exhibition in London (Includes interview and first-hand account) By.

Joseph Beuys was a leading German Conceptual and performance artist. Known for his highly original and controversial themes, his practice of “social sculpture” attempted to make art more democratic by ...

Postwar German artist Joseph Beuys cemented his reputation for provocative performance art with a 1965 gallery action called “How to Explain Pictures to a Dead Hare,” in which people could ...

A documentary about German conceptual artist Joseph Beuys wowed the audience at its world premiere in Berlin, depicting him as a creative wizard and provocative prankster who enjoyed challenging ...

A new multi-gallery group show documenting the influence of the German conceptual artist Joseph Beuys on the Israeli art scene opens at Tel Aviv’s Contemporary by Golconda gallery on October 15 ...

Beuys’s Boxkampf für die direkte Demokratie (Boxing Match for Direct Democracy) operated inside the formal framework of the high-art world (i.e. documenta) to fuel the fire of real-world ...

A documentary about German conceptual artist Joseph Beuys wowed the audience at its world premiere in Berlin, depicting him as a creative wizard and provocative prankster who enjoyed challenging ...