Welcome to Benezit Dictionary of Artists
- A comprehensive and definitive resource for artists’ biographies, published since 1911
- Includes 149,000 biographies as well as auction records, exhibition histories, and over 11,000 images of artists’ signatures and stamps of sale
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Lorna Simpson
Lorna Simpson began as a photojournalist, and her work has retained a connection between photograph and text, exploring the experience of African American women in contemporary society. She often portrays the black female body and its frequent encounters with micro-aggressions and projected stereotypes of black female sexuality.
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Tony Cragg
In his early sculptures, Tony Cragg worked with industrial waste materials, including discarded mass-produced consumer goods, as well as objects washed ashore from the sea. Unified by color or the nature of the material, his arrangements often include implicit reference to the found objects’ original purpose.
In this update, Benezit publishes 34 revised entries.
Letter from the Editor
Read a letter from Benezit’s Editor in Chief, Dr. Valerie Cassel Oliver, discussing her editorial approach and the work underway to expand Benezit’s coverage of emerging artists, varied media, and artists of diverse social and cultural backgrounds.
Collection Guides
Join Benezit on a tour of unique art collections around the world! Written by experts and curators, our Collection Guides present the history and highlights of museums and galleries. Follow links to related texts in Oxford Art Online and around the web to learn more about the artists in these outstanding collections.
