Curated OER
Crazy for Cubes: Art and Science
Learners discuss Sol LeWitt and conceptual art, then analyze the differences in expressing a concept through model-based inquiry and aesthetic art criticism. They develop a geometric, scientific, or mathematical concept, then create an...
Curated OER
20th Century American Art
See the changes, controversy, and innovations that define postwar American art. The onset of the modern art era in American history is well-defined in this slide-show. You'll see how Abstract Expressionism shifted into conceptual, pop,...
Curated OER
Conceptual Art
Students explore the different ways language is used in conceptual art. In this conceptual art lesson, students analyze artworks that emphasize ideas over form and the methods used in conceptual art. Students work in pairs to read and...
Curated OER
Modern Messages
Learners explore the aims of artists working in various contemporary art movements, then create works in a similar art style to convey
Curated OER
Permutations
In this permutations instructional activity, 6th graders solve and complete 5 different types of problems. First, they write a simple conceptual art plan with no more than 3 instructions. Then, students use graph paper and a pencil to...
Museum of Modern Art
Mo Ma: Richard Serra Sculpture: Forty Years
The Museum of Modern Art presents the exhibit "Richard Serra Sculpture: Forty Years", a survey of tha last forty years of the American sculptors production including three new monumental pieces.
Albright-Knox Art Gallery
Albright Knox Art Gallery: Shape and Line Remix
Sol LeWitt used ideas as his artwork, a method of artmaking that has become known as Conceptual art. From each idea, many drawings, prints, or sculptures could be created. Young scholars will use simple geometric shapes as creative...
Other
Arts Net Minnesota: Introduction to Inner Worlds
A comparison of eight artists: Arthur Dove, Anthony, Green, Richard Hunt, Judy Onofrio, Betye Saar, Kay Sage, Yves Tanguy, Jane Tuckerman. Click on a specific artist to view one of their pieces, then read the information about its...
Other
Lisson Gallery London
This gallery features work by contemporary conceptual artists. Click on "projects" to see some examples, or on the names of the artists for information on the individuals.
Other
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art: Sol Le Witt: Wall Drawing Retrospective
Experience over one hundred of Sol LeWitt's large-scale wall drawings at the MMOCA, spanning the artist's career from 1969 to 2007, installed over three stories of a historic mill building.
Cool Fire Technology
Brain Bank: Art Movements and Periods
This website alphabetizes and briefly describes all the major movements in the history of visual arts. Good for use as a general reference for Art History studies and the study of historically based painting and art.
New York Times
New York Times: Beauty and Humor (An Exhibition of the Work of Rudolf Stingel)
In a narrated slideshow, art critic Roberta Smith discusses the work of Rudolf Stingel, whose large-scale works in a variety of media, including Styrofoam, were showcased in a cleverly interactive exhibit at the Whitney Museum of...
Palomar Community College District
Study Guide: Movements in Twentieth Century Art After World War Ii
This resource offers a study guide on the movements in twentieth-century art after World War II, including abstract expressionism, op art, pop art, minimalism, conceptual art, performance art, photorealism, earth art, neo-expressionism,...
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art: Sol Le Witt's Concepts and Structures
Students will consider the term "conceptual art" and the role of math in producing this art. They will first create a conceptual art piece by following a set of Sol LeWitt's instructions. Then, they will design two conceptual art plans...
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Guggenheim Museum: Collection Online: Artist Bio: Richard Serra
A profile of American artist Richard Serra.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Guggenheim Museum: Collection Online: Artist Bio: Gerhard Richter
A profile of German artist Gerhard Richter. Enter his name in the search box at left to locate examples of this work in the Guggenheim's collections.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Guggenheim Museum: Collection Online: Artist Bio: James Casebere
A profile of the career of the American artist, James Casebere, that includes images of some of his works.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation
Guggenheim Museum: Collection Online: Lawrence Weiner
A profile of the career of the American Conceptual artist, Lawrence Weiner, including images of some of his works.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles County Museum of Art: Beyond Geometry: Conceptual Art, Defined
Glossary entry defines what is meant by the term conceptual art.