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Artists›Cildo Meireles

Cildo Meireles

Artist

WA-00012528

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

ContemporaryInstallation Art

Representation

None documented

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Publications Referenced

70%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ657493

Field Verification (6 fields)

1 cross-verified · 5 single-source

LocationGallery Generic + Artist Index· 72%✓
Birth yearArtist Index· 40%
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Profile imageArtist Index· 40%

Source Registry (3)

Marian-Goodmanhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/cildo-meireles
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Galleria-Continuahttps://www.galleriacontinua.com/artists
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Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Contemporary

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Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

Art Institute of Chicago Tate

Canonical record

Artworks (46)

Camelô (Street Vendor)

1998 · Multiple of 1000 pins, 1000 collar stays, 2 miniature tables, puppet, motor, box, string and screws in a wooden box

installation composition varies; composition (box): 2 13/16 × 15 3/16 × 11 5/8" (7.2 × 38.5 × 29.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Glove-Trotter

1992 · Pencil and felt-tip pen on transparentized paper

8 1/4 x 11 5/8" (21 x 29.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Fontes

1992 · Multiple of four wood rulers

Composition (each extend): 9/16 x 78 3/4" (1.5 x 200 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Thread

1990 · 48 bales of hay, 1 18-carat gold needle, 100 meters of gold thread

Dimensions variable, approximately 7' 1" x 6' 1 1/16" x 72" (215.9 x 185.5 x 182.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Zero Dollar

1978 · Double-sided offset lithograph

composition and sheet: 2 11/16 × 6 1/4" (6.8 × 15.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Zero Dollar

1978 · Double-sided offset lithograph

composition and sheet: 2 11/16 × 6 1/4" (6.8 × 15.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

The Difference between the Circle and the Sphere Is the Weight

1976 · Paper and paper bags

Overall dimensions approximately 2 3/8 x 25 x 15" (6 x 63.5 x 38.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Meshes of Freedom

1976 · Iron and glass

47 1/4 x 48 1/4 x 1 1/2" (120 x 122.6 x 3.8 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Insertions into Ideological Circuits: Banknote Project: Who Killed Herzog? (Inserções em circuitos ideológicos: Projeto Cédula: Quem matou Herzog?)

1975 · Rubber stamp, printed on both sides of a Brazilian five hundred cruzados novos bill

composition and sheet: 2 1/2 x 5 1/2" (6.4 x 14 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Zero Cruzeiro

1974 · Double-sided offset lithograph

composition and sheet: 2 3/4 x 6 1/8" (7.1 x 15.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Zero Cruzeiro

1974 · Double-sided offset lithograph

composition and sheet: 2 3/4 x 6 1/8" (7.1 x 15.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Eureka/Blindhotland

1970 · Rubber, wood, fishing nets, metal, paper and audio, 4 channels

display dimensions variable

Tate

Insertions into Ideological Circuits 2: Banknote Project

1970 · Ink on banknote

70 x 150 mm

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Insertions into Ideological Circuits 2: Banknote Project

1970 · Ink on banknote

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Insertions into Ideological Circuits 2: Banknote Project

1970 · Ink on banknote

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Insertions into Ideological Circuits 2: Banknote Project

1970 · Ink on banknote

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Insertions into Ideological Circuits 2: Banknote Project

1970 · Ink on banknote

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Insertions into Ideological Circuits 2: Banknote Project

1970 · Ink on banknote

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Insertions into Ideological Circuits 2: Banknote Project

1970 · Ink on banknote

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Insertions into Ideological Circuits 2: Banknote Project

1970 · Ink on banknote

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Insertions into Ideological Circuits 2: Banknote Project

1970 · Ink on banknote

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Insertions into Ideological Circuits 2: Banknote Project

1970 · Ink on banknote

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Insertions into Ideological Circuits 2: Banknote Project

1970 · Ink on banknote

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Insertions into Ideological Circuits 2: Banknote Project

1970 · Ink on banknote

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Artwork sources (3)

46 published of 46 catalogued · 39 with image

Tate
29 published29 img
MoMA
16 published9 img
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 10)

10 entries · 1 sources

Insertions into Ideological Circuits 2: Banknote Project
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Insertions into Ideological Circuits 2: Banknote Project
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Insertions into Ideological Circuits 2: Banknote Project
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Insertions into Ideological Circuits 2: Banknote Project
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Insertions into Ideological Circuits 2: Banknote Project
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Insertions into Ideological Circuits: Coca-Cola Project
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Insertions into Ideological Circuits 2: Banknote Project
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Insertions into Ideological Circuits 2: Banknote Project
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Insertions into Ideological Circuits 2: Banknote Project
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Insertions into Ideological Circuits 2: Banknote Project
1970 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Movements2

Contemporary Installation Art

Collections2

Art Institute of Chicago Tate

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Art Institute of Chicago

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