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Artists›Michael Landy

Michael Landy

1963

WA-00012510

Mixed MediaContemporary

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None documented

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80%

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ3308314

MoMA

Field Verification (2 fields)

1 cross-verified · 1 single-source

Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
NationalityArtsy· 85%

Source Registry (3)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/27485
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/michael-landy
Tier 1 · Institutional85%
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Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred35%

About

Why this artist matters now

Michael Landy is one of the Young British Artists (YBAs). He is best known for the performance piece installation Break Down (2001), in which he destroyed all his possessions, and for the Art Bin project (2010) at the South London Gallery. On 29 May 2008, Landy was elected a member of the Royal Academy of Arts in London.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Contemporary

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Mixed Media

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Rijksmuseum Museum of Modern ArtNew York Victoria and Albert Museum Tate

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Artworks (21)

H.2.N.Y. Self-constructing Self-destroying Tinguely Machine, Museum of Modern Art, 17th March 1960

Michael Landy

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Authority Records (2)

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Why this artist matters now

Taste overlap and adjacency

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Artworks (21)

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