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Olafur Eliasson

Artist

WA-00003909

Contemporary

Representation

None documented

Institutional Exhibitions

Works in Collection

174

Assets Indexed

Authority-backed Facts

Publications Referenced

90%

Profile Completeness

Cultural Positioning

Influence Graph

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Authority Records (2)

WikidataQ365691

MoMA

Field Verification (6 fields)

0 cross-verified · 6 single-source

LocationGallery Generic + Gallery· 72%
Birth yearGallery· 60%
BiographyGallery· 60%
NationalityGallery· 60%
Primary mediumGallery· 60%
Profile imageGallery· 60%

Source Registry (6)

Phillips-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/olafur-eliasson
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Christies-Artsyhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/olafur-eliasson
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Tanya-Bonakdarhttps://www.artsy.net/artist/olafur-eliasson
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
Sothebyshttps://www.sothebys.com/en/artists/olafur-eliasson
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred100%
MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/25982
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Paula-Cooper
Tier 3 · Scraped/inferred60%

About

Why this artist matters now

No biography available for Olafur Eliasson yet.

Graph relationships

Taste overlap and adjacency

Movement

Contemporary

Medium

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Related Artists

11 in graph

Institutional

Museum Collections

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Art Institute of Chicago Victoria and Albert Museum Tate San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Canonical record

Artworks (12)

Little Sun

2012 · Lamp

Victoria and Albert Museum

Little Sun

2012 · Plastic, solar panel, LED, and lanyard

12 × 12 × 2.9 cm (4 3/4 × 4 3/4 × 1 1/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

Twilight Tones 3

2012 · Pencil and watercolor on paper in artist's frame

27 1/2 × 19 3/4" (69.9 × 50.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

“Little Sun” Solar powered LED light

2012 · Plastic and electronics

1 1/8 × diam. 4 3/4" (2.9 × 12 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Your House

2006 · Artist's book

page (each): 10 5/8 x 16 13/16" (27 x 42.7 cm); overall: 10 13/16 x 17 1/16 x 4 1/2" (27.5 x 43.3 x 11.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

WattsOS

The Colour Spectrum Series

2005 · Series of forty-eight photogravures

composition (each): 10 9/16 x 18 1/8" (26.8 x 46 cm); sheet (each): 13 9/16 x 17 15/16" (34.5 x 45.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

I only see things when they move

2004 · Wood, color-effect filter glass, stainless steel, aluminum, HMI lamp, tripod, glass cylinder, motors, and control unit

Dimensions variable

Museum of Modern Art

Jokla Series

2004 · 48 chromogenic prints

Each 14 3/16 × 21 5/16" (36 × 54 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Yellow versus Purple

2003 · Glass, steel cable, motor, floodlight and tripod

object: 750 x 750 x 4 mm, 6.5 kg

Tate

Your Double-Lighthouse Projection

2002 · Stainless steel, plywood, fluorescent tubes, electrical components, Mylar screen and ballasts

displayed: 3630 x 11540 x 6300 mm

Tate

Eye Eye (for Parkett no. 64)

2002 · Multiple of iris shutter, mirror, and wood

overall: 10 11/16 × 8 11/16 × 10 1/16" (27.1 × 22 × 25.5 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Ventilator

1997 · Altered fan, wire, and cable

Overall dimensions variable. Fan 22" (55.9 cm) diameter x 8" (20.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (4)

12 published of 26 catalogued · 21 with image

MoMA
8 publishedof 22 catalogued17 img
Tate
2 published2 img
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img
Victoria & Albert
1 published1 img

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 2)

2 entries · 1 sources

Yellow versus Purple
2003 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number
Your Double-Lighthouse Projection
2002 · Tate · 1 prov
Url Pattern Extraction 2026-05-27·accession_number

Record

Images

148 assets

Artsy

Wikimedia Commons

Wikimedia Commons

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Relationships

Movements1

Contemporary

Collections8

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Victoria and Albert Museum Tate San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Phillips Christie's

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

In collection

Victoria and Albert Museum

In collection

Tate

In collection

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art

Market

Auction sale history

Houses that have sold works by this artist at auction

Background

Education

Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts

Visual Arts

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Exhibition Olafur Eliasson: One-way colour tunnel