Directory · Artists
Artists 105
Berlin first, German-speaking contemporary art wider. Hand-reviewed before they appear.
PhotographyYul Brynner
russian-born american actor (1920–1985)
VideoYoussef Chahine
Egyptian film director (1926–2008)
PaintingWouter Crabeth I
painter (1510-1590)
PaintingVicente López Portaña
Spanish painter (1772-1850)
PaintingSandro Botticelli
Italian painter (1445–1510)
PhotographyVilém Flusser
Czech philosopher and photographer
VideoYukio Mishima
Japanese author (1925–1970)
PhotographyMartín Chambi
Peruvian photographer (1891–1973)
Illustration · PaintingLudwig Becker
German-born Australian artist, explorer, naturalist (1808-1861)
VideoRavi Shankar
Indian sitar player (1920–2012)
PaintingGustavus von Tempsky
New Zealand artist (1828-1868)
PhotographyRudolf Amandus Philippi
German-Chilean naturalist and palaeontologist (1808-1904)
PaintingPan Yuliang
Chinese painter (1895-1977)
Photography · PaintingNam June Paik
American video art pioneer (1932–2006)
Photography · VideoStanley Kubrick
American filmmaker (1928–1999)
Warda El- Djazairia
Algerian singer (1939-2012)
PaintingGerard Soest
Dutch painter (c.1600-1681)
PaintingJosé Martí
Cuban poet, philosopher and nationalist (1853-1895)
VideoPier Paolo Pasolini
Italian writer, filmmaker, poet, and intellectual (1922–1975)
- Painting
Rodolfo Amoedo
Brazilian painter, draftsman, teacher and decorator (1857-1941)
Photography · PaintingMatsusaburō Yokoyama
Japanese photographer and painter (1838-1884)
Painting · VideoLautaro Murúa
Argentine actor, film director, and screenwriter (1926-1995)
PaintingJohn Brack
Australian artist (1920–1999)
VideoManobala
Tamil director and comedian actor (1953–2023)
Painting · DesignFriedensreich Hundertwasser
Austrian artist (1928–2000)
Painting · SculptureVioleta Parra
Chilean musician and folklorist
VideoJin Yong
Hong Kong writer (1924-2018)
VideoKim Ki-duk
South Korean film director (1960–2020)
PhotographyRuth Harriet Louise
American photographer (1903–1940)
VideoSonallah Ibrahim
Egyptian novelist
PaintingJacques Vaillant
Dutch painter (1643-1691)
SculptureManfred Gnadinger
German sculptor (1936-2002)
Video · DesignLuchino Visconti
Italian director (1906–1976)
Painting · IllustrationThomas Georg Driendl
German architect, restorer and painter (1849-1916)
Painting · IllustrationToko Shinoda
Japanese artist (1913–2021)
VideoJosé María Arguedas
Peruvian writer (1911–1969)
SculptureInge King
German–Australian sculptor (1915-2016)
PaintingB. R. Ambedkar
Indian polymath, philosopher, and social reformer (1891–1956)
PhotographyMarti Friedlander
New Zealand photographer (1928–2016)
PaintingOtto Georgi
Chilean painter (1890-1969)
PaintingFang Zhaoling
Chinese painter (1914-2006)
Photography · IllustrationHenry Ulke
American portrait artist (1821-1910)
PhotographySherif Sonbol
Egyptian photographer (1956–2023)
PaintingReinier de la Haye
Dutch painter (1640-1695)
Painting · IllustrationGenaro Pérez Villaamil
Spanish artist (1807-1854)
Painting · VideoFranco Battiato
Italian singer-songwriter and musician (1945-2021)
PhotographyMário de Andrade
Brazilian writer, musicologist and photographer (1893–1945)
PhotographySadakichi Hartmann
American writer (1867-1944)
Jorge Eduardo Eielson
Peruvian artist and writer (1924-2006)
PhotographyHeinrich Kühn
Austrian photographer (1866–1944)
VideoDara Singh
Indian professional wrestler and actor (1928-2012)
PhotographyBenjamin Mountfort
English / New Zealand architect and photographer
PaintingAgustín Abarca
artist (1882-1953)
PhotographyEva Sandberg
German photographer (1911–2001)
PhotographyOtto Bettmann
American archivist (1903–1998)
Illustration · VideoRiccardo Freda
Italian film director (1909–1999)
PaintingCornelis Brouwer
Dutch Golden Age (c.1634-1681)
VideoJacinto Benavente
Spanish writer (1866-1954)
VideoFederico Fellini
Italian filmmaker (1920–1993)
- Video
Flávio Migliaccio
Brazilian actor, film director and screenwriter
Illustration · PaintingToshi Maruki
Japanese painter and picture book author (1912-2000)
PaintingGerardo Chávez
Peruvian artist (1937–2025)
VideoErrol Flynn
Australian actor (1909–1959)
Photography · SculptureMarcel Duchamp
French painter, sculptor, and chess player (1887–1968)
PaintingFarida of Egypt
Egyptian queen consort (1921–1988)
PaintingJan Kraeck
Renaissance painter from the Northern Netherlands (1540-1607)
PaintingEnrique Simonet
Spanish painter (1866-1927)
Illustration · DesignDario Fo
Italian actor, playwright, comedian, singer-songwriter, theater director, painter, and political activist (1926-2016)
Painting · SculptureErnesto de Fiori
painter, draftsman and sculptor Italo - Brazilian (1884-1945)
Photography · VideoLeonard Nimoy
American actor (1931–2015)
VideoNour El-Sherif
Egyptian actor (1946–2015)
Painting · Mixed mediaJohan le Ducq
Dutch painter (1629-1676)
Painting · SculptureAlonso Berruguete
16th century Spanish painter, sculptor and architect (c.1486-1561)
VideoCarlo Lizzani
Italian film director, screenwriter and critic (1922-2013)
PhotographyZélia Gattai
Brazilian writer
PhotographyJoseph Howell
American politician (1857-1918)
SculptureMahmoud Mokhtar
Egyptian sculptor (1891–1934)
PaintingFrans Hals Junior
painter from the Northern Netherlands (1618-1669)
Illustration · PaintingAdolfo Lozano Sidro
Spanish author (1872-1935)
PaintingBramantino
Italian painter and architect (1465-1530)
PaintingClarice Lispector
Ukrainian-Brazilian writer, poet, and journalist (1920–1977)
PhotographyInge Morath
Austrian photographer (1923-2002)
VideoFarid Shawqi
Egyptian actor, screenwriter, and film producer (1920–1998)
Painting · IllustrationEmanuel Sweert
Dutch painter (1552-1612)
PaintingJosé María López Mezquita
Spanish painter (1883-1954)
Illustration · PaintingAurelio Galleppini
Italian comics artist and illustrator (1917–1994)
PhotographyHenry Draper
American physician and astronomer (1837–1882)
VideoAshraf Fahmy
Egyptian film director (1936–2001)
Painting · DesignEgbert van Heemskerck
painter from the Northern Netherlands (1634-1704)
VideoPilar Mercedes Miró Romero
Film director, Screenwriter (1940-1997)
VideoAndrei Tarkovsky
Soviet and Russian film director, screenwriter, film editor, film theorist, theatre and opera director (1932–1986)
Photography · PaintingHarold Lloyd
American actor and comedian (1893–1971)
VideoDaoud Abdel Sayed
Egyptian director and screenwriter
Painting · IllustrationCoenraet Roepel
painter from the Northern Netherlands (1678-1748)
PhotographyGeorge N. Barnard
American photographer (1819–1902)
Painting · SculptureArto Tchakmaktchian
Canadian artist (1933-2019)
Photography · IllustrationGeorge Grosz
German artist (1893–1959)
Photography · PaintingFrank Eugene
American-German photographer, painter and graphic artist (1865–1936)
PhotographyErich Hartmann
American photographer (1922-1999)
Photography · PaintingDennis Hopper
American actor and film director (1936–2010)
Photography · VideoDavid Lynch
American filmmaker, visual artist, musician, and actor (1946–2025)
PhotographyCandice Bergen
American actress
Photography · DesignBill Atkinson
American computer engineer, programmer, and photographer (1951–2025)
Photography · VideoAndy Warhol
American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)
PhotographyAllen Ginsberg
American poet and writer (1926–1997)