conceptual art

noun

variants often Conceptual art

: an art form in which the artist's intent is to convey a concept rather than to create an art object

conceptual artist noun

often Conceptual artist

Examples of conceptual art in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For more than 50 years, Tomkins completed dispatches from the transformative art scene of the 1960s and beyond, whether individuals such as Warhol and Robert Rauschenberg or such movements as pop art, conceptual art and minimalism. —ABC News, 20 Mar. 2026

The mini-lab movies reveal how Conceptual art, scientific experimentation, and spiritual inquiry share a common grammar for transforming absence into presence. —Shannon Taggart, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2026

What reads as fun on paper — Natalie Portman plays a desperate Miami gallery owner trying to pass off a dead body as conceptual art — is rendered clumsy and inert on screen. —Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 25 Jan. 2026

It is constructed by careful choices in materials, coloration, and subject matter to enter the realm of conceptual art. —Erin Parish, Miami Herald, 5 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1967, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for conceptual art

• apart
• depart
• flowchart
• forepart
• impart
• pushcart
• rampart
• redstart
• restart
• subpart
• sweetheart
• upstart