What Is the Most Iconic Artwork of the 21st Century?

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A

Arakawa

Conrad Atkinson

Eleanor Antin

Ida Applebroog

B

Alexander Brodsky

Brodsky & Utkin

Joseph Beuys

C

Cassils

Keith Cottingham

Nancy Chunn

D

Eric Dyer

Milena Dopitová

F

Carl Fudge

Terry Fox

G

Yishay Garbasz

H

Cameron Hayes

Christine Hill

Helen Mayer & Newton Harrison

Kelly Heaton

Margaret Harrison

Shih Chieh Huang

J

Simone Jones

K

Brian Knep

Komar & Melamid

Peggy Jarrell Kaplan

Vitaly Komar

L

Kim Levin

M

McCarren/Fine

O

Pepón Osorio

The Oakes Twins

P

Bruce Pearson

Panamarenko

R

Fredric Riskin

Richard Ross

S

Diemut Strebe

Edwin Schlossberg

Federico Solmi

Jason Salavon

Todd Siler

U

Mierle Laderman Ukeles

V

Sam Van Aken

W

Allan Wexler

Andy Warhol

Clemens Weiss

Hannah Wilke

Y

Gil Yefman

Cassils What Is the Most Iconic Artwork of the 21st Century?

ArtNet News Sep 28, 2017

Want to make an art historian laugh? Ask them to name the most iconic artwork of the 21st century. Turns out, it’s not so easy to single out the most significant work of art created over the past 17 years. Nevertheless, some leading figures in the art world—from curators and gallery directors to artists and auction house executives—gamely agreed to try their hand at narrowing it down.

What single artwork defines this awkward, information-addled teenage century? Some simply couldn’t choose just one work, while others ultimately refused to answer at all. But many, to our pleasant surprise, told us exactly what they think. Below, 14 art experts weigh in on the 21st century’s most iconic artwork.

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