Wikipedia:Notability (artists)

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This guideline includes special criteria beyond that which is given at WP:BIO. Not all artists are notable. Many of them, both professional and amateur, make contributions without reaching the minimum threshold of notability to justify an encyclopedic article.

[edit] Criteria

1. The notability as an artist is defined by the notability of his/her art. Of course, an artist not notable for his/her art may still be notable because of other achievements as described by Wikipedia:Notability (people) and relevant guidelines.

2. Notable art is:

• a) A piece that has been purchased or displayed by notable expositions (e.g. Documenta, Tate, MOMA, Guggenheim Museum).
• b) A piece acquired by government (national, state or major city) and put on public display (e.g. Zygmunt's Column or Washington Monument) - but excluding vanity images/sculpture of living politicians.
• c) A piece that has been selected as the winner of a notable award (Abd-el-Tif prize, Marcel Duchamp Prize, Carnegie Prize see Category:Art awards).
• d) A piece sold at record value for its field to a purchaser independent from the artist, or that achieved the highest price for a given year if the purchaser is independent of the artist/agent/gallerist.

[edit] See also

• Wikipedia:Notability (music) (contain musicians notability guideline)
• Wikipedia:Notability (pornographic actors)
• Wikipedia:Notability (films)