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Vito Acconci

American designer, landscape architect, performance and installation artist (1940-2017)
Person Human Q433471

Facts

34 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[38]
Date of birth
January 24, 1940
Date of death
April 27, 2017
Place of birth
The Bronx, New York City[10]
Place of death
Manhattan, New York City[11]
Country of citizenship
United States[14]
Occupation
architect, visual artist, poet, landscape architect, illustrator, video artist, television producer, photographer, performance artist, designer, installation artist[15][16][17][18][19][20]
Employer
Brooklyn College[29]
Field of work
architecture, performance art, installation art, video art, visual arts, performance artwork, art of sculpture, design[21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28]
Educated at
College of the Holy Cross, Regis High School[30][31]
Award received
Guggenheim Fellowship, Rome Prize, New York Foundation for the Arts[35][36][37]
Notable work
Walkways Through the Wall, Wall-Slide, Wavewall[32][33][34]
Spouse
Maria Acconci, Rosemary Mayer[12][13]
Genre
performance art, installation art[40][41]
Official website
acconci.com[48]
Cause of death
stroke, cerebrovascular disease[42][43]
Work location
The Hague, Zoetermeer, Zwolle, New York City[49][50][51][52]
Languages spoken, written or signed
English, Italian
Artist files at
Philadelphia Museum of Art Library and Archives, Smithsonian American Art and Portrait Gallery Library, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Library, National Gallery of Art Library
Copyright representative
reproduction right represented by CISAC-member, Estate of Vito Acconci, Vito Acconci, reproduction right not represented by CISAC member
Copyright status as a creator
works protected by copyrights
Described by source
UbuWeb, mediakunst.net[54]
End of work period
2017
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Family name
Acconci[44]
Given name
Vito, Hannibal[45][46]
Has works in the collection
Städel Museum, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Finnish National Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, Tate, National Gallery of Victoria, National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Canada, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Kunsthaus Zürich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Kunsthaus Zürich, Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Israel Museum, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Van Abbemuseum, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, De Appel, Middelheim Museum, ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Picker Art Gallery, MTA Arts & Design Permanent Art Collection, Hessel Museum of Art, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, M HKA - Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Print Collection, Photography Collection, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Whitney Museum of American Art, Michael C. Carlos Museum, Pérez Art Museum Miami, Groninger Museum
Manner of death
natural causes[53]
Movement
contemporary art[39]
On focus list of Wikimedia project
WikiProject PCC Wikidata Pilot — Smithsonian Libraries — Artists Files, WikiProject New York Public Library
Participant in
Documenta 5, Documenta 6, documenta 7
Pseudonym
Acconci, Vito Hannibal‏[47]
Represented by
Artists Rights Society, Electronic Arts Intermix, Pace Gallery, Video Data Bank
Start of work period
1962
🏷️ Also known as
en Vito Acconi en Vito Acconci en Vito Hannibal Acconci cs Vito Acconi cs Vito Hannibal Acconci de Vito Hannibal Acconci de Acconci el Βίτο Ακόντσι fa ویتو آکونچی fr Acconci he ויטו אקונקי ja ヴィトアコンチ ja ビト・アコンシ ja ビト・アコンチ ko 비토 아콘치 nl V.H. Acconci nl Vito Acconci pl Vito Hannibal Acconci pt Acconci pt Vito Hannibal Acconci
🔖 Identifiers · 151
ISNI
0000000109275383
VIAF cluster ID
95770120
Library of Congress Authorities ID
n87937711
GND ID
118958143
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Vito1973.jpg ↗
ADAGP artist ID
vito-acconci-630427
ARTIC artist ID
33349
AbART person ID
26307
American Academy in Rome ID
12467406
ArchINFORM person/group ID
3212
ArtBrokerage artist ID
Vito-Acconci
Artcyclopedia artist ID
acconci_vito
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Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
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Artist-info artist ID
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Artists of the World ID
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Artnet artist ID
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Artsy artist ID
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AskArt person ID
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Athenaeum person ID
12348
Awards & Winners artist ID
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BIBSYS ID
2063937
Babelio author ID
356314
Basis Wien person ID
16477
Benezit ID
B00000470
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
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Boijmans artist ID
124
Brockhaus Enzyklopädie online ID
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CANTIC ID
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CONOR.SI ID
43822947
Canadiana Name Authority ID
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Christie's creator ID
9031
CiNii Research ID
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Cooper Hewitt person ID
18051581
Cyprus University of Technology ID
60202
DACS ID (2022)
005821
DACS ID (former)
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DBC author ID
87097968037972
DDB person (GND) ID
118958143
DFK Paris person ID
0003162294
De Agostini ID
Acconci,+Vito
Described at URL
www.frieze.com
Deutsche Biographie (GND) ID
118958143
Dialnet author ID
21415
Dimensions author ID
013575331222.80
ELNET ID
a12058877
Electrocd artist ID
acconci_vi
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
67371
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
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Europeana entity
agent/base/62324
Evene ID
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FAST ID
228038
FID performing arts ID
agent/gnd_118958143
Fandango person ID
2365
Find NZ Artists ID
19398
Finnish National Gallery artist ID
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FotoCH photographer ID
31872
Freebase ID
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Genealogics.org person ID
I00543297
Geni profile ID
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Goodreads author ID
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
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Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0000547
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
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Grove Art Online ID
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Guggenheim fellows ID
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HAND ID
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Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
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ICCROM authority ID
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IMDb ID
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IPI base code
I-003166223-2
IdRef ID
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Invaluable.com person ID
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Itaú Cultural ID
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IxTheo authority ID
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J9U entity ID
987007308995805171
Japan Search name ID
ヴィト・アコンチ
Joconde author ID
T513-80
Kalliope-Verbund (GND) ID
118958143
Kallías ID
PE00605246
LIMA media artist ID
3739
Le Delarge artist ID
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Libraries Australia ID
35771472
Libris-URI
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Luminous-Lint ID
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MNCARS artist ID
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Met Constituent ID
161566
Museum of Modern Art artist ID
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Museum-digital person/organization ID
259523
MutualArt artist ID
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NACSIS-CAT author ID
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NE.se ID
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NL CR AUT ID
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NLA Trove people ID
1079871
NSK (VIAF) ID
000060881
NSK ID
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NUKAT ID
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National Gallery of Art artist ID
6509
National Gallery of Canada artist ID
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National Gallery of Victoria artist ID
9845
National Library of Chile ID
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National Library of Greece ID
323644
National Library of Latvia ID
000000261
National Library of Lithuania ID
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National Library of Poland MMS ID
9810538298505606
National Library of Spain SpMaBN ID
XX1555455
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
071696245
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art person ID
8208
Obálky knih ID
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Online PWN Encyclopedia ID
3865410
OpenMLOL author ID
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Oxford Reference overview ID
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Penguin Random House author ID
2227107
Persée author ID
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Philadelphia Museum of Art entity ID
19798
Photographers' Identities Catalog ID
6686
PictoRight ID code
AR-00249
Prabook ID
1297341
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
6747
Quora topic ID
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RERO ID (legacy)
A002906328
RKDartists ID
265
Rijksmuseum Research Library authority ID
415
SBN author ID
CFIV118981
SELIBR ID
326418
SFMOMA artist ID
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SHARE Catalogue author ID
628070
SNAC ARK ID
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Saint Louis Art Museum person ID
33853
Smithsonian American Art Museum person/institution ID
28951
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam ID
822-vito-acconci
Structurae person ID
1005474
Städel Museum artist ID
acconci-vito
TMDB person ID
1356017
Tabakalera ID
63926
Tate artist ID
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Te Papa agent ID
35041
The Numbers person ID (archived)
863510401
Treccani ID
vito-acconci
Union List of Artist Names ID
500014538
Unione Romana Biblioteche Scientifiche ID
55386
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058507479306706
University of Barcelona authority ID (former scheme)
a1099791
Unz Review author ID
AcconciVitoHannibal
Wellcome Collection concept ID
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Whitney Museum of American Art artist ID
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WhoSampled artist ID
Vito-Acconci
WikiArt ID
vito-acconci
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
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ZKM person ID
vito-acconci
ČSFD person ID
30755

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🔗 Connections
Has works in the collection 28
Israel Museum, Museum of Modern Art, National Gallery of Art, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Art Institute of Chicago, Musée National d'Art Moderne, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Tate +20 more
Occupation 11
poet, architect, photographer, designer, illustrator, television producer, landscape architect, visual artist +3 more
Field of work 7
architecture, art of sculpture, visual arts, design, performance art, video art, installation art
Work location 4
New York City, The Hague, Zwolle, Zoetermeer
Participant in 3
Documenta 5, documenta 7, Documenta 6
Participated in 3
Documenta 5, documenta 7, Documenta 6
Award received 2
Guggenheim Fellowship, New York Foundation for the Arts
Cause of death 2
stroke, cerebrovascular disease
Genre 2
performance art, installation art
Given name 2
Hannibal, Vito
Languages spoken, written or signed 2
English, Italian
Place of birth 2
New York City, The Bronx
Place of death 2
New York City, Manhattan
Copyright representative 1
Vito Acconci
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Described by source 1
UbuWeb
Edited works 1
0 to 9 Magazine
Educated at 1
College of the Holy Cross
Employer 1
Brooklyn College
Instance of 1
human
Manner of death 1
natural causes
Movement 1
contemporary art
Sex or gender 1
male
← Copyright representative 1
Vito Acconci
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Summary

Vito Acconci was born on January 24, 1940[1], in The Bronx[2]. He died on April 27, 2017[3], in Manhattan[4]. He worked as an architect[5], visual artist[6], poet[7], landscape architect[8], and illustrator[9].

FAQs

Where was Vito Acconci born?

Vito Acconci's place of birth was The Bronx[2].

Where did Vito Acconci die?

Vito Acconci passed away in Manhattan[4].

Who was Vito Acconci married to?

Vito Acconci's spouses include Maria Acconci[12] and Rosemary Mayer[13].

What did Vito Acconci do for work?

Vito Acconci worked as an architect[5], visual artist[6], poet[7], landscape architect[8], and illustrator[9].

Where did Vito Acconci go to school?

Vito Acconci was educated at College of the Holy Cross[30] and Regis High School[31].

What awards did Vito Acconci receive?

Honors received include Guggenheim Fellowship[35], Rome Prize[36], and New York Foundation for the Arts[37].

Related Entities

College of the Holy Cross contemporary art design Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden Israel Museum Kunsthaus Zürich Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía Museum of Modern Art National Gallery of Art National Gallery of Victoria New York City San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Städel Museum The Hague UbuWeb United States visual arts Vito Acconci Whitney Museum of American Art ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe Zoetermeer

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