Ben Vautier was most famous for his “écritures,” or written paintings. In 2009 he posed with a work reading “Je n’ai rien a vous expliquer,” or “I have nothing to explain to you.” ...

Ben Vautier, who has died aged 88, was a French “lettrist” and prominent member of what became known as the Fluxus movement, whose proponents believed in the idea that “everything is art ...

People Ben Vautier, the Fluxus Provocateur Who Proclaimed ‘Everything Is Art,’ Dies at 88. The French artist's paintings and performances helped usher in a new age of conceptual art.

Ben, J'aime la vérité (I Like the Truth), 1996, acrylic on canvas, 130 x 162 cm. Photo courtesy of Ben. With the sudden passing of Benjamin Vautier, better known by his alias Ben, on June 5 ...

French artist Ben Vautier, 88, died by suicide at his home in Nice just hours after the death of his wife Annie, 85, his family said on Wednesday. “Unwilling and unable to live without her, Ben ...

Ben Vautier has been featured in articles for VernissageTV, Telegraph and The Guardian. The most recent article is 'Oh La La!' Shakes up Art Basel Paris with Unconventional Artworks written for ...

Ben Vautier, “Regardez-moi cela suffit: Promenade des Anglais, Nice” (1963) (© Michel Moch, ADAGP, Paris) The Nice Fluxus festival of 1963 was largely shaped by Vautier and was notable for ...

Ben Vautier, Y a-t-il des Limites au Nouveau?, 1983, printed letters on canvas, 30 x 75 cm. Photo François Fernandez ...

epaFrench artist, performer and linguistic inventor Ben Vautier poses at the exhibition "Ben Vautier. Is Everything Art?" in the Museum Tinguely in Basel, Switzerland, on Oct. 20, 2015. Ben died ...

Born Benjamin Vautier on July 18, 1935, the artist adopted the pseudonym Ben, which he's best known by. He and Annie Vautier met in 1963 and married the next year.