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Simone Forti

Artist

WA-00033617

Performance Art

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WikidataQ3484563

MoMA

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Video and Ritual

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1984

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MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/34908
Tier 1 · Institutional92%
Artsy (bulk)https://www.artsy.net/artist/simone-forti
Tier 1 · Institutional85%

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Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (38)

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Figure Bag Drawings

2020 · Acrylic and felt-tip pen on three brown paper bags

53 1/2 × 41" (135.9 × 104.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Notebook - See Saw Notes

2011 · Bound notebook

11 x 14 x 1"

Museum of Modern Art

Solo drawing from the "Hangers" Performance

2010 · Pen on paper

17 x 14"

Museum of Modern Art

Sketches from "Hangers" Performance

2010 · Three sketches, pen and pencil on paper

Each: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Photograph of "Slant Board" Performance at the Stedelijk Museum

1982 · Black and white photograph

Image: 8 × 10" (20.3 × 25.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Photograph of "Slant Board Performance" at the Stedelijk Museum

1982 · Black and white photograph

Image: 8 × 10" (20.3 × 25.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Huddle

1978 · 200-degree multiplex hologram

144.2 × 50.8 × 50.8 cm (56 3/4 × 20 × 20 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Poster for 2 Performances by Simone Forti and Peter van Riper, Artist's Space, New York, November 14–15, 1975

1975 · Offset lithograph

sheet: 17 x 11 1/4" (43.2 x 28.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Huddle

1974 · Standard-definition video (black and white, sound)

29:49 min.

Museum of Modern Art

Dance Constructions: Yoko Ono Chambers St. Loft Map

1974 · Pen on paper

Image: 7 × 10" (17.8 × 25.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Solo No. 1

1974 · Video (black and white, sound)

18:40 min.

Museum of Modern Art

Three Grizzlies

1974 · Video (black and white, sound)

17 min.

Museum of Modern Art

Handbook in Motion: Original drawing from Censor

1973 · Pencil on paper

Image: 8 1/2 × 11" (21.6 × 27.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

See Saw - hand drawn/written description of original performance (1961), with notes about Bob Morris

1972 · Ink on newsprint

14 x 11"

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Large Illumination Drawings

1972 · Charcoal on paper

19 x 24" (48.3 x 61 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Large Illumination Drawings

1972 · Charcoal on paper

19 x 24" (48.3 x 61 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Large Illumination Drawings

1972 · Charcoal and felt-tip pen on paper

19 x 24" (48.3 x 61 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Large Illumination Drawings

1972 · Charcoal on paper

19 x 24" (48.3 x 61 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Large Illumination Drawings

1972 · Colored crayon on paper

19 x 24" (48.3 x 61 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled from Large Illumination Drawings

1972 · Charcoal on paper

19 x 24" (48.3 x 61 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Large Illumination Drawings

1972 · Five drawings charcoal on paper (one with felt-tip pen) and one drawing colored crayon on paper

Each: 19 x 24" (48.3 x 61 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Dance Constructions: Photographs from the Stedelijk

1968 · Four black and white photographs

Each: 8 × 10" (20.3 × 25.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Photograph of "Huddle" Performance at the Stedelijk Museum

1968 · Black and white photograph

Image: 8 × 10" (20.3 × 25.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Photograph of "Huddle" Performance at the Stedelijk Museum

1968 · Black and white photograph

Image: 8 × 10" (20.3 × 25.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (2)

38 published of 75 catalogued · 47 with image

MoMA
37 publishedof 74 catalogued46 img
Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img

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Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art

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Art Institute of Chicago

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Museum of Modern Art

New York, US

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Group Exhibition Video and Ritual

New York · 1984