found object

art created from undisguised, but often modified, objects or products that are not normally considered art
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found object

Summary

found object is an art genre[1]. It draws 213 Wikipedia views per month (art_genre category, ranking #64 of 200).[2]

Key Facts

  • found object's instance of is recorded as art genre[3].
  • found object's instance of is recorded as form of art[4].
  • found object's genre is recorded as Dada[5].
  • found object's genre is recorded as surrealism[6].
  • found object's GND ID is recorded as 4177111-4[7].
  • found object's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85051044[8].
  • found object's subclass of is recorded as work of art[9].
  • found object's Commons category is recorded as Ready-made[10].
  • found object's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0p9_w[11].
  • found object's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Found object[12].
  • found object's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300047210[13].
  • found object's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300185153[14].
  • found object's Art & Architecture Thesaurus ID is recorded as 300186923[15].
  • found object's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0137184[16].
  • found object's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000239751[17].
  • found object's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/ready-made[18].
  • found object's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as art/objet-trouve[19].
  • found object's BBC Things ID is recorded as 503df31a-b9b2-43b5-8632-6d87085a6f73[20].
  • found object's different from is recorded as formerly lost media[21].
  • found object's hashtag is recorded as foundobject[22].
  • found object's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11dyl354j[23].
  • found object's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as ready-made[24].
  • found object's significant person is recorded as Marcel Duchamp[25].
  • found object's significant person is recorded as Salvatore Garau[26].
  • found object's significant person is recorded as Andy Warhol[27].

Why It Matters

found object draws 213 Wikipedia views per month (art_genre category, ranking #64 of 200).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

It has been cited as an influence by conceptual art[30], an art movement[31], founded in 1960[32] and International Exhibition of Nothing[33], an art exhibition[34], in Italy[35], founded in 1960[36].

FAQs

Who did found object influence?

found object has been cited as an influence by conceptual art[30] and International Exhibition of Nothing[33].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . github.com. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . BBC Things. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [30] . wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [33] . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [34] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [35] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [36] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). found object. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/found-object
MLA “found object.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/found-object.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_found-object_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{found object}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/found-object}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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