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happening

type of performance artwork
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happening

Summary

happening is an art genre[1]. happening has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • happening is credited with the discovery of Allan Kaprow[3].
  • happening was influenced by environmental art[4].
  • happening's instance of is recorded as art genre[5].
  • happening's instance of is recorded as group action[6].
  • happening is a type of performance artwork[7].
  • happening's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Happening[8].
  • happening's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[9].
  • happening's hashtag is recorded as happening[10].
  • happening's significant person is recorded as Robert Whitman[11].
  • happening's significant person is recorded as Red Grooms[12].
  • happening's significant person is recorded as George Brecht[13].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded instance of include art genre[5] and group action[6]. happening is a type of performance artwork[7].

Movements and Schools

happening was influenced by environmental art[4].

Why It Matters

happening has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] happening is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

Related Entities

Wolf Vostell

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24d ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0315674-happening-umeni
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ [[Property:P9322]]: 0315674-happening-umeni, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259473|batch #259473]]"
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