Last updated: 27 October 2026
Christine Kozlov (1945 to 2005) was the American Conceptual artist who made works out of rejected ideas, erased tapes and telegrams. Here you will find our take on her work and the shows that brought it back.
Our take on Christine Kozlov
Kozlov was part of New York’s first wave of Conceptual art. While at the School of Visual Arts she opened the Lannis Gallery with Joseph Kosuth, and by 1970 she was in MoMA’s Information show. Her work Information: No Theory (1970) is a tape recorder that records the room on a loop and overwrites it.
She was dry about it. In a note from the 1990s, quoted by Texte zur Kunst, she wrote that one work “was a joke on art as idea.”
She moved to the UK in 1977 and largely stopped exhibiting. Her first solo show came ten years after her death, at the Henry Moore Institute, and Raven Row in London showed her work in 2026. Nothing is on sale.
Christine Kozlov: the essentials
- Born in New York City in 1945; died in London in 2005.
- Studied at the School of Visual Arts, New York, 1963 to 1967.
- Shown in Seth Siegelaub’s March 1–31, 1969 and MoMA’s Information (1970).
- Joined Art & Language in the early 1970s, and worked with The Red Krayola, Joan Jonas and Robert Rauschenberg.
- Her estate, the Christine Kozlov Estate, is based in London.
Christine Kozlov exhibitions
- Conceptual Art and Christine Kozlov, Raven Row, London, 19 February to 26 April 2026.
- Christine Kozlov, her first US solo show, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 26 September 2024 to 9 February 2025.
- Christine Kozlov: Information, her first solo show, Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, 10 December 2015 to 21 February 2016.
Our reviews featuring Christine Kozlov
- Conceptual Art and Christine Kozlov review: our take on the 2026 Raven Row show.
Christine Kozlov FAQs
Who was Christine Kozlov?
An American Conceptual artist (1945 to 2005) who showed in New York’s key Conceptual shows of 1969 and 1970, then moved to the UK in 1977.
What is Information: No Theory?
A 1970 work: a tape recorder on a two-minute loop that records the room and then records over it.
When was Christine Kozlov’s first solo show?
Christine Kozlov: Information at the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, from December 2015.
Can I buy a Christine Kozlov work?
No. We found nothing for sale and no auction record.
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Main image: Christine Kozlov, Self-Portraits (detail), 1968 to 1970. © Christine Kozlov Estate. Image courtesy Raven Row. Framed by CoolCuration. Exhibition dates last checked: 27 October 2026.
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