Bastiaan Johan Christiaan 'Bas Jan' Ader (19 April 1942 – disappeared 1975) was a Dutch conceptual- and performance artist, photograper. His work was in many instances presented as photographs and ...

Bas Jan Ader's "Untitled," a 1967 oil-on-canvas self-portrait, is included in the “Thoughts Unsaid ...” exhibition, which runs through Feb. 25 at Meliksetian Briggs gallery in Dallas. Nan Coulter / ...

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Some artists take risks because they have insatiable confidence. French conceptualist Yves Klein may be the most famous daredevil artist. When he leapt face-forward from his rooftop in 1960, his years ...

As Mary Sue Anderson Ader drove away from the Cape Cod coast on July 9, 1975, she began crying. She had just returned from towing her husband, artist Bas Jan Ader, out to sea to begin what he ...

Richard Dorment is surprised - and captivated - by a heartbreaking exhibition of works by conceptual artist Bas Jan Ader, who was mysteriously lost at sea Richard Dorment's review Tea Party 1972 by ...

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