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- Francis Bacon (1909–1992), painter
- Jo Baer (born 1929), painter
- John Baldessari (born 1931), conceptual artist
- Banksy (born 1974), graffiti artist
- Fiona Banner (born 1966)
- Matthew Barney (born 1967), filmmaker
- Artur Barrio (born 1945), Interactive artist
- Jennifer Bartlett (born 1945), painter
- Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960–1988), painter
- Vanessa Beecroft (born 1969)
- Zdzisław Beksiński (1929–2005), painter
- Larry Bell, (born 1939), sculptor
- Maurice Benayoun (born 1957), media artist
- Lynda Benglis (born 1941), sculptor
- José Bernal (born 1925), painter/sculptor
- Joseph Beuys (1921–1986)
- Ashley Bickerton (born 1959)
- Janet Biggs (born 1959), video and performance artist
- Thierry Bisch (born 1953), painter
- David Blatherwick (born 1960), painter and video artist
- Guy Bleus (born 1950), performance artist, mail art
- Godfrey Blow (born 1948), painter
- Christian Boltanski (born 1944)
- Henry Bond (born 1966)
- Christine Borland (born 1965)
- Michaël Borremans (born 1963), painter
- Eberhard Bosslet (born 1953)
- Fernando Botero (born 1932), painter
- Louise Bourgeois (1911–2010), sculptor
- Robert J Brawley (born 1936), painter
- Candice Breitz (born 1972), video artist
- Stuart Brisley (born 1933), performance artist
- Glenn Brown (born 1966)
- Angela Bulloch (born 1966)
- Chris Burden (born 1946)
- Gerard Byrne (born 1969), installation artist
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