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- Jeff Wall (born 1946), photographer
- Magnus Wallin (born 1965), video artist
- Mark Wallinger (born 1959)
- Suling Wang (born 1968), painter
- Andy Warhol (1928–1987), pop artist
- Gillian Wearing (born 1963)
- Ai Weiwei (born 1957), Chinese, conceptual artist
- Lawrence Weiner (born 1942), conceptual artist
- Jean Wells, contemporary pop artist
- Franz West (born 1947)
- Rachel Whiteread (born 1963), sculptor
- Hannah Wilke (1940–1993), sculptor
- Jerry Wilkerson (1943–2007), painter
- Thornton Willis (born 1936), painter
- Jane and Louise Wilson (born 1967), installation artists
- Richard Wilson (born 1953), installation artist
- Shaun Wilson (born 1972), video artist
- Joel-Peter Witkin (born 1939), photographer
- Francesca Woodman (1958–1981), photographer
- Wu Guanzhong (born 1919), painter
- Andrew Wyeth (1917-2009), painter
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