Cult Artists is the second in a series of four gift books that each profile 50 cult individuals in the visual arts.

Ana Finel Honigman is a New York–born art and fashion writer with a Doctorate degree in the History of Art from Oxford University. She lives in Berlin and Baltimore. Alongside her academic work, Ana has written about contemporary art and fashion for magazines including AnOther Magazine, ArtNews, Artforum, British Vogue, Dazed & Confused, Frieze, Guardian Unlimited, Paper, New York Times and Wall Street Journal.

Kristelle Rodeia is a freelance illustrator based in Paris. After studying Plastic Arts and Graphic Design, she is now a full time illustrator working in a mixture of pen, ink and digital drawings. Previous clients include Stylist, Veneta Bottega and Erratum. Kristelle is the illustrator for White Lion Publishing's Cult Artists, Cult Filmmakers, Cult Musicians and Cult Writers. 

INTRODUCTION 6
 
DAN ATTOE (1975) 11
BALTHUS (1908–2001) 12
JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT (1960–1988) 14
JOSEPH BEUYS (1921–1986)   18
CHRISTIAN BOLTANSKI (1944) 22
LOUISE BOURGEOIS (1911–2010) 25
LEIGH BOWERY (1961–1994) 27
CHRIS BURDEN (1946–2015) 28
SOPHIE CALLE (1953) 31
CHAPMAN BROTHERS (1962 (DINOS) 1966 (JAKE))   32
JUDY CHICAGO (1939) 35
JOSEPH CORNELL (1903–1972) 36
MOLLY CRABAPPLE (1983) 38
SALVADOR DALÍ (1904–1989) 43
NIKI DE SAINT PHALLE (1930–2002)   44
MARCEL DUCHAMP (1887–1968) 48
EL ANATSUI (1944)     52
JAMES ENSOR (1860–1949) 55
HRGIGER (1940–2014) 56
GILBERT & GEORGE (1943 (GILBERT) 1942 (GEORGE)) 58
GUERRILLA GIRLS (FORMATION: 1985) 62
NAN GOLDIN (1953) 65
JENNY HOLZER (1950) 66
DONNA HUANCA (1980) 69
DOROTHY IANNONE (1933) 70
FRIDA KAHLO (1907–1954)    74
ALLAN KAPROW (1927–2006) 79
MIKE KELLEY (1954–2012)      80
YVES KLEIN (1928–1962) 84
BARBARA KRUGER (1945) 88
YAYOI KUSAMA (1929) 90
KAZIMIR MALEVICH (1879–1935) 94
CHRISTIAN MARCLAY (1955) 97
ANA MENDIETA (1948–1985) 98
ALICE NEEL (1900–1984) 100
HERMANN NITSCH (1938 ) 105
YOKO ONO (1933) 106
ORLAN (1947) 109
GENESIS P-ORRIDGE (1950)    110
CAROL RAMA (1918–2015)    113
FAITH RINGGOLD (1930) 114
MARK ROTHKO (1903–1970) 117
MARK RYDEN (1963)   118
CAROLEE SCHNEEMANN (1939–2019) 120
YINKA SHONIBARE (1962) 124
MALICK SIDIBÉ (1936–2016) 127
STELARC (1946) 128
FLORINE STETTHEIMER (1871–1944) 131
KARA WALKER (1969) 132
DAVID WOJNAROWICZ (1954–1992) 135
 
KEY WORKS 136
INDEX 142