Works of art that use cages or prisons:
- Walter De Maria, Cage II (1965)
- Pepe Espaliú, The Gospel According to Saint Matthew (1993)
- Oleg Kulik, I Bite America and America Bites Me (1997)
- Joseph Beuys, I Like America and America Likes Me (1974)
- Sam Hsieh, One Year Performance 1978–1979 (Cage Piece) (1978-9)
- Robert Gober, Open Playpen (1987)
- Marcel Duchamp, Why Not Sneeze Rose Sélavy? (1964, replica of 1921 original)
- Mona Hatoum, Silence (1994)
- Louise Bourgeois, Cell (You Better Grow Up) (1993)
- Ed and Nancy Kienholz, Sollie 17 (1979-80)
- Alex Kosmas, Gilded Cage (2010)
- Adam Parker Smith, Cage (2011)
- Wesley Meuris, Cage for Saimiri Boliviensis (2006)
- Kathryn Andrews, Return to X (2011)
- Markus Linnenbrink, Diedrittedimension (2011): painted in the entrance of a Düsseldorf prison.
- Tony Conrad, Women in Prison (WIP) (1982-3)