# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/francis-alys
# Generated: 2026-08-13T05:26:35.529Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/francis-alys"
name: "Francis Alÿs"
slug: "francis-alys"
description: "Francis Alÿs is a Belgian-born, Mexico-based artist. He works across art, architecture, and social practice. In 1986, Alÿs left behind his profession as an architect and relocated to Mexico City, where he lives and works."
tagline: "Belgian artist (born 1959)"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1959-08-22"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.07
  momentum:             9.894736842105262
  historical:           12.048096
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4499534/"
    handle:    "nm4499534"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.francisalys.com"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a6559111-e1f1-4d0d-9517-ff9fed3f23f2"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3"
    title: "فرانسيس اليس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Al%C3%BFs"
    title: "Francis Alÿs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Al%C3%BFs"
    title: "Francis Alÿs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Al%C3%BFs"
    title: "Francis Alÿs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Al%C3%BFs"
    title: "Francis Alÿs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Al%C3%BFs"
    title: "Francis Alÿs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B7%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9"
    title: "フランシス・アリス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%94%84%EB%9E%80%EC%8B%9C%EC%8A%A4_%EC%95%8C%EB%A6%AC%EC%8A%A4"
    title: "프란시스 알리스"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Al%C3%BFs"
    title: "Francis Alÿs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Al%C3%BFs"
    title: "Francis Alÿs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81%2C_%D0%A4%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%81%D0%B8%D1%81"
    title: "Алис, Франсис"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Al%C3%BFs"
    title: "Francis Alÿs"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q558288"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1541922"
    title: "Francis Alÿs"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump