Jean Tinguely (22 May 1925 – 30 August 1991) was a Swiss sculptor best known for his kinetic art sculptural machines (known officially as Métamatics) that extended the Dada tradition into the later part of the 20th century.

In 1971, he married his second wife Niki de Saint Phalle with whom he collaborated on several artistic projects, such as the Hon – en katedral[10] or Le Cyclop.

There have been three major retrospectives of Tinguely's work in the last few decades, firstly in 1987 at the Palazzo Grassi In 1987 in Venice, secondly the "Jean Tinguel: Machine Soectacle" at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam which ran from October 2016 untiil.March 2027, and thirdly at the Hangar PirelliBicocca in Milan from the fall of 2024 into the early winter of 2025.

[13][14][15] Hon – en katedral (Swedish: "She, a Cathedral") was an art installation made in collaboration with Niki de Saint-Phalle that was shown at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm in 1966.

Inside was a screen showing Greta Garbo films, a goldfish pond, and a soft drink vending machine.