Tiravanija is known in contemporary art circles world-wide. He won the Guggeheim's Hugo Boss prize in 2004 and was featured in the New Yorker magazine in October 2005.

He is perhaps best known for his exhibitions where he cooks up and serves a Thai curry to gallery visitors.

He is notoriously difficult to bracket, however. He works in many media, including painting and sculpture. In 1998, he initiated an ongoing project in Thailand called The Land, an off-grid community where artists (or anyone) can go and live..."

Dazu passend mein Lieblingszitat aus einem Film: "Beachten Sie ihn gar nicht, er ist nur der Koch. Leatherface und ich machen die ganze Arbeit." (The Texas Chanisaw Massacre)