Artist's arttributes:
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Male |
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Performance, Happening |
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Fluxus, Neo-Dada |
Most exhibitions in:
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| Germany | 45 |
| USA | 44 |
| France | 15 |
| Italy | 10 |
Most exhibitions held at:
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Galerie Inge Baecker, Germany |
13 |
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Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, France |
4 |
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Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, USA |
4 |
Biography: 
1927 Born in Atlantic City, NJ (US)
5.4.2006 Died in Encinitas, CA (US)
External links:
| | Public exhibitions (Selection) 169 
until 31.12.
until 27.6.
until 25.5.
Solo shows 24
2013
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| Allan Kaprow - Yard, 1961 / 2013 - CAPC - Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux |
2012
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| Allan Kaprow - Christophe Daviet-Thery, Paris |
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| Allan Kaprow - NBK - Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin |
2008
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| How To Make a Happening - Maccarone Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Allan Kaprow - Art as life - The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA |
2007
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| Allan Kaprow in Italia - Villa Croce Museo d´Arte Contemporanea, Genoa |
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| Allan Kaprow, 18 Happenings in 6 Parts (Re-doing) - - Deitch Studios, New York City, NY (closed, 2010) |
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| Allan Kaprow - Art as Life - Kunsthalle Bern, Bern |
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| Allan Kaprow - Kunst als leven – Art as Life - Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
2006
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| Allan Kaprow - Kunst als Leben - Haus der Kunst München, Munich |
2005
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| A Short History of Performance-Pt III - Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (England) |
2001
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| Allan Kaprow - Activity-Fotos aus den 60ern und 70ern - Galerie Inge Baecker, Bad Münstereifel |
1998
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| Just doing - Soltanto fare. Workshop di Allan Kaprow - Villa Croce Museo d´Arte Contemporanea, Genoa |
1996
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| Allan Kaprow: Reinventions - University of Iowa Museum of Art, Iowa City, IA |
1981
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| Allan Kaprow - Galerie Inge Baecker, Bad Münstereifel |
1979
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| Frühe Arbeiten - Galerie Inge Baecker, Bad Münstereifel |
1977
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| Push and Pull - Galerie Inge Baecker, Bad Münstereifel |
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| Frames of Mind - Galerie Inge Baecker, Bad Münstereifel |
1976
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| Seven Kinds of Sympathy - Galerie Inge Baecker, Bad Münstereifel |
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| Durations - Galerie Inge Baecker, Bad Münstereifel |
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| Allan Kaprow - Frühe Arbeiten 1954-1957, - Galerie nächst St. Stephan - Rosemarie Schwarzwälder, Vienna |
1974
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| Raritäten - Galerie Inge Baecker, Bad Münstereifel |
1971
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| City Works (Activity) - Galerie Inge Baecker, Bad Münstereifel |
Group shows 142
2013
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| ideas - Nora Eccles Harrison Museum of Art, East Logan, UT |
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| In Deed: Certificates of Authenticity in Art - Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC |
2012
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| Cartografías contemporáneas - CaixaForum Barcelona, Barcelona |
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| Cartografías contemporáneas. Dibujando el pensamiento - CaixaForum Madrid, Madrid |
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| Jackson Pollock - Fundación Joan Miró, Barcelona |
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| Ourselves - ACCA - Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, VIC |
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| Leben Mit Pop! - Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Leipzig |
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| 30th São Paulo Biennial - Bienal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo |
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| Explosion! - Painting in Action - Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
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| Addio Anni 70 - Palazzo Reale, Milan |
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| On The Road To Fluxus - Galerie Schüppenhauer, Cologne |
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| Palabras, imágenes y otros textos (Parole, immagini e altri testi) - MAMBA - Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires |
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| Happenings: New York, 1958–1963 - The Pace Gallery - 534 West 25th Street, New York City, NY |
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| Vidéo Vintage 1963-1983 - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
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| Mit sofortiger Wirkung - künstlerische Eingriffe in den Alltag - Kunsthalle wien project space karlsplatz, Vienna |
2011
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| Dance Your Life - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
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| In DeedCerificates of Authenticity in Art - Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice |
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| Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974-1981 - The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA |
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| In Deed: Certificates of Authenticity in Art - De Vleeshal, Middelburg |
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| Car Fetish. I drive, therefore I am. - Museum Tinguely, Basel |
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| Chambres sourdes - cneai =, Chatou |
2010
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| Move: Choreographing You - Hayward Gallery, London (England) |
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| Artpark: 1974-1984 - UB Art Galleries - University of Buffalo, Buffalo, NY |
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| Ear to the Page - The Center for Book Arts , New York City, NY |
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| Recipes For An Encounter - Dorsky Gallery Curatorial Programs (DGCP), New York City, NY |
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| Aires de jeux : la Police ou les corsaires - Centre d’art contemporain de Quimper - le Quartier, Quimper |
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| Ecce Homo Ludens - Musée Régional D'Art Contemporain Languedoc-Roussillon, Sérignan |
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| Nuevos Realismos: 1957-62. Estrategias del objeto, entre readymade y espectáculo - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid |
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| Starter Works from the Vehbi Koç Foundation Contemporary Art Collection - ARTER - space for art, Istanbul |
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| Portrait de l’artiste en motocycliste - Musée des beaux-arts de La Chaux-de-Fonds, Neuchâtel |
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| Le Rêve - Der Traum - Motiv und Metapher - Kunstmuseum Bochum, Bochum |
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| Quartet–Four Biennials Reflected in Prints - International Centre of Graphic Arts (MGLC), Ljubljana |
2009
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| MOCA´s First Thirty Years - MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Cage and Cunningham: Chance, Time, and Concept in the Visual Arts - MMoCA - The Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, WI |
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| Portrait de l’artiste en motocycliste - MAGASIN-Centre National d’art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble |
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| Die Kunst ist super! - Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin |
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| Schönes Wetter heute, n'est-ce pas, Henning? - 44 Moen, Askeby |
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| There Goes the Neighbourhood - Performance Space, Sydney, NSW |
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| In The Making... - Werke aus den Sammlungen - Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin |
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| Fantasy for Allan Kaprow - Contemporary Image Collective - CIC, Cairo |
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| Kunst und Öffentlichkeit. 40 Jahre Neuer Berliner Kunstverein - NBK - Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin |
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| Spazio Libro d’Artista - Palazzo Manganelli , Catania, CT |
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| Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940–1976 - Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY |
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| The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia: 1860-1989 - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY |
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| Gemälde, Skulpturen und Arbeiten auf Papier - Galerie Florian Walch, Munich |
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| Editions - SolwayJones, Los Angeles, CA |
2008
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| The Cover of a Book is the Beginning of a Journey - Arnolfini, Bristol (England) |
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| The Art of Participation: 1950 to Now - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA |
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| Action/Abstraction - Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO |
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| PERFORMING THE CITY - Kunst Aktionismus im Stadt Raum 60er und 70er Jahre - Lothringer13 - Städtische Kunsthalle München, Munich |
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| Now Jump - Nam June Paik Art Center, Yongin-si |
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| art/tapes/22 - UAM - University Art Museum, Long Beach, CA |
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| My Favourite Things Vol.1 - Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen |
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| Action/Abstraction: Pollock, de Kooning, and American Art, 1940-1976 - The Jewish Museum of New York, New York City, NY |
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| Ad Absurdum - MARTa Herford, Herford |
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| Die Hände der Kunst - MARTa Herford, Herford |
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| You & Me, Sometimes... - Lehmann Maupin, New York City, NY |
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| Paul McCarthy´s Low Life Slow Life: Part 1 - CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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| Person Of The Crowd: The Contemporary Art Of Flânerie - Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY |
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| Art Metropole: The Top 100 - MSVU Art Gallery, Halifax, NS |
2007
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| Performa 07 - The Second Biennial of New Visual Art Performance - Performa, New York City, NY |
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| Weltempfänger - 10 Jahre Galerie der Gegenwart - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg |
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| Live Art on Camera - John Hansard Gallery, Southampton (England) |
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| Die zweite Avantgarde - Stiftung Moritzburg - Kunstmuseum des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, Halle (Saale) |
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| The Happiness of Objects - SculptureCenter, New York City, NY |
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| Ateliers - L'artistes et ses lieux de création - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
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| Secuencias - 1976-2006. Arte contemporáneo en las colecciones públicas de Extremadura - Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo MEIAC, Badajoz |
2006
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| Konzept. Aktion. Sprache - Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig - MUMOK , Vienna |
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| 47th October Salon - Oktobarski Salon / October Salon, Belgrade |
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| Politische Wahrheiten - Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg |
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| Made in USA - Galerie de multiples - GDM, Paris |
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| Los Angeles 1955-1985 The birth of an art capital - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
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| The Backroom: Sf - SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA |
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| the backroom - - New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA (closed, 2009) |
2005
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| De la comtesse De Castiglione à Cindy Sherman - Galerie de France, Paris |
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| Fluxus und Freunde - Kunstmuseum Kloster unserer lieben Frauen Magdeburg, Magdeburg |
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| Les Grands Spectacles - 120 Jahre Kunst und Massenkultur - Museum der Moderne Salzburg Mönchsberg, Salzburg |
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| Covering the Real - Kunst und Pressebild, von Warhol bis Tillmans - Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel |
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| Generation of Art - 10 anni di FAR - Fondazione Antonio Ratti, Como |
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| Marking Time - LACE - Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA |
2004
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| Attraversare Genova - Percorsi e linguaggi internazionali del contemporaneo - Palazzo Ducale, Genoa |
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| Attraversare Genova. Percorsi e linguaggi internazionali del contemporaneo. - Villa Croce Museo d´Arte Contemporanea, Genoa |
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| Topographies - Pasadena Museum of California Art- PMCA, Pasadena, CA |
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| Pop Classics - ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus |
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| Topographies - Walter and McBean Galleries at San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA |
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| Dass die Körper sprechen, auch das wissen wir seit langem. - Generali Foundation, Vienna |
2003
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| Berlin-Moskau Moskau-Berlin 1950-2000 - Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin |
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| European Art Expo 2003 Fotografie - - European Art Expo, Dusseldorf (closed) |
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| Critical Mass: Happenings, Fluxus, Performance, Intermedia and Rutgers University - Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA |
2002
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| OUT OF PRINT/ EDIÇÃO ESGOTADA - Museu Serralves - Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto |
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| Happening und Fluxus der 60er und 70er Jahre - Galerie Inge Baecker, Bad Münstereifel |
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| Passenger - The Viewer as Participant - Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo |
2001
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| Hypermental - Wahnhafte Wirklichkeit 1950 - 2000 - Von Salvador Dali bis Jeff K - Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg |
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| Acchrochage - Galerie Inge Baecker, Bad Münstereifel |
2000
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| Hypermental - Wahnhafte Wirklichkeit 1955 - 2000 von Salvador Dalí bis Jeff Koon - Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich |
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| Made in California: Art, Image, and Identity, 1900-2000 - Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Aller Anfang ist MERZ - Von Kurt Schwitters bis heute - Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover |
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| Over The Edges - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent |
1999
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| Experiments in the Everyday: Allan Kaprow and Robert Watts—Events, Objects, Documents - Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery - Columbia University, New York City, NY |
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| Experiments in the Everyday - The Wallach Art Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Chronos and Kairos, die Zeit in der zeitgenössischen Kunst - Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel |
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| out of actions - Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT), Tokyo |
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| "Fluxus in Amerika" - - Galerie Vostell, Berlin (closed, 2005) |
1998
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| Arte y acción - Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona - MACBA, Barcelona |
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| Poèmes à petite vitesse - Musée d'Art Contemporain Lyon, Lyon |
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| out of actions - Aktionismus, Body Art & Performances 1949-1979 - Museum für angewandte Kunst (MAK), Vienna |
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| The '60s in the Seventies - Ubu Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Experiments in the Everyday - Allan Kaprow and Robert Watts - Events, Objects, D - MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA |
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| Do It - Surrey Art Gallery, Surrey, BC |
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| Fluxus und Happening der 60er und 70er Jahre - Galerie Inge Baecker, Bad Münstereifel |
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| Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949-1979 - The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA |
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| zeitgenössische Kunst aus den USA: Happening + Fluxus Eröffnung am 29.01.99, 1 - - Galerie Vostell, Berlin (closed, 2005) |
1997
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| Un Bel Ete - Casino Luxembourg - Forum d'art contemporain, Luxembourg |
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| Action/Performance & the Photograph - MSVU Art Gallery, Halifax, NS |
1996
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| Beat Culture and the New America: 1950-1965 - Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN |
1995
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| Album: The photographic collection of Museum Boijmans-van Beuningen Rotterdam - Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam |
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| Neo-Dada: Redefining Art 1958–1962 - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1993
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| Sampler - Studio Guenzani, Milan |
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| 2e Biennale de Lyon - et tous ils changent le monde - La Biennale de Lyon, Lyon |
1992
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| Zufall als Prinzip , Spielwlt, Methode und System in der Kunst des 20.Jahrhund. - Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen |
1991
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| Word As Image: American Art 1960–1990 - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1990
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| Broken Music - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
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| XLIV. Esposizione Biennale Internazionale d'Arte della Città di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
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| 8th Biennale of Sydney 1990 - The Readymade Boomerang - Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, NSW |
1987
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| documenta 8 - Documenta, Kassel |
1985
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| 1 cent life - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
1982
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| Kunst wird Material - Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin |
1978
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| Le disque, médium artistique : du futurisme à l'art conceptuel - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
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| The Book of the Arts of Artists' Books - Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art, Tehran |
1977
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| documenta 6 - Documenta, Kassel |
1976
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| Druckgrafik von Künstlern der USA nach 1945 - Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel |
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| New York in Europa - Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin |
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| Galileo Galilei - Galerie Inge Baecker, Bad Münstereifel |
1974
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| Multiples. Ein Versuch, die Entwicklung des Auflagenobjekts darzustellen - NBK - Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin |
1970
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| Drawing and Performance, E.A.T SHOW AT U.S.C. - USC Fisher Museum - University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA |
1968
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| Two Happening Concepts: Allan Kaprow and Wolf Vostell - Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL |
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| Two Happening Concepts: Allan Kaprow and Wolf Vostell - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
1959
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| Out of the Ordinary - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
Dealer Directory 5 |
France
| | Galerie de multiples - GDM, Paris
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Germany
| | Galerie Inge Baecker, Bad Münstereifel
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Netherlands
United Kingdom
USA
Collections 11

Australia
| | Queensland Art Gallery / Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, QLD
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Austria
| | Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig - MUMOK , Vienna
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Denmark
France
| | Musée d'Art Contemporain Lyon, Lyon
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Germany
| | Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
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Spain
| | Museo Vostell Malpartida, Malpartida de Cáceres
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Switzerland
| | Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
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USA
| | MOCA Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA
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| | MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
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Catalogs
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