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 Most exhibitions in: |
| Country |
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| USA | 51 |
| Germany | 30 |
| France | 16 |
| Belgium | 10 |
| Austria | 10 |
| Most exhibitions held at: |
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Michael Werner Gallery, USA |
7 |
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Mary Boone Gallery - 745 Fifth Avenue, USA |
5 |
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MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Belgium |
5 |
Biography: 
1932 Born in Detroit, MI (US)
James Lee Byars CV as pdf-File 50 KB
1997 Died in al-Qāhira (=Cairo) (EG)
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Public exhibitions 168
until 1.4.2011
until 5.4.2010
until 10.1.2010
until 3.1.2010
Solo shows 34
2009
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| James Lee Byars - Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire (England) |
2008
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| James Lee Byars: The Perfect Audience - Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive BAM/PFA, Berkeley, CA |
2007
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| James Lee Byars - The Art of Writing - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
2006
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| James Lee Byars - Mary Boone Gallery - 745 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY |
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| James Lee Byars - Mary Boone Gallery - 541 West 24 Street, New York City, NY |
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| James Lee Byars - Perry Rubenstein Gallery - 527 West 23 Street, New York City, NY |
2005
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| James Lee Byars: Selected Works - Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO |
2004
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| JAMES LEE BYARS - rétrospective, LIFE, LOVE AND DEATH - Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMCS), Strasbourg |
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| James Lee Byars: The Perfect Silence - Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City, NY |
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| Leben, Liebe und Tod - das Werk von James Lee Byars - Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt/Main |
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| James Lee Byars - Letters from the World’s Most Famous Unknown Artist - Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art - MASS MoCA, North Adams ,MA |
2003
2002
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| James Lee Byars - Timothy Taylor Gallery, London (England) |
2001
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| James Lee Byars: Works on paper - Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL |
2000
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| Hey Joe, wir sollten die documenta 6 gemeinsam machen! James Lee Byars - Briefe - Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel |
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| James Lee Byars - Brieven aan Joseph Beuys - MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp |
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| James Lee Byars - Galerie Sabine Knust - Maximilian Verlag, Munich |
1999
1998
1996
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| James Lee Byars: The Monument to Language - Henry Moore Institute, Leeds (England) |
1995
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| James Lee Byars - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
1992
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| James Lee Byars - Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm |
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| James Lee Byars - Mary Boone Gallery - 745 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY |
1990
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| The Perfect Thought: An Exhibition by James Lee Byars - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
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| James Lee Byars - Mary Boone Gallery - 745 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY |
1988
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| James Lee Byars - Mary Boone Gallery - 745 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY |
1987
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| James Lee Byars / MATRIX 105 - Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive BAM/PFA, Berkeley, CA |
1986
1985
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| James Lee Byars - Mary Boone Gallery - 745 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY |
1982
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| James Lee Byars - Exhibition JLB - De Appel, Amsterdam |
1978
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| James Lee Byars / MATRIX 4 - Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive BAM/PFA, Berkeley, CA |
Group shows 130
2009
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| Matthew Brannon, Marcel Broodthaers, James Lee Byars, William E. Jones - David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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| The Quick and the Dead - Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN |
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| Old Masters, Modern & Contemporary Art - Galerie Marie-Puck Broodthaers, Brussels |
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| NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith - MAM - Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL |
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| Bijoux de famille - Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris |
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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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| Vivre l'art - collection Venet - Espace de l’art concret, Mouans Sartoux |
2008
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| feelgood things - curated by guillaume bijl - Mulier Mulier Gallery, Knokke-Heist |
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| the line is a lonely hunter - New Jerseyy, Basel |
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| NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith - P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island |
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| Pretty Ugly - Gavin Brown's Enterprise GBE modern, New York City, NY |
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| ...In The Cherished Company of Others...(1648-2036) - De Appel, Amsterdam |
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| NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith - The Menil Collection, Houston, TX |
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| NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith - Anton Kern Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| That Was Then...This Is Now - P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island |
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| Call it what you like - Collection Rik Reinking - Kunst Centret Silkeborg Bad, Silkeborg |
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| Sonsbeek 2008 - Carried Away Procession in Art - Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem - MMKA, Arnhem |
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| Traces du Sacré - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
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| MATRIX/REDUX - Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive BAM/PFA, Berkeley, CA |
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| Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art - Barbican, London (England) |
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| Power - Foxy Production, New York City, NY |
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| Art Metropole: The Top 100 - MSVU Art Gallery, Halifax, NS |
2007
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| A Theater without Theater - Berardo Museum - Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon |
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| The invisible Show - CCA - The Center for Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv |
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| Performa - SI Swiss Institute, New York City, NY |
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| Performa 07 - The Second Biennial of New Visual Art Performance - Performa, New York City, NY |
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| Japan und der Westen. Die erfüllte Leere - Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg |
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| Who’s got the Big Picture? - MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp |
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| MARTa schweigt - Garde le silence, le silence te gardera - MARTa Herford, Herford |
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| A theatre without theatre - Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona - MACBA, Barcelona |
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| The Sublime is Now! Das Erhabene in der zeitgenössischen Kunst - museum franz gertsch, Burgdorf |
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| KölnSkulptur 4 - Skulpturenpark Köln, Cologne |
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| Speed #1 - natura naturata - velocidad sin movimiento - IVAM - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia |
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| Byars & Beuys - Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven |
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| Aus der Sammlung: Kein Ort - Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz |
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| Die Geschichte wiederholt sich nicht! - Bielefelder Kunstverein, Bielefeld |
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| Auswahl - Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne |
2006
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| Drapeaux gris - CAPC - Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux |
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| Art Metropole - The Top 100 - National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada, Ottawa, ON |
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| busy going crazy. the Sylvio Perlstein collection - La Maison Rouge, Paris |
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| The invisible Show - MARCO Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo |
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| Elemental Form - L&M Arts, New York City, NY |
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| The Materialization Of Sensibility: Art And Alchemy - Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York City, NY |
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| The Sublime is Now! Das Erhabene in der zeitgenössischen Kunst - museum franz gertsch, Burgdorf |
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| Welten - Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen |
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| Hundert Küsse sind besser als einer (Hundred Kisses are better than one) - Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna |
2005
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| A Brief History of Invisible Art - CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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| Looking at Words - Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Take Two - Worlds and Views - Contemporary Art from the Collection - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
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| Lothar Baumgarten, James Lee Byars - In Progress IV für Harald Szeeman - Galería Jule Kewenig, Palma de Mallorca |
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| Lothar Baumgarten, James Lee Byars - In Progress IV für Harald Szeemann - Kewenig Galerie, Cologne |
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| Der Rote Teppich - Kunstverein KISS Kunst im Schloss Untergröningen e.V., Abtsgmünd-Untergröningen |
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| (my private) Heroes - MARTa Herford, Herford |
2004
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| Dear ICC - Aspects of contemporary art in Belgium 1970-1985 - MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp |
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| Contemporary Works on Paper from the Collection - New Mexico Museum Arts, Santa Fe, NM |
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| The Future Has a Silver Lining - Genealogies of Glamour - Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich |
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| Monocromos - de Malevich al presente - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía MNCARS, Madrid |
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| Aimer, travailler, exister - Propositions communautaires dans l'après-1968 - Mamco - musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Geneva |
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| Aimer, travailler, exister : propositions communautaires dans l’après-1968 - MAGASIN-Centre National d’art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble |
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| "The Big Nothing" - ICA - Institute of Contemporary Art - University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA |
2003
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| Outlook - Benaki Museum, Athens |
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| Happiness - A Survival Guide for Art and Life - Mori Art Museum, Tokyo |
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| DAS NICHTS oder das Unbegreifliche des Unendlichen? - Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen |
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| Himmel falden / Himmel Schwer - Kunsthallen Brandts Klædefabrik, Odense |
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| Die Himmel - Kunstraum Eisengraberamt p.p., Gföhl |
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| Updated Collection Presentation (IV) - MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp |
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| Zona People 1974-1985 Non profit art space - Firenze - Mamco - musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Geneva |
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| HIMMELSCHWER - Transformationen der Schwerkraft - Minoriten Kultur, Graz |
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| Himmelsschwer - Transformationen der Schwerkraft - Landesmuseum Joanneum / Volkskunde, Graz |
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| Louise Bourgeois, James Lee Byars - Il disparut dans le silence total - Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris |
2002
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| Thin Skin - Gemeentemuseum Helmond - Boscotondohal, Helmond |
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| Exposition inaugurale - l'Herbier & le Nuage - MAC's Grand Hornu - Musée des Arts Contemporains, Hornu |
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| OUT OF PRINT/ EDIÇÃO ESGOTADA - Museu Serralves - Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto |
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| Zeitmaschine - Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern |
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| Dasein Existence - Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz |
2001
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| The Inward Eye - Transcendence in Contemporary Art - Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, Houston, TX |
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| Made in Black - Jousse Entreprise, Paris |
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| SITE Santa Fe's Fourth International Biennial - SITE Santa Fe Biennial, Santa Fe, NM |
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| il Dono - SMS Contemporanea, ex Palazzo Delle Papesse, Siena |
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| Missing Link. Menschen-Bilder in der Fotografie - Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden |
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| The Eternal Instant. Art and Spirituality at the Change of Millennium - EACC - Espai d´Art Contemporani de Castelló, Castellon de la Plana |
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| The Place of Happiness - Watari-Um - Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo |
2000
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| Process / Reprocess - Japan and the West - Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York City, NY |
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| Et l’art se met au monde - FRAC - Rhône-Alpes, IAC - Institute d`art contemporain, Villeurbanne |
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| La collection - Installations - Musée d'Art Contemporain Lyon, Lyon |
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| Sinn und Sinnlichkeit - Körper und Geist des Bildes - Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen |
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| Devotie (over het verloren paneel van het Lam Gods) - W139, Amsterdam |
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| TOMORROW FOR EVER - Galerie Sfeir-Semler - Hamburg, Hamburg |
1999
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| Missing Link. Menschen-Bilder in der Fotografie - Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern |
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| 1 monde réel (1 real world) - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
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| 48th International Art Exhibition Venice Biennale / Biennale di Venezia - La Biennale di Venezia, Venice |
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| out of actions - MOT Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo |
1998
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| Saptiotemporal - Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm |
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| La Nuit, l’oubli (en souvenir de Gilles Dusein) - Mamco - musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Geneva |
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| Arte y acción - Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona - MACBA, Barcelona |
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| out of actions - Aktionismus, Body Art & Performances 1949-1979 - Museum für angewandte Kunst (MAK), Vienna |
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| Disappearing Act - Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York City, NY |
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| Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949-1979 - The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA |
1997
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| Amours - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
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| Notfalls leben wir auch ohne Herz - KUNSTHALLE wien project space karlsplatz, Vienna |
1996
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| Contemporary New Mexico Artists: Sketches and Schemas - Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM |
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| Under Capricorn - The World Over - Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam |
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| The World Over: Art in the Age of Globalisation - Wellington City Gallery, Wellington |
1995
1994
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| SMS/ Sin más suciedad – mail art - MADC Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, San José |
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| Drawing Room - Sammlung Speck Köln - Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz |
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| After Construction - Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm |
1993
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| Azur - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
1991
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| Metropolis - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin |
1989
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| Arbeit mit Papier - Galerie Eugen Lendl, Graz |
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| Open Mind (Gesloten Circuits) - SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Gent |
1988
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| Artschwager / Shapiro / Byars - Kent Gallery, New York City, NY |
1987
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| documenta 8 - Documenta, Kassel |
1986
1982
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| Zeitgeist - Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin |
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| documenta 7 - Documenta, Kassel |
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| Livres d'artistes = Books by artists - Musée d´art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, QC |
1981
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| Sammlung Crex - Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg |
1978
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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 |
1972
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| documenta 5 - Documenta, Kassel |
| Dealer Directory 10 |
Belgium
| | Galerie Marie-Puck Broodthaers, Brussels
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| | Mulier Mulier Gallery, Knokke-Heist
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Germany
Japan
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Spain
| | Galería Jule Kewenig, Palma de Mallorca
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Switzerland
USA
| | Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO
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| | Mary Boone Gallery - 541 West 24 Street, New York City, NY
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| | Mary Boone Gallery - 745 Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY
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Public collections 15
Belgium
| | MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp
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France
| | Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris
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| | Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris
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Germany
| | Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen
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| | Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
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Italy
| | Trevi Flash Art Museum Of Contemporary Art, Trevi
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| | Museo d´arte contemporanea Castello di Rivoli, Turin
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Japan
| | Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota Aichi
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Liechtenstein
| | Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz
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Netherlands
Spain
| | Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona - MACBA, Barcelona
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| | Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía MNCARS, Madrid
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Sweden
| | Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm
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Switzerland
USA
| | New Mexico Museum Arts, Santa Fe, NM
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