Gustav Metzger

♂ *1926 / Germany / United States

Works

Solo exhibitions

Act or Perish

Gustav Metzger - a Retrospective

MUSAC Museo de Arte, León (ES)
17 Sep 2016 – 8 Jan 2017
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, Lyon (FR)
15 Feb 2013 – 14 Apr 2013
Mass Media / Media Mess

Christine König , Wien (AT)
17 Jan 2013 – 9 Mar 2013
Historic Photographs

New Museum, New York (US)
19 May 2011 – 3 Jul 2011
Decades 1959–2009

Serpentine Galleries, London (GB)
29 Sep 2009 – 8 Nov 2009
Historical photographies

Zacheta National Gallery, Warszawa (PL)
6 Mar 2007 – 22 Apr 2007
Geschichte Geschichte

Generali Foundation, Wien (AT)
11 May 2005 – 28 Aug 2005

Group

New Humans: Memories of the Future

New Museum, New York (US)
21 Mar 2026 – 30 Sep 2026

with Monira Al Qadiri, Sophia Al-Maria, Rebecca Allen, Yuri Ancarani, Lucy Beech, Hans Bellmer, Meriem Bennani, Asmae Lahkim Bennani, Erwin Blumenfeld, Marianne Brandt, Julien Creuzet, Jeremy Deller …
Channeling: body ←Image→ viewer

MoCP Contemporary Photo, Chicago (US)
2 Sep 2025 – 20 Dec 2025

with Laura Aguilar, Pia Arke, EJ Hill, Susan Hiller, Ketty La Rocca, Paulo Nazareth, Anna Oppermann, Gina Pane, Shari Rothfarb Mekonen, Bridget Smith
Expanded Without

EXPOSED. Torino Foto Festival

OGR - Officine Grandi Riparazioni, Torino (IT)
2 May 2024 – 2 Jun 2024

with Dan Graham
Nachleuchten. Nachglühen

Videoinstallationen und ihre Wegbereiter

Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz (CH)
23 Jan 2021 – 24 May 2021

with Julio Le Parc, Zilla Leutenegger, Oscar Munoz, Nam June Paik, Sergio Prego, Pipilotti Rist, Teresa Serrano, Keith Sonnier, Nevet Yitzhak
Damage Control

Art and Destruction Since 1950

Kunsthaus Graz, Graz (AT)
14 Nov 2014 – 15 Feb 2015

with Walead Beshty, Monica Bonvicini, Bruce Conner, Luc Delahaye, Thomas Demand, Harold E. Edgerton, Ori Gersht, Douglas Gordon, Mona Hatoum, Christian Marclay, Gordon Matta-Clark, Steve McQueen …
Damage Control: Art and Destruction Since 1950

Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg (LU)
12 Jul 2014 – 12 Oct 2014

with Roy Arden, John Baldessari, Walead Beshty, Monica Bonvicini, Mircea Cantor, Jake & Dinos Chapman, Bruce Conner, Luc Delahaye, Thomas Demand, Sam Durant, Harold E. Edgerton, Dara Friedman …
In the Heart of the Country

The Collection of the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw

MoMA Warsaw, Warszawa (PL)
14 May 2013 – 6 Jan 2014

with Francis Alys, Pawel Althamer, Wojciech Bakowski, Miroslaw Balka, Yael Bartana, Cezary Bodzianowski, Geta Bratescu, Ivan Brazhkin, Rafal Bujnowski, Duncan Campbell, Olga Chernysheva, Anne Collier …
Keywords

Autograph ABP, London (GB)
27 Mar 2013 – 18 May 2013

with Sonia Boyce, Willie Doherty, Rita Donagh, Sunil Gupta, Derek Jarman, Guy Tillim, Stephen Willats, David Wojnarowicz, Carey Young
dOCUMENTA (13)

documenta, Kassel (DE)
9 Jun 2012 – 16 Sep 2012

with Lida Abdul, Bani Abidi, Vyacheslav Akhunov, Francis Alys, Maria Thereza Alves, Kader Attia, Judith Barry, Gerard Byrne, Kudzanai Chiurai, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Attila Csoergoe, Manon de Boer …
MAKING HISTORY

RAY Fotografieprojekte Frankfurt/RheinMain

MMK Museum, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
20 Apr 2012 – 8 Jul 2012

with Black.Light Project, Thomas Demand, Sven Johne, William E. Jones, Petra Köhle/Nicolas Vermot, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), Jo Ractliffe, Doug Rickard, Michael Schmidt, Jeff Wall
29th Bienal de São Paulo

Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo (BR)
25 Sep 2010 – 12 Dec 2010

with Albano Afonso, Chantal Akerman, Francis Alys, Maria Thereza Alves, Miguel Angel Rojas, Qiu Anxiong, Kutluğ Ataman, Pedro Barateiro, Yto Barrada, Artur Barrio, Yael Bartana, Zarina Bhimji …
50 JPG 2010

50 Jours pour la Photographie

Centre Photographie Geneve, Genève (CH)
4 Jun 2010 – 31 Jul 2010

with Claudia Andujar, Roy Arden, Ariella Azoulay, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Mabe Bethônico, Ursula Biemann, Christian Boltanski, Marcelo Brodsky, Banu Cennetoglu, Martin Dammann, Michele Dantini, Jeremy Deller …
La revanche de l'archive photographique

Centre Photographie Geneve, Genève (CH)
4 Jun 2010 – 31 Jul 2010

with Claudia Andujar, Roy Arden, Ariella Azoulay, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Mabe Bethônico, Ursula Biemann, Christian Boltanski, Marcelo Brodsky, Banu Cennetoglu, Martin Dammann, Michele Dantini, Jeremy Deller …
Sammlung

Generali Foundation, Wien (AT)
24 May 2007 – 26 Aug 2007

with Robert Barry, Valie Export, Andrea Fraser, David Lamelas, Dorit Margreiter, Florian Pumhösl, Allan Sekula, Heimo Zobernig
MERZ

Eine Ausstellung des MAGAZIN4

Magazin 4, Bregenz (AT)
22 Jul 2006 – 24 Sep 2006

with Paul Eachus, Al Fadhil, Nooshin Farhid, Anne Hardy
Le Journal

GIMA gallery for international media art, Berlin (DE)
29 Oct 2004 – 26 Nov 2004

with Timm Ringewaldt, Claudia Zweifel

Events

ZURICH ART WEEKEND 2025

ZURICH ART WEEKEND, Zürich (CH)
13 Jun 2025 – 15 Jun 2025

with Marina Abramovic, Doug Aitken, Lara Almarcegui, Art & Language , Andrea Buettner, Angela Bulloch, Clegg & Guttmann , Michel Comte, Douglas Gordon, Leiko Ikemura, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Urs Luethi …
EXPOSED. Torino Foto Festival

New Landscapes - Turin’s New International Festival of Photography

EXPOSED, Torino (IT)
2 May 2024 – 2 Jun 2024

with Shahidul Alam, Graeme Arnfield, Marwa Arsanios, Mathieu Asselin, Fabio Barile, Botto & Bruno, James Bridle, Robert Capa, Lorenzo Castore, Laura Cinti, Monica de Miranda, Paolo Pellion di Persano …