Grete Stern

♀ *1904-1999 / Argentina / Germany

Works

Solo exhibitions

CASE STUDY

IVAM Institut d'Art Modern, Valencia (ES)
3 Dec 2015 – 3 Apr 2016
Vom Bauhaus zum Gran Chaco

Fotoreportagen im Norden Argentiniens (1958-1964)

Ethnologisches Museum, Berlin (DE)
7 Oct 2010 – 30 Jan 2011
Vibración. Moderne Kunst aus Lateinamerika

Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Bonn (DE)
17 Sep 2010 – 30 Jan 2011
All the Dreams: Stories of mid-20th-century women - PHOTOESPAÑA 2004

Centro de Arte Moderno, Madrid (ES)
3 Jun 2004 – 10 Jul 2004
Fotografías 1927/ 1965

Galería Fúcares Madrid, Madrid (ES)
5 Mar 2003 – 12 Apr 2003

Group

Vanguardistas

100 Jahre Lateinamerikanische Künstlerinnen

Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Bonn (DE)
4 Dec 2026 – 29 Mar 2027

with Claudia Andujar, Tania Bruguera, Teresa Burga, Carolina Caycedo, Lygia Clark, Ana Mendieta, Marta Minujín, Lygia Pape, Cecilia Vicuña
New Woman, New Vision. / Neue Frau, Neues Sehen

Women Photographers of the Bauhaus / Die Bauhaus-Fotografinnen

Museum für Fotografie, Berlin (DE)
17 Apr 2026 – 4 Oct 2026

with Gertrud Arndt, Ellen Auerbach, Irene Bayer, Irena Blühova, Marianne Brandt, Lotte Gerson Collein, Barbara Crane, Margarete Dambeck-Keller, Kalinka Gieseler, Ise Gropius, Charlotte Grunert, Florence Henri …
O Ihr Menschen

Neusachlicher Blick in Fotografie, Druck und Zeichnung

Haus Opherdicke, Holzwickede (DE)
21 Sep 2025 – 8 Feb 2026

with Ellen Auerbach, Karl Blossfeldt, August Sander, Elfriede Stegemeyer
Hello, Stranger

Artist as Subject in Photographic Portraits since 1900

Bowdoin Museum of Art, Brunswick (US)
30 Oct 2024 – 23 Mar 2025

with Ellen Auerbach, Jeanne Dunning, Pierre Molinier, Edward Weston
How She Sees

Several Exceptional Women Photographers 1919 - 1970

Robert Mann Gallery, New York (US)
13 Sep 2021 – 19 Nov 2021

with Diane Arbus, Ellen Auerbach, Elisabeth Hase, Lisette Model, Ringl + Pit (Grete Stern + Ellen Auerbach), Margaret Watkins
Tell Me What You See. Skrein Photo Collection

Museum der Moderne , Salzburg (AT)
12 Jun 2021 – 17 Oct 2021

with Berenice Abbott, Eddie Adams, Ansel Adams, Eugene Atget, Ellen Auerbach, Edouard Baldus, Josef Bartuska, Felice Beato, Gianni Berengo Gardin, Ladislav E. Berka, Aenne Biermann, Ilse Bing …
Bühnenwelten / Staging the World

Bauhaus am / at Folkwang

Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE)
28 Apr 2019 – 8 Sep 2019

with Marianne Brandt, T. Lux Feininger, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
Inner world / Mundo propio

Modern Argentine Photography 1927-1962 / Fotografía moderna argentina 1927-1962

Malba Museum, Buenos Aires (AR)
22 Mar 2019 – 9 Jun 2019

with Horacio Coppola, Juan Di Sandro, George Friedman, Annemarie Heinrich, Sameer Makarius, Pedro Otero, Anatole Saderman
Write with light / Escribir con luz.

Interwar photography in the IVAM collection / Fotografía de entreguerras en la colección del IVAM

Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Alcobendas (ES)
20 Feb 2019 – 4 May 2019

with Agusti Centelles, El Lissitzky, Walker Evans, John Heartfield, Gustavs Klucis, Dorothea Lange, Alexander Rodchenko, David (Chim) Seymour, Paul Strand
De l'autre côté

Maison de l'Amérique latine , Paris (FR)
12 Oct 2018 – 20 Dec 2018

with Jeanne Mandello, Hildegard Rosenthal
In Between. TraumWelten

Vom Träumen und Leben

Kunstverein Talstrasse e.V., Halle (DE)
23 Jun 2018 – 7 Oct 2018

with Sibylle Bergemann, Christian Borchert, Carlfriedrich Claus, Sven Johne, Abbas Kiarostami, Jens Klein, Viktor Kolar, Matthias Langer, Floris Neusuess, Helga Paris, Wenke Seemann, Gabriele Stötzer …
Contradiction and continuity

Photography from Argentina, 1850 - 2010.

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (US)
16 Sep 2017 – 28 Jan 2018

with Ananké Asseff, Hugo Aveta, Francisco Ayerza, Florencia Blanco, Oscar Bony, Nicola Constantino, Horacio Coppola, Jaime Davidovich, Juan Di Sandro, Gisele Freund, Eduardo Gil, Carlos Ginzburg …
Auf/Bruch. Vier Künstlerinnen im Exil

Drei Fotografinnen und Friedl Dicker-Brandeis

Museum der Moderne , Salzburg (AT)
1 Jul 2017 – 29 Oct 2017

with Ellen Auerbach, Elly Niebuhr
Stadstriënnale Hasselt-Genk

TRADEMARKS

Stadstriënnale, Hasselt (BE)
1 Oct 2016 – 8 Jan 2017

with !Mediengruppe Bitnik, Dave Anderson, Anonymous, Nobuyoshi Araki, Diane Arbus, Cory Arcangel, Vanessa Beecroft, Nadia Benchallal, Bjoerk, Nagib Chtaib, CRAVAT & BADA, Aurore Dal Mas …
Dream States

Contemporary Photographs and Video

Metropolitan Museum 5th Ave, New York (US)
1 Jun 2016 – 30 Oct 2016

with Darren Almond, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Siegrun Appelt, Eugene Atget, Shannon Bool, Brassai, Liz Deschenes, Patrick Faigenbaum, Robert Frank, Adam Fuss, Nan Goldin, Jack Goldstein …
COLEÇÃO JOAQUIM PAIVA

Museu de arte moderna, Rio de Janeiro (BR)
11 Jun 2016 – 14 Aug 2016

with Ansel Adams, Claudia Andujar, Diane Arbus, Martin Chambi, Geraldo de Barros, José Medeiros, Rosangela Renno, Evandro Teixeira
Her First Meteorite

photographic collages

ROSE GALLERY, Santa Monica (US)
26 Sep 2015 – 28 Nov 2015

with Carolle Benitah, Melinda Gibson, Ken Graves, Stephanie Solinas, Annegret Soltau
From Bauhaus to Buenos Aires: Grete Stern and Horacio Coppola

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
17 May 2015 – 4 Oct 2015

with Horacio Coppola
RealSurreal

Masterpieces of Avant-Garde Photography. Das Neue Sehen. 1920-1950. Siegert Collection

Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg (DE)
15 Nov 2014 – 6 Apr 2015

with Eugene Atget, Herbert Bayer, Hans Bellmer, Aenne Biermann, Erwin Blumenfeld, Brassai, Frantisek Drtikol, Jaromir Funke, Florence Henri, Andre Kertesz, Germaine Krull, Herbert List …
About a woman

Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York (US)
21 May 2014 – 26 Jul 2014

with Baron Adolphe De Meyer, Jacques-Henri Lartigue, Jan Lauschmann, Sarah Moon, Cirenaica Moreira Diaz, Marcia Resnick, Ann Rhoney, Alexander Rodchenko, George Seeley, Alexey Titarenko, Deborah Turbeville
Mujeres fotógrafas en la Colección del IVAM

IVAM Institut d'Art Modern, Valencia (ES)
8 Mar 2014 – 4 May 2014

with Diane Arbus, Claude Cahun, Carmen Calvo, Cristina Garcia Rodero, Cristina Iglesias, Dorothea Lange, Cesar Lucas, Lisette Model, Tina Modotti, Cindy Sherman
Faking It

Manipulated Photography before Photoshop

National Gallery of Art, Washington (US)
17 Feb 2013 – 5 May 2013

with Bill Brandt, William Henry Jackson, Yves Klein, Boris Mikhailov, George Platt-Lynes, Edward Steichen, Maurice Tabard, Jerry N. Uelsmann, Carleton E. Watkins
Faking It

Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop

Metropolitan Museum 5th Ave, New York (US)
11 Oct 2012 – 27 Jan 2013

with Albert Sands Southworth & Josiah Johnson Hawes, Erwin Blumenfeld, Bill Brandt, William Henry Jackson, Yves Klein, Boris Mikhailov, Richard C. Miller, William Mortensen, George Platt-Lynes, Ann Rhoney, Henry Peach Robinson, Martha Rosler …
TEXAS - BAUHAUS

Photographs Do Not Bend, Dallas (US)
13 Oct 2012 – 5 Jan 2013

with Gertrud Arndt, Edmund Collein, Horacio Coppola, T. Lux Feininger, Gyoergy Kepes, Lucia Moholy
Light of modernity in Buenos Aires

1929-1954

Nailya Alexander Gallery, New York (US)
18 Oct 2011 – 11 Jan 2012

with Horacio Coppola, Juan Di Sandro, Annemarie Heinrich, Sameer Makarius, Anatole Saderman
Pictures by Women

A History of Modern Photography

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
7 May 2010 – 4 Apr 2011

with Berenice Abbott, Rogi André, Emmy Andriesse, Claudia Andujar, Eleanor Antin, Diane Arbus, Gertrud Arndt, Anna Atkins, Tina Barney, Uta Barth, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Valerie Belin …
EL PESO DE LA CIUDAD

Fotografía latinoamericana en la colección Anna Gamazo de Abelló

Fundacion Foto Colectania, Barcelona (ES)
27 Jan 2010 – 29 May 2010

with Barbara Braendli, Hugo Brehme, Antonio Caballero, Horacio Coppola, Geraldo de Barros, Milagros de la Torre, Facundo de Zuviria, Thomaz Farkas, Jose Alberto Figueroa, Hector Garcia, Maya Goded, Lourdes Grobet …
XIV Encuentros Abiertos de Fotografía-Festival de la Luz 2008 Argentina

Fundación Luz Austral, Buenos Aires (AR)
1 Aug 2008 – 30 Sep 2008

with Arturo Aguiar, Miguel Angel Rojas, Cayetano Arcidiácono, Ananké Asseff, Fabiana Barreda, Julio Bittencourt, Samuel Bollendorff, Dino Bruzzone, Christian Cravo, Andre Cypriano, Alicia D'Amico, Milagros de la Torre …
Foto: Modernity in Central Europe, 1918–1945

Guggenheim New York, New York (US)
12 Oct 2007 – 13 Jan 2008

with Wilhelm Angerer, Atelier Manassé (Olga Spolarics + Adorján von Wlassics), Ellen Auerbach, Karol Aufricht, Theo Ballmer, Rudolf Balogh, Josef Bartuska, Herbert Bayer, Wladyslaw Bednarczuk, Hans Bellmer, Ernö Berda, Ladislav E. Berka …
Foto: Modernity in Central Europe, 1918–1945

National Gallery of Art, Washington (US)
10 Jun 2007 – 3 Sep 2007

with Wilhelm Angerer, Atelier Manassé (Olga Spolarics + Adorján von Wlassics), Ellen Auerbach, Karol Aufricht, Theo Ballmer, Rudolf Balogh, Josef Bartuska, Herbert Bayer, Wladyslaw Bednarczuk, Hans Bellmer, Ernö Berda, Ladislav E. Berka …
Carte blanche à Kicken Berlin

Musée de la Photographie, Nice (FR)
20 Sep 2004 – 2 Jan 2005

with Dieter Appelt, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Erwin Blumenfeld, Goetz Diergarten, Hugo Erfurth, Heinz Hajek-Halke, August Kotzsch, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Helmut Newton, Albert Renger-Patzsch, August Sander, Otto Steinert …
Visions d'un mythe. Un siècle de photographie en Argentine

Maison de Radio France, Paris (FR)
27 Oct 2004 – 28 Nov 2004

with Daniel Barraco, Fabiana Barreda, Amado Becquer Casaballe, Florencia Blanco, Marcelo Brodsky, Dino Bruzzone, Eduardo Comesaña, Horacio Coppola, Alicia D'Amico, Sara Facio, Cristina Fraire, Adriana Groisman …
PHOTOESPAÑA 2004 - Historias

PHotoEspaña, Madrid (ES)
2 Jun 2004 – 18 Jul 2004

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Dennis Adams, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Paco Almengló, Pedro Álvarez, Jalon Angel, Kutluğ Ataman, Renaud Auguste-Dormeuil, Joseph Beuys, Isidro Blasco, Elena Blasco, Daniel Blaufuks …
Visions d'un mythe. Un siècle de photographie en Argentine

Musée de la Photographie, Charleroi (BE)
13 Sep 2003 – 30 Nov 2003

with Daniel Barraco, Fabiana Barreda, Amado Becquer Casaballe, Florencia Blanco, Marcelo Brodsky, Dino Bruzzone, Eduardo Comesaña, Horacio Coppola, Alicia D'Amico, Sara Facio, Cristina Fraire, Adriana Groisman …

Events

Paris Photo 2025 - Group show

Booth D20

Galerie Julian Sander, Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025

with Oliver Abraham, Marcel Broodthaers, Chargesheimer, John Cohen, Frantisek Drtikol, Harold E. Edgerton, Louis Faurer, Larry Fink, Rosalind Fox Solomon, Jaromir Funke, Sean Hemmerle, Peter Keetman …
THE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW

presented by AIPAD 2025

AIPAD, New York (US)
24 Apr 2025 – 27 Apr 2025

with Slim Aarons, Stanko Abadzic, Berenice Abbott, Oliver Abraham, Robert Adams, Ansel Adams, Laure Albin-Guillot, Mariette Pathy Allen, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Maria Antelman, Nobuyoshi Araki, Diane Arbus …
THE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW

presented by AIPAD 2025 - Booth C9

Galerie Julian Sander, New York (US)
24 Apr 2025 – 27 Apr 2025

with Oliver Abraham, John Cohen, Louis Faurer, Larry Fink, Rosalind Fox Solomon, Sean Hemmerle, Jory Hull, Peter Keetman, August Sander, Elfriede Stegemeyer, Claude Tolmer, Weegee
Elles x Paris Photo 2023

A circuit dedicated to women photographers

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
9 Nov 2023 – 12 Nov 2023

with Laia Abril, Hoda Afshar, Ana Teresa Barboza, Myriam Boulos, Widline Cadet, Bieke Depoorter, Carolyn Drake, Alanna Fields, Lola Flash, Flor Garduno, Nan Goldin, Martine Gutierrez …
Paris Photo 2023

Booth C11

Galerie Julian Sander, Paris (FR)
9 Nov 2023 – 12 Nov 2023

with Ellen Auerbach, Ringl + Pit (Grete Stern + Ellen Auerbach), Elfriede Stegemeyer, Claude Tolmer
Photography / Fotografie

Palais Dorotheum, Wien (AT)
21 Oct 2020 – 28 Oct 2020

with Franz Antoine d.J., Alois Beer, Guenter Brus, Imogen Cunningham, Frantisek Drtikol, Valie Export, Paul Freiberger, Mario Giacomelli, Nan Goldin, Dennis Hopper, Rudolf Koppitz, Yoichi Okamoto …
arteBA 2019

arteBA Fundación, Buenos Aires (AR)
11 Apr 2019 – 14 Apr 2019

with Fernando Bayona, Florencia Blanco, Erica Bohm, Horacio Coppola, Jose Luis Cuevas, Alberto Goldenstein, Nicolas Janowski, Lake Verea, Liliana Maresca, Joiri Minaya, Esteban Pastorino (Diaz), Jose Alejandro Restrepo
PhotoSaintGermain 2018

PhotoSaintGermain, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2018 – 24 Nov 2018

with Mac Adams, Eric Antoine, Carlos Barrantes, Gianni Berengo Gardin, Daniel Blaufuks, Anne-Lise Broyer, Alain Bublex, Corinne Day, Stephen Dean, Anne Deleporte, Claudine Doury, Alan Eglinton …
Art Basel Miami Beach 2017

Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami (US)
7 Dec 2017 – 10 Dec 2017

with Marina Abramovic, Darren Almond, Claudia Andujar, John Baldessari, Lothar Baumgarten, Dawoud Bey, Matti Braun, AA Bronson, James Casebere, Talia Chetrit, Louisa Clement, Sara Cwynar …
Paris Photo 2017

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
9 Nov 2017 – 12 Nov 2017

with Berenice Abbott, Diane Arbus, Tom Arndt, Eugene Atget, Richard Avedon, Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola), Thomas Bangsted, Vanessa Beecroft, Valerie Belin, Ilse Bing, Erwin Blumenfeld, Leonard Bourgois-Beaulieu …
Aenne Biermann - Fotografin von Heiko Arendt, D 2014 (20 Min)

Das dritte Auge (Ellen Auerbach und Grete Stern), von Frieder Schlaich, D 1991-1995 (45 Min)

Pinakothek der Moderne, München (DE)

with Ellen Auerbach, Aenne Biermann