György Kepes

♂ *1906-2002 / Hungary / United States

Works

Solo exhibitions

Photographs: The MIT Years, 1946-1974

MIT Museum, Boston (US)
16 Mar 2018 – 1 Aug 2018
Photograms

Robert Klein Gallery, Boston (US)
3 Feb 2018 – 31 Mar 2018
Photographs: From Berlin to Chicago, 1930-1946

MIT Museum, Boston (US)
21 Sep 2017 – 5 Mar 2018
The New Landscape: Experiments in Light

Cantor Arts Center, Stanford (US)
23 Jul 2014 – 17 Nov 2014

Group

Power of Mystery: 100 Years

Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco (US)
17 Sep 2026 – 28 Nov 2026

with John Albok, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Holly Andres, Ljubodrag Andric, Trent Davis Bailey, Roger Ballen, Ruth Bernhard, Vladimir Birgus, Matt Black, Hugh Brown, Frantisek Drtikol, …
AIPAD: THE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW

SELECT WORKS

Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco (US)
13 May 2026 – 30 Jul 2026

with Matt Black, Frantisek Drtikol, Robert Frank, Jaromir Funke, Helen Levitt, Man Ray , Charles Marville, Mimi Plumb, Michael Wolf
Hello Image. Die Inszenierung der Dinge

Design, Fotografie und Grafik

Museum Kunst & Gewerbe, Hamburg (DE)
4 Apr 2025 – 12 Apr 2026

with Herbert Bayer, Marianne Brandt, El Lissitzky, Hans Finsler, Hein Gorny, Prince Gyasi, Hans Hansen, Peter Keetman, Willi Moegle, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Ugo Mulas, Irving Penn …
American, born Hungary

Kertész, Capa, and the Hungarian American Photographic Legacy

George Eastman Museum, Rochester (US)
26 Sep 2025 – 1 Mar 2026

with Robert Capa, Nicholas Hàz, Andre Kertesz, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Martin Munkacsi, Nickolas Muray, Marion Palfi, Sylvia Plachy
Surrealism in Photography: 1920s - 1980s

Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco (US)
9 Jan 2025 – 25 Apr 2025

with Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Josef Bartuska, Ruth Bernhard, Bill Brandt, Josef Ehm, Jaromir Funke, Oliver Gagliani, Ferenc Haár, Miroslav Hak, Philippe Halsman, Florence Henri, Tibor Honty …
American, born Hungary

The Hungarian American Photographic Legacy

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond (US)
5 Oct 2024 – 26 Jan 2025

with Robert Capa, Arnold Eagle, Andre Kertesz, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Martin Munkacsi
Foreign Exchange

Photography between Chicago, Japan, and Germany, 1920–1960

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (US)
4 May 2024 – 9 Sep 2024

with Harry Callahan, Ei-Q, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Shozo Kitadai, Nathan Lerner, Kiyoji Otsuji, Osamu Shiihara, Kansuke Yamamoto
An Outsider’s Eye

Discoveries from Bruce Silverstein Gallery, Curated by Frank Maresca

Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York (US)
26 Apr 2024 – 18 May 2024

with Karl Blossfeldt, Erwin Blumenfeld, Harry Callahan, Bill Cunningham, Frantisek Drtikol, Andre Kertesz, Dorothea Lange, Man Ray , Lisette Model, Paul Outerbridge, Sigmar Polke, Larry Silver …
Denton Modernism: 1940 – 1980

Photographs Do Not Bend, Dallas (US)
26 Aug 2023 – 7 Oct 2023

with Carlotta Corpron, Margaret Hicks, Ida Lansky, Barbara Maples
The Bauhaus in Texas

Photographs Do Not Bend, Dallas (US)
19 Feb 2022 – 2 Apr 2022

with Carlotta Corpron, Ida Lansky, Barbara Maples
The Little Things

A Survey of Small Photographs

Stephen Daiter, Chicago (US)
10 Dec 2021 – 19 Feb 2022

with Harry Callahan, William Christenberry, Ralston Crawford, Elliott Erwitt, Sid Grossman, Dave Heath, Lewis Hine, Kenneth Josephson, Andre Kertesz, Enrico Natali, Dorothy Norman, Aaron Siskind …
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Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco (US)
5 Sep 2019 – 30 Nov 2019

with Max Halberstadt, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Arthur Siegel, Henry Holmes Smith
bauhaus imaginista

Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (DE)
15 Mar 2019 – 10 Jun 2019

with Kader Attia, Zvi Efrat, Kenneth Josephson, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Lygia Pape, The Otolith Group (Kodwo Eshun, Anjalika Sagar), Wendelien van Oldenborgh, Andy Warhol, Iwao Yamawaki
New Bauhaus Chicago

Experiment Fotografie und Film

Bauhaus Archiv, Berlin (DE)
15 Nov 2017 – 5 Mar 2018

with Clarissa Bonet, Harry Callahan, Barbara Crane, Doug Fogelson, Yasuhiro Ishimoto, Joseph Jachna, Kenneth Josephson, Nathan Lerner, Ray K. Metzker, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Arthur Siegel, Aaron Siskind …
Géométrie dans l’espace

Le Mois de la Photo du Grand Paris 2017

Espace Topographie de l'art, Paris (FR)
29 Mar 2017 – 14 Jun 2017

with Jocelyne Alloucherie, Dieter Appelt, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Joachim Bonnemaison, Alain Fleischer, Joan Fontcuberta, Bogdan Konopka, Aki Lumi, Man Ray , Marc Petitjean, Yves Tremorin
LINES, SPHERES, AND GLYPHS

Fontana, Giacomelli, Haas, Kepes, Siskind

Robert Klein Gallery, Boston (US)
14 Feb 2017 – 25 Mar 2017

with Franco Fontana, Mario Giacomelli, Ernst Haas, Aaron Siskind
Photo/Art 1976/2017

Vintage Galeria , Budapest (HU)
18 Jan 2017 – 24 Feb 2017

with Dora Maurer, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Péter Türk
IMPACT

Abstraction & Experiment in Hungarian Photography

Alma Gallery, New York (US)
10 May 2016 – 18 Jun 2016

with Brassai, Robert Capa, Tihamer Gyarmathy, Andre Kertesz, Imre Kinszki, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Martin Munkacsi, Balazs Sprenc, Dezsoe Szabo
Light Works - The Art of Photograms

Atlas Gallery, London (GB)
27 Nov 2015 – 13 Feb 2016

with Berenice Abbott, Werner Bischof, Erwin Blumenfeld, Richard Caldicott, Tom Fels, Peter Keetman, Alexander Khlebnikov, William Klein, Hans Kupelwieser, Man Ray , Elt Mesens, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy …
Photograms

Robert Klein / Ars Libri, Boston (US)
6 Nov 2015 – 28 Nov 2015

with Len Gittleman
Experimental Photography

Photographs Do Not Bend, Dallas (US)
22 Nov 2014 – 21 Jan 2015

with Carlotta Corpron, Harold E. Edgerton, Robert Erickson, Carlos Jurado, Ida Lansky, Barbara Maples, Eadweard J. Muybridge, Luigi Veronesi
Chiaroscuro

Luces y sombras en le fotografia

Kowasa Gallery, Barcelona (ES)
2 Oct 2013 – 23 Nov 2013

with Pierre Jean Amar, Joan Colom, César Domela, Frantisek Drtikol, Manuel Esclusa, Gilbert Garcin, Heinz Hajek-Halke, Irina Ionesco, Pierre Jahan, Peter Keetman, Willy Kessels, Ramon Masats …
TEXAS - BAUHAUS

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

with Gertrud Arndt, Edmund Collein, Horacio Coppola, T. Lux Feininger, Lucia Moholy, Grete Stern
A Selection of Exceptional Vintage Photographs

Stephen Daiter, Chicago (US)
7 Sep 2007 – 27 Oct 2007

with Paul Citroen, William Eggleston, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, George Hoyningen-Huene, Germaine Krull, Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Wayne F. Miller, Walter Peterhans, Josef Sudek, Weegee
Howard Dearstyne and the Bauhaus

Stephen Daiter, Chicago (US)
10 Sep 2004 – 30 Oct 2004

with Howard Dearstyne, T. Lux Feininger, Hans Finsler, Lucia Moholy, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Walter Peterhans, UMBO (Otto Umbehr)
Bauhaus / New Bauhaus - Photography & Collage

UBU Gallery, New York
10 Jun 2003 – 4 Oct 2003

with Paul Citroen, Nathan Lerner, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Arthur Siegel, UMBO (Otto Umbehr)
Abstraction in Photography

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
2 May 1951 – 4 Jul 1951

with Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Allen Arbus, Ferenc Berko, Erwin Blumenfeld, Mathew B. Brady, Josef Breitenbach, Alexey Brodovitch, Francis Bruguire, Harry Callahan, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Alvin Langdon Coburn …
New Photographers

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
18 Jun 1946 – 15 Sep 1946

with Alfredo Boulton, Harry Callahan, Stanley T. Clough, Howard Dearstyne, Max Dupain, Max Ernst, Godfrey B. Frankel, Rosalie Gwathmey, Arthur Leipzig, Joe Munroe, Arnold Newman, Homer Page …

Events

THE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW

presented by AIPAD 2026

Robert Koch Gallery, New York (US)
23 Apr 2026 – 26 Apr 2026

with Matt Black, Edward Burtynsky, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Frantisek Drtikol, Robert Frank, Jaromir Funke, Karoly Kismanyoki, Helen Levitt, Man Ray , Charles Marville, Mimi Plumb, Jaroslav Roessler …
Paris Photo 2025 - Group show

Bruce Silverstein, Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025

with Berenice Abbott, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Ilse Bing, Constantin Brancusi, Harry Callahan, Julia Margaret Cameron, Robert Capa, Paul Caponigro, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Adger Cowans, Frantisek Drtikol, Josef Ehm …
THE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW

presented by AIPAD 2025 - Booth C9

Robert Klein Gallery, New York (US)
24 Apr 2025 – 27 Apr 2025

with Julie Blackmon, Margaret Bourke-White, Mark Cohen, Edward S. Curtis, CAI Dongdong, Louis-Emile Durandelle, Walker Evans, William A. Garnett, Mario Giacomelli, Ormond Gigli, Horst P. Horst, Bill Jacobson …
Paris Photo 2024 - Group show

Booth B25

Bruce Silverstein, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024

with Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Diane Arbus, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Werner Bischof, Jacques-Andre Boiffard, Constantin Brancusi, Francis Bruguire, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Ray Francis, Robert Frank, Chester Higgins, Walter Iooss Jr. …
Paris Photo 2024 - Group show

Booth Vera Molnar, Gábor Attalai, Péter Türk

Vintage Galeria , Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2024 – 10 Nov 2024

with Márta Aczél, Angelo, Akos Birkas, Brassai, Attila Csoergoe, Péter Donáth, Holics Gyula, Ferenc Haár, F.G. Haller, Pál Kaczur, László Kaldor, Kata Kálmán …
Paris Photo 2022

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
10 Nov 2022 – 13 Nov 2022

with Edouard Elias, Laurence Aegerter, Slim Aarons, Berenice Abbott, Marina Abramovic, Robert Adams, Horst Ademeit, Ruven Afanador, Albarran Cabrera, David Alekhuogie, Lola Alvarez Bravo, Ljubodrag Andric …
THE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW

presented by AIPAD 2022

AIPAD, New York (US)
20 May 2022 – 22 May 2022

with Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Adou, Albarran Cabrera, Albarran Cabrera, Eugene Atget, David Attie, Lewis Baltz, Anthony Barboza, Cornelius M. Battey, Peter Beard, Ruth Bernhard …
The Armory Show 2020

The Armory Show, Inc., New York (US)
5 Mar 2020 – 8 Mar 2020

with Marina Abramovic, Vito Acconci, Diane Arbus, John Baldessari, Olivo Barbieri, Tina Barney, Mary Ellen Bartley, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Vanessa Beecroft, Valerie Belin, Dawoud Bey, Slater Bradley …
viennacontemporary 2019

viennacontemporary, Wien (AT)
26 Sep 2019 – 29 Sep 2019

with Marina Abramovic, Nobuyoshi Araki, Josef Bauer, Martin Beck, AA Bronson, Vanja Bucan, Daniele Buetti, David Dawson, Orshi Drozdik, Juliane Eirich, Omer Fast, Boris Gaberscik …
The Armory Show 2019

The Armory Show, Inc., New York (US)
7 Mar 2019 – 10 Mar 2019

with Marina Abramovic, Diane Arbus, Miriam Boehm, Vanessa Beecroft, Valerie Belin, Dirk Braeckman, Matthew Brandt, Nick Brandt, Sebastiaan Bremer, Gary Brotmeyer, Tammy Rae Carland, Asger Carlsen …
EXPO CHICAGO 2018

EXPO CHICAGO, Chicago (US)
27 Sep 2018 – 30 Sep 2018

with Ljubodrag Andric, Thomas Bangsted, Romare Bearden, Valerie Belin, Dawoud Bey, LIU Bolin, Boomoon, Jo Bradford, Nick Brandt, Matthew Brandt, Brassai, Sebastiaan Bremer …
Art Paris Art Fair 2018

ART PARIS, Paris (FR)
5 Apr 2018 – 8 Apr 2018

with Gabor Oesz, Ignasi Aballi, Peter Aerschmann, Dieter Appelt, Edgar Arceneaux, Eric Aupol, Jessica Backhaus, Jose Manuel Ballester, Yto Barrada, Robert Barry, Guido Baselgia, Vanessa Beecroft …
PHOTOFAIRS San Francisco 2018

PHOTOFAIRS , San Francisco (US)
23 Feb 2018 – 25 Feb 2018

with Adou, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Karl Blossfeldt, Luo Bonian, Harry Callahan, Tammy Rae Carland, John Chiara, LUO Dan, Erica Deeman, CAI Dongdong, Monique Eller, Mitch Epstein …
Photography

Photographie

Lempertz, Köln (DE)
26 Nov 2016 – 1 Dec 2016

with Eve Arnold, Roger Ballen, Ilse Bing, Brassai, Harry Callahan, Arno Fischer, Burt Glinn, Thomas Hoepker, Peter Keetman, Barbara Klemm, Francois Kollar, Robert Lebeck …
The Representation of the Body

Photographs from the Shalom Shpilman Collection

Christie's Online, Online
18 Oct 2016 – 27 Oct 2016

with Sophie Calle, Ralph Gibson, Heinz Hajek-Halke, Sally Mann, Boris Mikhailov
Paris Photo 2015

Light Works - The Art of Photograms

Atlas Gallery, Paris (FR)
12 Nov 2015 – 15 Nov 2015

with Berenice Abbott, Werner Bischof, Erwin Blumenfeld, Richard Caldicott, Tom Fels, Peter Keetman, Hans Kupelwieser, Man Ray , Elt Mesens, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Floris Neusuess, Christian Schad
Liverpool Photography Festival Look 15

Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool (GB)
15 May 2015 – 31 May 2015

with Ignacio Acosta, Karl Blossfeldt, Anna Fox, Jona Frank, Tony Mallon, Helen Marshall, Casey Orr, Max Pinckers, Louis Quail, Tony Ray-Jones, Sheila Rock, Richard Ross …