Jan Fabre

♂ *1958 / Belgium

Works

Solo exhibitions

Acciones y performances 1976 - 2017

Centro Andaluz de Arte, Sevilla (ES)
23 Mar 2018 – 2 Sep 2018
The appearance and disappearance of Bacchus, Antwerp, Christ (2016)

Special creations for The State Hermitage Museum

Templon Brussels, Brussels (BE)
18 Apr 2018 – 2 Jun 2018
Do we feel with our brain and think with our heart? | 2014

Magazzino Arte Moderna, Roma (IT)
14 Oct 2014 – 30 Nov 2014
Hortus/Corpus

Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (NL)
10 Apr 2011 – 4 Sep 2011
The Escape of the Artist

Galeria Espacio Minimo, Madrid (ES)
8 Nov 2008 – 5 Dec 2008
The Angel of Metamorphosis

Films of Performances

Louvre Paris, Paris (FR)
11 Apr 2008 – 7 Jul 2008
Le temps emprunté

Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar, Brussels (BE)
7 Mar 2008 – 18 May 2008
I spit on my grace

Mario Mauroner, Wien (AT)
14 Sep 2007 – 10 Nov 2007
Je me vide de moi-même

Wilde, Genève (CH)
14 Sep 2006 – 4 Nov 2006
landscapes and turtles

DEWEER GALLERY ESTATE, Otegem (BE)
10 Sep 2006 – 22 Oct 2006
For interieur

dans le cadre du Festival d'Avignon 2005

Maison Jean Vilar, Avignon (FR)
4 Jun 2005 – 27 Jul 2005
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GaleriArtist, Berlin (DE)
26 Feb 2005 – 26 Mar 2005
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Galeria Espacio Minimo, Madrid (ES)
27 Jan 2005 – 5 Mar 2005
Sanguis / Mantis

Galerie Academia, Salzburg (AT)
30 Nov 2004 – 24 Feb 2005
Gaude succurrere vitae

, Lyon (FR)
17 Sep 2004 – 19 Dec 2004
Gaude succurrere vitae - Rallegratevi di soccorrere la vita

Film e disegni 1977 - 2001

GAMeC Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contempo, Bergamo (IT)
17 Apr 2003 – 13 Jul 2003
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deSingel, Antwerp (BE)

Group

Zurück in die Zukunft

PHOTOS & PHOTO-BASED WORKS

Galerie Klüser, München (DE)
15 Oct 2025 – 15 Jan 2026

with Joseph Beuys, Christian Boltanski, Kathleen Gerber, Isca Greenfield-Sanders, Gregor Hildebrandt, Rebecca Horn, Alexander Laner, Richard Long, Vera Lutter, Robert Mapplethorpe, Olaf Metzel, Ryuji Miyamoto …
PHOTO (-BASED)

Galerie Klüser, München (DE)
12 Apr 2022 – 18 May 2022

with Gilbert & George, Isca Greenfield-Sanders, Gregor Hildebrandt, Vera Lutter, Olaf Metzel, Ryuji Miyamoto, Lori Nix, Sigmar Polke, Sean Scully, Cindy Sherman, William Wegman
Humanimalismes

Espace Topographie de l'art, Paris (FR)
7 Feb 2020 – 4 Apr 2020

with Mat Collishaw, Alix Delmas, Robert Gligorov, Horst Haack, Joachim Koester, Joanna Malinowska
Nature in Art

MOCAK, Krakow (PL)
26 Apr 2019 – 29 Sep 2019

with Maurizio Cattelan, Julian Charriere, Isa Genzken, Sarah Lucas, Meret Oppenheim, Luzia Simons, Robert Smithson, Beat Streuli, Julius von Bismarck
STEP UP! - Chapter 2

Belgian Dance and Performance on Camera 1970-2000

Argos - Centre for Art & Media, Brussels (BE)
29 Jan 2017 – 30 Apr 2017

with Sven Augustijnen, Lili Dujourie, Jacques Lennep, Jacques Louis Nyst
Progress and Hygiene

Zacheta National Gallery, Warszawa (PL)
29 Nov 2014 – 15 Feb 2015

with Yael Bartana, Anna Baumgart, Robert Capa, Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys, Zofia Kulik, Zbigniew Libera, Michael Najjar, Leni Riefenstahl, Alexander Rodchenko, Wilhelm Sasnal, Ahlam Shibli, Santiago Sierra …
The Worldly House

dOCUMENTA (13), Karlsaue Park

dOCUMENTA (13) Building , Kassel (DE)
9 Jun 2012 – 16 Sep 2012

with Marina Abramovic, Jawad Al Mahli, Francis Alys, Julieta Aranda, Andrea Buettner, Joseph Beuys, John Bock, Marcel Broodthaers, Kristina Buch, Janet Cardiff, Marcus Coates, Massimiliano & Gianluca De Serio …
Biens communs 1

Acquisitions récentes

MAMCO art contemporain, Genève (CH)
19 Oct 2011 – 15 Jan 2012

with Adel Abdessemed, John Armleder, Noël Dolla, Philippe Gronon, Pascal Pinaud, Alain Séchas, Xavier Veilhan, Patrick Weidmann
Director's Choise

ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishøj (DK)
19 Jun 2010 – 22 Aug 2010

with Miriam Baeckstroem, Thea Djordjadze, Jesper Just, Annette Messager, Pipilotti Rist
photo-based

Galerie Klüser, München (DE)
11 May 2010 – 31 Jul 2010

with Joseph Beuys, Christian Boltanski, Gilbert & George, Isca Greenfield-Sanders, Vera Lutter, Olaf Metzel, Anne & Patrick Poirier
Jan Fabre. Le temps emprunté

Museo Carlo Bilotti, Roma (IT)
28 Oct 2009 – 14 Feb 2010

with Dirk Braeckman, Pierre Coulibeuf, Carl de Keyzer, Robert Mapplethorpe, Jorge Molder, Helmut Newton, Malou Swinnen, Maarten Vanden Abeele
The State of Things. Brussels/Beijing

Centre for Fine Arts - Bozar, Brussels (BE)
18 Oct 2009 – 10 Jan 2010

with Francis Alys, Guillaume Bijl, Dirk Braeckman, Jef Cornelis, Wim Delvoye, Patrick Everaert, Dora Garcia, Geert Goiris, Jos de Gruyter & Harald Thys, YAN Lei, CHI Peng, LIN Tianmiao …
Rumore: un buco nel silenzio

Spazio Oberdan, Milano (IT)
28 Feb 2008 – 25 May 2008

with Miguel Angel Rios, Marcel Broodthaers, Mircea Cantor, Jimmie Durham, William Kentridge, Shirin Neshat, Melik Ohanian, Adrian Paci, Diego Perrone, Mungo Thomson, Bill Viola, Jordan Wolfson
Fondos de fotografía de la colección permanente

MNCARS - Museo REINA SOFIA, Madrid (ES)
30 May 2007 – 22 Jul 2007

with Per Barclay, Brassai, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Nelson Garrido, Andreas Gursky, Bill Henson, Andre Kertesz, Loretta Lux, Dora Maar, Man Ray , Robert Mapplethorpe, Jean Moral …
Absolumental

Les Abattoirs - Frac Midi-Pyrénées, Toulouse (FR)
10 Nov 2006 – 19 Feb 2007

with Angela Bulloch, Christoph Draeger, John Isaacs
Optica 2006, the Gijón International Festival of Video Art

Asociación Cultural Colectivo Interferen, Gijón (ES)
11 Nov 2006 – 17 Nov 2006

with KUO I-chen, Lisa Junghanß, Heidi Kilpelainen, Arthur Kleinjan, Veit Kowald, Rune Peitersen, Olga Tobreluts, Joke van Katwijk
Fotoarbeiten aus der Sammlung der WGZ-Bank

Beck & Eggeling, Düsseldorf (DE)
4 Sep 2005 – 24 Sep 2005

with Elger Esser, Marie-Jo Lafontaine, Gerhard Mantz, Nils-Udo , Tomasz Samek, Hans-Christian Schink, Wolfgang Spanier, Gerhard Winkler, Thomas Wrede
Rencontres de la photographie Arles 2005

Rencontres Arles, Arles (FR)
5 Jul 2005 – 18 Sep 2005

with David Balicki, Mathieu Bernard-Reymond, Leandro Berra, Bleda & Rosa, Mario Cravo Neto, Natalie Czech, John Divola, Joan Fontcuberta, Barry Frydlender, Jacqueline Hassink, Jacqueline Hassink, Francoise Huguier …
Fotografía de los años 80 y 90 en la colección del MNCARS

Museo de Arte Abstracto Español, Cuenca (ES)
8 Apr 2005 – 26 Jun 2005

with Ana Laura Alaez, Helena Almeida, Juan Pablo Ballester, Tina Barney, Gabriele Basilico, Sergio Belinchon, Daniel Canogar, Hannah Collins, Gregory Crewdson, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Joan Fontcuberta, Carmela Garcia …
Virgin-Warrior/Warrior-Virgin

Palais de Tokyo, Paris (FR)
15 Dec 2004 – 6 Feb 2005

with Marina Abramovic
Art hypermarkets. Contesting consumerism

Palazzo delle papesse, Siena (IT)
9 Oct 2004 – 9 Jan 2005

with Anette Baldauf, collectif_fact, Minerva Cuevas, Michel Francois, Raymond Hains, Kristof Kintera, Barbara Kruger, Eva & Franco Mattes, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Olaf Nicolai, Erwin Olaf, Marco Papa …
Fotografía de los años 80 y 90 en la colección del MNCARS

Museu d´Art Espanyol Contemporani (MAEC), Palma (ES)
14 Sep 2004 – 4 Dec 2004

with Ana Laura Alaez, Helena Almeida, Juan Pablo Ballester, Tina Barney, Gabriele Basilico, Sergio Belinchon, Daniel Canogar, Hannah Collins, Gregory Crewdson, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Joan Fontcuberta, Carmela Garcia …
Printemps de Septembre

Festival of Contemporary Images

Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse (FR)
24 Sep 2004 – 17 Oct 2004

with Giovanni Anselmo, Virginie Barre, Serge Comte, Anne Daems, Christoph Draeger, Robert Heinecken, Roni Horn, Martin Kippenberger, Christian Marclay, Sven Pahlsson, Stéphane Sautour, Marijke van Warmerdam …
NOT DONE! Het KUNSTenaarsboek

MUHKA Museum, Antwerp (BE)
19 Jun 2004 – 29 Aug 2004

with John Baldessari, Dara Birnbaum, Balthasar Burkhard, Peter Downsbrough, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Sol LeWitt, Ken Lum, Paul Morrison, Antoni Muntadas, Eran Schaerf, Diana Thater, Lawrence Weiner
La mort devant soi

Wilde, Genève (CH)
27 May 2004 – 10 Jul 2004

with Dieter Appelt, Olivier Blanckart, Christian Boltanski, Wim Delvoye, Nan Goldin, Hervé Graumann, Teresa Margolles, Jennifer & Kevin McCoy, Cornelia Parker, Giuseppe Penone, Samuel Rousseau

Events

ArteFiera 2026

curated section: photography and video (Photography and moving images)

Bologna Fiere, Bologna (IT)
6 Feb 2026 – 8 Feb 2026

with Darren Almond, Carlos Amorales, Stefano Arienti, David Armstrong, Hamza Badran, John Baldessari, Rosa Barba, Per Barclay, Yael Bartana, Matteo Basile, Elisabetta Benassi, Jacopo Benassi …
The Phair 2025

Photo Art Fair

The Phair, Torino (IT)
9 May 2025 – 11 May 2025

with Vincenzo Agnetti, Tomaso Binga, Peter M. Cook, Marco Craig, Grey Crawford, Mario Cresci, Luciano D'Inverno, Alessandro Fabbris, FLORE, Franco Fontana, Frédéric Fontenoy, Pietro Fortuna …
PhEST – International Photography Festival 2023

See beyound the sea

PhEST – Festival, Monopoli (IT)
1 Sep 2023 – 1 Nov 2023

with Koos Breukel, Elinor Carucci, Alessandro Cinque, Luisa Doerr, Sian Davey, Cristina De Middel, Jean-Marc Caimi & Valentina Piccinni, Anouk Kruithof, Gideon Mendel, Zed Nelson, Ingmar Björn Nolting, Lisa Sorgini …
Thailand Biennale, Korat 2021

Butterflies Frolicking on the Mud: Engendering Sensible Capital

Thailand Biennale, Bangkok (TH)
18 Dec 2021 – 31 Mar 2022

with Hicham Berrada, Sandra Cinto, Gohar Dashti, Charlotte Dumas, Olafur Eliasson, YANG Fudong, John Gerrard, Shilpa Gupta, David Hammons, Rinko Kawauchi, Haroon Mirza, Uriel Orlow …
Jan Fabre – DIE VERLIEHENE ZEIT

Weserburg Museum, Bremen (DE)
6 May 2006
Was für amüsante Narrenpossen . VIDEOABENDE auf der MARTa - Baustelle

MARTa Herford, Herford (DE)
27 Jun 2003 – 29 Jun 2003

with Marina Abramovic, Nicoletta Agostini, Joseph Beuys, Paolo Chiasera, David Claerbout, Asta Gröting, David Hammons, Annika Larsson, Bruce Nauman, Koen Theys, Martin Walde
Virgin-Warrior/Warrior-Virgin

Palais de Tokyo, Paris (FR)

with Marina Abramovic
Slow Life Performances

Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf (DE)

with Yael Davids, Wim Delvoye, Lawrence Malstaf