John Heartfield

♂ *1891-1968 / Germany

Works

Solo exhibitions

33 Geistesblitze. Antifaschistische Fotomontagen

von John Heartfield, 2024 neu gelesen

Kunsthalle Erfurt, Erfurt (DE)
8 Mar 2024 – 9 Jun 2024
Fotografie plus Dynamit

NS-Dokumentationszentrum, München (DE)
2 Dec 2021 – 27 Feb 2022
Fotografie plus Dynamit

Akademie der Künste, Berlin (DE)
2 Jun 2020 – 23 Aug 2020
ZEITausSCHNITTE

Fotomontagen 1918-38

Berlinische Galerie, Berlin (DE)
29 May 2009 – 31 Aug 2009
Heartfield : Photomontages

Galerie 1900-2000, Paris (FR)
9 Nov 2006 – 9 Dec 2006
Photomontages politiques 1930-1938

MAMCS Strasbourg, Strasbourg (FR)
7 Apr 2006 – 23 Jul 2006
Agitated Images: John Heartfield and German Photomontage, 1920–1938

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (US)
21 Feb 2006 – 25 Jun 2006
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Ehemalige Schule, Waldsieversdorf (DE)
20 Sep 2003 – 20 Sep 2004
Fotomontagen 1928-1939

Karikaturmuseum Krems, Krems (AT)
2 Mar 2003 – 11 May 2003
Photomontages

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
15 Apr 1993 – 6 Jul 1993

Group

X-RAY

Die Macht des Röntgenblicks

Völklinger Hütte, Völklingen (DE)
9 Nov 2025 – 6 Sep 2026

with Claude Cahun, Joseph Maria Eder, Noelle Mason, Nick Veasey, William Wegman
FAKE!

Early photocollages and photomontages

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (NL)
6 Feb 2026 – 25 May 2026

with Anonymous
EMOP: was zwischen uns steht. Fotografie als Medium der Chronik

EMOP: what stands between us. Photography as a Medium for Chronicling

Akademie der Künste, Berlin (DE)
28 Feb 2025 – 4 May 2025

with Ilit Azoulay, Yevgenia Belorusets, Cana Bilir-Meier, Hannah Darabi, Bérangère Fromont, Fungi aka Phuong Tran Minh, Beate Guetschow, Benoît Grimbert, Raisan Hameed, Leon Kahane, Susanne Keichel, Simon Lehner …
Oil

Schönheit und Schrecken des Erdölzeitalters Beauty and Horror in the Petrol Age

Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg (DE)
4 Sep 2021 – 9 Jan 2022

with Monira Al Qadiri, Yuri Ancarani, Qiu Anxiong, Kader Attia, Lothar Baumgarten, Ursula Biermann, Vanessa Billy, Mark Boulos, Margaret Bourke-White, Edward Burtynsky, Mark Dion, Rena Effendi …
Photographie, arme de classe / Photography as a weapon of class

La photographie sociale et documentaire en France. 1928-1936

Centre Photographie Geneve, Genève (CH)
12 Feb 2020 – 18 Mar 2020

with Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Denise Bellon, Jacques-Andre Boiffard, Brassai, Marianne Breslauer, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, Èmeric Feher, Gisele Freund, Andre Kertesz, Willy Kessels, Francois Kollar …
Up in Arms

Kunst Kreuzberg / Bethanien, Berlin (DE)
28 Sep 2019 – 15 Dec 2019

with Regina Jose Galindo, Vanessa Gravenor, Ana Hoffner, Hiwa K, Peter Kennard, Julian Roeder, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), Hito Steyerl, Cengiz Tekin
Die Anderen sind Wir

Bilder einer dissonanten Gesellschaft

Brandenburgisches Landesmuseum, Cottbus (DE)
17 Aug 2019 – 13 Oct 2019

with Anna & Bernhard Blume, Gerd Bonfert, Kurt Buchwald, Klaus Elle, Thomas Florschuetz, Kevin Fuchs, Jakob Ganslmeier, Cale Garrido, Andrea Gruetzner, Hannes Jung, Matthias Leupold, Ulrich Lindner …
De l'archive à l'Histoire

Howard Greenberg Gallery

Campredon centre d'art, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (FR)
9 Mar 2019 – 9 Jun 2019

with Berenice Abbott, Nobuyoshi Araki, Eve Arnold, Eugene Atget, Lillian Bassman, Lou Bernstein, Bill Brandt, Harry Callahan, Robert Capa, Mark Citret, Horacio Coppola, Bruce Davidson …
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, Gustavs Klucis, Dorothea Lange, Alexander Rodchenko, David (Chim) Seymour, Grete Stern, Paul Strand
Photographie, arme de classe / Photography as a weapon of class

La photographie sociale et documentaire en France. 1928-1936

Centre Pompidou, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2018 – 4 Feb 2019

with Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Marcel Arthaud, Denise Bellon, Jacques-Andre Boiffard, Brassai, Marianne Breslauer, Andre Breton, Etienne Carjat, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Doisneau, Nora Dumas, Èmeric Feher …
The Magazine and the New Photography: Koga and Japanese Modernism

Museum of Photography, Tokyo (JP)
6 Mar 2018 – 6 May 2018

with Eugene Atget, Ihei Kimura, Kiyoshi Koishi, Iwata Nakayama, Kimura Senichi
Farewell Photography: Widerständige Bilder

Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie

Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg (DE)
9 Sep 2017 – 5 Nov 2017

with Willem de Rooij, Forensic Architecture, Richard Frater, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Nikita Kadan, Fred Lonidier, Merle Kröger und Philip Scheffner, Naeem Mohaiemen, belit sag, D. H. Saur, Mark Soo, Klaus Staeck …
Photographic works in the Museion Collection

MUSEION, Bolzano (IT)
25 Nov 2016 – 17 Sep 2017

with Eleanor Antin, Vanessa Beecroft, Rossella Biscotti, Guenter Brus, Daniele Buetti, Marcel Duchamp, Valie Export, Michael Fliri, Isa Genzken, Gilbert & George, Nan Goldin, Douglas Gordon …
Visual Notes for an Upside-Down World

P.P.O.W. Gallery, New York (US)
29 Jun 2017 – 18 Aug 2017

with Alice Austen, Aziz + Cucher, Hans Bellmer, Dan Graham, Hans Haacke, Mona Hatoum, Florence Henri, Edmund Kesting, Helmar Lerski, Man Ray , Carlos Motta, Adam Putnam …
Insurreccions

MNAC - Museo Nacional de Arte, Barcelona (ES)
24 Feb 2017 – 1 May 2017

with Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Manel Armengol, Bruno Boudjelal, Gilles Caron, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Chieh-Jen Chen, Andre Adolphe-Eugene Disderi, Eduardo Gil, Raymond Hains, Germaine Krull, Man Ray
Soulèvements

Jeu de Paume, Paris (FR)
18 Oct 2016 – 15 Jan 2017

with Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Bruno Boudjelal, Gilles Caron, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Chieh-Jen Chen, Leonard Freed, Agnes Geoffray, Eduardo Gil, Raymond Hains, Ken Hamblin, Estefania Penafiel Loaiza, Man Ray …
Sight Reading: Photography and the Legible World

George Eastman Museum, Rochester (US)
18 Jun 2016 – 18 Sep 2016

with John Baldessari, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Sophie Calle, William Henry Fox Talbot, Francis Frith, Eadweard J. Muybridge
Vom Neuen Sehen zur Fotokunst

Fotografie aus der Sammlung im Willy-Brandt-Haus

Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin (DE)
25 Apr 2015 – 28 Jun 2015

with Letizia Battaglia, Sibylle Bergemann, Margaret Bourke-White, Renate Brandt, Robert Capa, César Domela, Rainer Fetting, Andreas Gefeller, Manfred Hamm, Albert Hennig, Rudolf Holtappel, Magdalena Jetelova …
Manifesto!

An Alternative History of Photography

Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur (CH)
13 Sep 2014 – 23 Nov 2014

with Shahidul Alam, Nobuyoshi Araki, Keith Arnatt, Mel Bochner, Victor Burgin, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Louis Darget, Peter Henry Emerson, William Henry Fox Talbot, Francis Frith, Luigi Ghirri …
European & Russian Photomontage, 1920–1940

Selections from the Merrill C. Berman Collection

UBU Gallery, New York (US)
15 May 2009 – 31 Jul 2009

with El Lissitzky, Boris Ignatovich, József Pécsi, Alexander Rodchenko, Paul Schuitema, Solomon Telingater, Piet Zwart
Rock my religion

Domus Artium 2002, Salamanca (ES)
3 Oct 2008 – 15 Dec 2008

with Doug Aitken, John Baldessari, Slater Bradley, Olaf Breuning, Douglas Gordon, Andreas Gursky, Richard Kern, Robert Mapplethorpe
Marinus und Heartfield

Museum Ludwig, Köln (DE)
9 Aug 2008 – 19 Oct 2008

with Marinus (Jacob Kjeldgard)
FOTO | Modernity in Central Europe, 1918-1945

Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh (GB)
7 Jun 2008 – 31 Aug 2008

with Wladyslaw Bednarczuk, Hans Bellmer, Ernö Berda, Eva Besnyoe, Marianne Brandt, Trude Fleischmann, Jaromir Funke, Hannah Hoech, Lotte Jacobi, Andre Kertesz, Rudolf Koppitz, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy …
Apocalypse Now: The Theater of War

An attack curated by Jennifer Allora, Guillermo Calzadilla, and Jens Hoffmann

Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco (US)
29 Nov 2007 – 26 Jan 2008

with Margaret Bourke-White, George Grosz, Bruce Nauman, Alexander Rodchenko, Martha Rosler
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 …
Foto 90

Museu de arte moderna, Rio de Janeiro (BR)
22 Feb 2007 – 6 May 2007

with Geraldo de Barros, George Grosz, Man Ray , Laszlo Moholy-Nagy
UPPENBAR(A)T // Revelation. Representations of Christ in Photography

Produced by Israel Museum of Art, Jerusalem

Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Stockholm (SE)
8 Oct 2006 – 7 Jan 2007

with Marina Abramovic, Dieter Appelt, Pierre Bonnard, Julia Margaret Cameron, Toni Catany, David McDermott & Peter McGough, Frantisek Drtikol, Lewis Hine, Herlinde Koelbl, Les Krims, Lehnert & Landrock , Annie Leibovitz …
Berlin - Tokio / Tokio - Berlin. Die Kunst zweier Städte

Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (DE)
8 Jun 2006 – 3 Oct 2006

with Herbert Bayer, Candice Breitz, Marianne Breslauer, Chargesheimer, Ei-Q, Annika Eriksson, Hans Finsler, Arno Fischer, Walter Funkat, George Grosz, Hannah Hoech, Hannah Hoech …
Corpus Christi. Christusdarstellungen in der Fotografie

Kunsthalle Krems, Krems (AT)
29 Jun 2006 – 24 Sep 2006

with Dieter Appelt, Pierre Bonnard, Frantisek Drtikol, Herlinde Koelbl, Lehnert & Landrock , Man Ray , Robert Mapplethorpe, Marina Abramovic/Ulay, Duane Michals, Boris Mikhailov, Vik Muniz, Adi Nes …
Tokyo - Berlin / Berlin - Tokyo

Mori Art Museum, Tôkyô (JP)
28 Jan 2006 – 7 May 2006

with Herbert Bayer, Candice Breitz, Marianne Breslauer, Chargesheimer, Ei-Q, Annika Eriksson, Hans Finsler, Arno Fischer, Walter Funkat, George Grosz, Hannah Hoech, Heinz Hajek-Halke …
Faces in the Crowd

Painters of Modern Life from Manet to Today

Castello di Rivoli , Torino (IT)
6 Apr 2005 – 10 Jul 2005

with Eve Arnold, Eugene Atget, Christian Boltanski, Rene Burri, Sophie Calle, Robert Capa, Destiny Deacon , Valie Export, George Grosz, Andreas Gursky, Seydou Keita, William Kentridge …
Faces in the Crowd

Painters of Modern Life from Manet to Today

Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (GB)
3 Dec 2004 – 6 Mar 2005

with Eve Arnold, Eugene Atget, Christian Boltanski, Rene Burri, Sophie Calle, Robert Capa, Destiny Deacon , Valie Export, George Grosz, Andreas Gursky, Seydou Keita, William Kentridge …
Pieced Together: Photomontage from the Collection

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (US)
22 May 2004 – 19 Sep 2004

with Robert Heinecken, David Hockney, Kenneth Josephson, Thomas Kellner, Mike + Doug Starn
Images of History - PHOTOESPAÑA 2004

Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid (ES)
1 Jun 2004 – 12 Sep 2004

with Alighiero e Boetti, Christian Boltanski, Robert Capa, Luc Delahaye, Gosbert Gottmann, Ted Green, Richard Hamilton, Gustavs Klucis, Malcolm Morley, Wang Qingsong, Josep Renau, Paul Schuitema …
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, Elena Blasco, Isidro Blasco, Daniel Blaufuks …
Variations on Spain - PHOTOESPAÑA 2004

Photography and Art 1900-1980

Centro Cultural de la Villa de Madrid, Madrid (ES)
4 Jun 2004 – 18 Jul 2004

with Jalon Angel, Bill Brandt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gabriel Casas, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Gabriel Cuallado, Joan Fontcuberta, Robert Frank, Cristina Garcia Rodero, Luis Gordillo, Juan Hidalgo, Adolf Mas …
FOTOGRAFÍA E ARTE: Variacións en España 1900-1980

MARCO Vigo, Vigo (ES)
6 Feb 2004 – 16 May 2004

with Jose Maria Alvarez de Toledo, Jalon Angel, Adalberto Benítez, Bill Brandt, Antoni Campañá, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Gabriel Casas, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Gabriel Cuallado, Sibylle de Kaskel, Joan Fontcuberta, Robert Frank …
Corpus Christi. Christus-Darstellungen aus drei Jahrhunderten Photographie

Haus der Photographie, Hamburg (DE)
18 Dec 2003 – 12 Apr 2004

with Freddy Alborta, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Dieter Appelt, Pierre Bonnard, Julia Margaret Cameron, Toni Catany, David McDermott & Peter McGough, John Demos, Frantisek Drtikol, John Dugdale, Luis Gonzalez Palma, Lewis Hine …
Corpus Christi. Christus-Darstellungen aus drei Jahrhunderten Photographie

Haus der Photographie, Hamburg (DE)
18 Dec 2003 – 12 Apr 2004

with Freddy Alborta, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Dieter Appelt, Pierre Bonnard, Julia Margaret Cameron, Toni Catany, David McDermott & Peter McGough, John Demos, Frantisek Drtikol, John Dugdale, Luis Gonzalez Palma, Lewis Hine …

Events

EMOP Berlin - European Month of Photography 2025

EMOP Berlin, Berlin (DE)
1 Mar 2025 – 31 Mar 2025

with Kelani Abass, Lena-Lotte Agger, Susanne Ahner, Anna Aicher, Kathleen Alisch, Malala Andrialavidrazana, Atong Atem, Ilit Azoulay, Yevgenia Belorusets, Cana Bilir-Meier, Benedikt Burger, Cihan Cakmak …
Photography

Lempertz, Köln (DE)
24 May 2024 – 3 Jun 2024

with Berenice Abbott, Diane Arbus, Aenne Biermann, Ilse Bing, Karl Blossfeldt, Chargesheimer, Lotte Gerson Collein, Thomas Demand, T. Lux Feininger, Candida Hoefer, Thomas Hoepker, Peter Keetman …
Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie 2017

Farewell Photography

Biennale aktuelle Fotografie, Mannheim (DE)
9 Sep 2017 – 5 Nov 2017

with Rosa Barba, Natalie Bookchin, Kilian Breier, f&d Cartier, Willem de Rooij, Harun Farocki, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Arno Gisinger, Philipp Goldbach, Simon Gush, Alfredo Jaar, Sven Johne …