Lothar Baumgarten

♂ *1944-2018 / Germany

Works

Solo exhibitions

Culture Nature

GAM Galleria Civica d'Arte Moderna e Con, Torino (IT)
29 Oct 2025 – 12 Apr 2026
LAND OF THE SPOTTED EAGLE.

Werke aus der Sammlung Lothar Schirmer

Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal (DE)
24 Mar 2024 – 1 Sep 2024
Lothar Baumgarten

Galleria Franco Noero, Torino (IT)
2 Nov 2021 – 18 May 2022
Amazon Cosmos

Marian Goodman Paris, Paris (FR)
1 Sep 2021 – 7 Oct 2021
Eine natürliche Ordnung der Dinge

Eine Ausstellung mit Gabriel Rossell Santillán

ifa-Galerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart (DE)
10 Apr 2021 – 19 Sep 2021
KULTUR NATUR

Galerie Thomas Zander, Köln (DE)
4 Sep 2020 – 31 Oct 2020
The Early Years

Marian Goodman NY, New York (US)
9 Jan 2020 – 15 Feb 2020
The ship is going under, the ice is breaking through

Museo Reina Sofia - Palacio de Cristal, Madrid (ES)
3 Nov 2016 – 16 Apr 2017
SIDETRACKS

Galerie Thomas Zander, Köln (DE)
14 Apr 2016 – 28 May 2016
Abend der Zeit – Señores Naturales Yanomami

Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE)
26 Nov 2011 – 24 Jun 2012
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Marian Goodman Paris, Paris (FR)
9 Apr 2011 – 21 May 2011
River Crossing

Galerie Thomas Zander, Köln (DE)
13 Nov 2010 – 19 Feb 2011
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Galeria Elba Benitez, Madrid (ES)
7 Jun 2010 – 31 Jul 2010
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Marian Goodman NY, New York (US)
21 Oct 2008 – 20 Nov 2008
autofocus retina

Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona (ES)
8 Feb 2008 – 15 Jun 2008
Imago Mundi

Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve (DE)
29 Jan 2006 – 14 May 2006

Group

Exposition Générale

forty years of international contemporary art , 600 works by over 100 artists.

Fondation Cartier, Paris (FR)
25 Oct 2025 – 23 Aug 2026

with Absalon, Robert Adams, Claudia Andujar, Matthew Barney, Christian Boltanski, Andrea Branzi, James Coleman, Thomas Demand, Raymond Depardon, William Eggleston, Fernell Franco, Cai Guo-Qiang …
AMONG THE INVISIBLE JOINS

Werke aus der Sammlung Enea Righi

MUSEION, Bolzano (IT)
28 Sep 2024 – 2 Mar 2025

with Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Nairy Baghramian, Yto Barrada, Robert Barry, Neil Beloufa, Sonia Boyce, Lisetta Carmi, Trisha Donnelly, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Ryan Gander, Dora Garcia, Jef Geys …
Interconnected Landscapes

Marian Goodman LA, Los Angeles (US)
13 Jul 2024 – 17 Aug 2024

with James Coleman, An-My Le, Oscar Tuazon
Planet Venus in Full Daylight

BQ Berlin, Berlin (DE)
5 Mar 2024 – 13 Apr 2024

with Jochen Lempert, Richard Wright
Channeling

Neuerwerbungen + weitere Werke aus der Sammlung

MMK Museum, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
22 Sep 2023 – 11 Feb 2024

with Eric Baudelaire, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Isa Genzken, Dan Graham, Sky Hopinka, Jeroen de Rijke & Willem de Rooij, Isaac Julien, Mike Mandel, Cady Noland, Beat Streuli, Sturtevant (Elaine), Larry Sultan …
Erde. Verwobenes Leben

Kunststiftung DZ BANK, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
2 Jun 2023 – 7 Oct 2023

with Johannes Brus, Thomas Joshua Cooper, Simone Demandt, Jan Paul Evers, Rodney Graham, Carsten Hoeller, Axel Huette, Raphael Hefti, Dan Holdsworth, Timo Kahlen, Jochen Lempert, Frank Maedler …
Territories of Waste

Über die Wiederkehr des Verdrängten

Museum Tinguely, Basel (CH)
14 Sep 2022 – 8 Jan 2023

with Rudy Burckhardt, Carolina Caycedo, Julien Creuzet, Agnes Denes, Eric Hattan, Barbara Klemm, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Diana Lelonek, Otobong Nkanga, Revital Cohen & Tuur van Balen, Ed Ruscha, Tejal Shah …
EARTH BEATS

Naturbild im Wandel

Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich (CH)
1 Oct 2021 – 6 Feb 2022

with Annelies Strba, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Ursula Biemann, Laurence Bonvin, Herbert Brandl, Julian Charriere, Fischli & Weiss, Anna Jermolaewa, Ruth Kaaserer, Mikhail Karikis, Armin Linke, Richard Long …
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, Ursula Biermann, Vanessa Billy, Mark Boulos, Margaret Bourke-White, Edward Burtynsky, Mark Dion, Rena Effendi, William Eggleston …
Amazonía

Centro Andaluz de Arte, Sevilla (ES)
6 May 2021 – 31 Oct 2021

with Claudia Andujar, Francois Bucher, Sonja Och, Sergio Vega
This World Is White No Longer.

Views of a Decentered World.

Museum der Moderne , Salzburg (AT)
24 Apr 2021 – 10 Oct 2021

with Danica Dakic, Forensic Architecture, Samuel Fosso, Charlotte Haslund-Christensen, Alfredo Jaar, Adrian Piper, Lisl Ponger
Bon Voyage!

Travelling in Contemporary Art / Reisen in der Kunst der Gegenwart

Ludwig Forum, Aachen (DE)
13 Nov 2020 – 16 May 2021

with Marina Abramovic, Francis Alys, Kader Attia, Christoph Brech, Julian Charriere, Dagmar Keller & Martin Wittwer, Helene Delprat, Simon Faithfull, Mareike Foecking, Jerry Frantz, Philipp Goldbach, Michael Heizer …
Freischwimmer

Fotografie aus der Sammlung Viehof & des Museum Kurhaus Kleve

Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve (DE)
2 Oct 2020 – 25 Apr 2021

with Laurenz Berges, Tacita Dean, Thomas Demand, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Fischli & Weiss, Ori Gersht, Dan Graham, Andreas Gursky, Candida Hoefer, Axel Huette, Matthias Hoch, Evelyn Hofer …
SUBJECT and OBJECT: PHOTO RHINE RUHR

SUBJEKT und OBJEKT. FOTO RHEIN RUHR

Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf (DE)
21 Mar 2020 – 16 Aug 2020

with Gosbert Adler, Andrea Robbins & Max Becher, Alexander Basile, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Boris Becker, Laurenz Berges, Eva Bertram, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Rudolf Bonvie, Natascha Borowsky, Wendelin Bottländer, Frank Breuer …
Undefined Territories. Reflections on Postcolonialism

Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona (ES)
17 May 2019 – 20 Oct 2019

with Maria Thereza Alves, Sandra Gamarra, Maryam Jafri, Kapwani Kiwanga, Naeem Mohaiemen, Daniela Ortiz, Superflex (Jakob Fenger, Rasmus Nielsen, Bjørnstjerne Christiansen), The Otolith Group (Kodwo Eshun, Anjalika Sagar), Munem Wasif
büro komplex

Die Kunst der Arthothek im politschen Raum

Kunsthaus NRW, Aachen (DE)
27 Oct 2018 – 28 Apr 2019

with Bernd & Hilla Becher, Boris Becker, Danica Dakic, Bogomir Ecker, Albrecht Fuchs, Claus Goedicke, Klaus Mettig, Simone Nieweg, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Thomas Ruff, Katharina Sieverding, Klaus vom Bruch
Macht der Sprache. Aus den Sammlungen

Power of Language - From the Collections

Museum der Moderne , Salzburg (AT)
20 Oct 2018 – 7 Apr 2019

with Christian Ludwig Attersee, Robert Barry, Peter Downsbrough, Valie Export, Rainer Ganahl, Jaroslaw Kozlowski, David Lamelas, Ewa Partum, Arnulf Rainer, Klaus Scheruebel, Kurt Schwitters, Ana Torfs …
Räume schaffen

Aus den Sammlungen

Museum der Moderne , Salzburg (AT)
22 Oct 2016 – 17 Apr 2017

with Harun Farocki, Adrian Piper, Carolee Schneemann
HONEY, I REARRANGED THE COLLECTION

#1 Magie der Dinge. Von der Tücke des Objekts

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg (DE)
30 Apr 2016 – 29 Jan 2017

with Anna & Bernhard Blume, Thorsten Brinkmann, Fischli & Weiss, Nan Goldin, Andreas Gursky, Candida Hoefer, Louise Lawler, Annette Messager, Bernhard Prinz, Joerg Sasse
EVERYTHING HAPPENS SOMEWHERE – Landschaftsstrategien

Galerie Thomas Zander, Köln (DE)
2 Sep 2016 – 5 Nov 2016

with Robert Adams, Diane Arbus, Lewis Baltz, Victor Burgin, Peter Downsbrough, Mitch Epstein, Lee Friedlander, Andrea Geyer, Philippe Gronon, Anthony Hernandez, Anthony McCall, Dieter Meier …
Die Idee der Landschaft

Kunststiftung DZ BANK, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
26 Jun 2015 – 5 Sep 2015

with David Armstrong, Olivo Barbieri, Caroline Dlugos, Elger Esser, Beate Guetschow, Luigi Ghirri, Rodney Graham, Dan Holdsworth, Andrej Krementschouk, Andreas Muehe, Simone Nieweg, Detlef Orlopp …
WARE & WISSEN

(or the stories you wouldn’t tell a stranger)

Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
16 Jan 2014 – 4 Jan 2015

with Clegg & Guttmann , Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Armin Linke, Rut Blees Luxemburg, Pushpamala N., Otobong Nkanga
Kunst/Geschichten

Museum der Moderne , Salzburg (AT)
26 Jul 2014 – 26 Oct 2014

with Kader Attia, Marcel Broodthaers, Stan Douglas, Harun Farocki, Omer Fast, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Andrea Fraser, Andrea Geyer, Dan Graham, Kurt Kaindl, Walid Raad (The Atlas Group), Martha Rosler …
Minimal Resistance

Between late modernism and globalisation: artistic practices during the 80s and 90s

MNCARS - Museo REINA SOFIA, Madrid (ES)
16 Oct 2013 – 5 Jan 2014

with Ignasi Aballi, Pep Agut, Txomin Badiola, Dara Birnbaum, Cabello & Carceller, Jordi Colomer, Harun Farocki, Fischli & Weiss, Dora Garcia, General Idea, Dan Graham, Guerrilla Girls …
LENS DRAWINGS

Museum of Modern Art and Western Antiquities - contemporary photography curated by Jens Hoffmann

Marian Goodman Paris, Paris (FR)
28 Jun 2013 – 2 Aug 2013

with Lewis Baltz, Uta Barth, Walead Beshty, Lucas Blalock, Mark Borthwick, Josh Brand, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Talia Chetrit, Anne Collier, Luc Delahaye, Thomas Demand, Liz Deschenes …
Spies in the House of Art

Photography, Film and Video

Metropolitan Museum 5th Ave, New York (US)
7 Feb 2012 – 26 Aug 2012

with Lutz Bacher, Sophie Calle, Joseph Cornell, Tim Davis, Andrea Fraser, Candida Hoefer, Laura Larson, Louise Lawler, Rosalind Nashashibi, John Pilson, Cindy Sherman, Lorna Simpson …
Frames and Documents, Conceptualist Practices

Selections from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection

Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO), Miami (US)
30 Nov 2011 – 4 Mar 2012

with Vito Acconci, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Sophie Calle, Gordon Matta-Clark, Ed Ruscha, Francesca Woodman
Die Erfindung der Wirklichkeit

Photographie an der Kunstakademie Düsseldorf von 1970 bis heute

Akademie-Galerie, Düsseldorf (DE)
16 Sep 2011 – 5 Feb 2012

with Ole John Aandal, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Boris Becker, Joseph Beuys, Wendelin Bottländer, Thomas Demand, Jan Dibbets, Chris Durham, Sabine Dusend, Claus FÖttinger, Karin Geiger, Thomas Grünfeld …
Windflower, Perceptions of Nature

Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (NL)
9 Oct 2011 – 15 Jan 2012

with Cai Guo-Qiang, Kimsooja
Frieze Art Fair - Video and photo based art

Frieze art fair, London (GB)
13 Oct 2011 – 16 Oct 2011

with Annelies Strba, Marina Abramovic, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Haluk Akakçe, Francis Alys, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Pawel Althamer, Kutluğ Ataman, Fikret Atay, Michel Auder, Maja Bajevic, John Baldessari …
Between Here and There: Passages in Contemporary Photography

Metropolitan Museum 5th Ave, New York (US)
2 Jul 2010 – 13 Feb 2011

with Matthew Buckingham, Rineke Dijkstra, Valie Export, WENG Fen, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Igor & Svetlana Kopystiansky, Allen Ruppersberg, Fazal Sheikh, Thomas Struth, Jeff Wall
Seeing Double

Galerie Thomas Zander, Köln (DE)
15 Nov 2008 – 13 Mar 2009

with Victor Burgin, Mike Mandel, Anthony McCall, Larry Sultan, Mark Thompson
mexico: expected/unexpected

Collection Isabel et Agustín Coppel

La Maison Rouge, Paris (FR)
26 Oct 2008 – 18 Jan 2009

with Doug Aitken, Francis Alys, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Carlos Amorales, John Baldessari, Inaki Bonillas, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Rineke Dijkstra, William Eggleston, Graciela Iturbide, Helen Levitt, Marepe …
Objectivités - La photographie à Düsseldorf

Mus. d'art moderne Paris, Paris (FR)
3 Oct 2008 – 4 Jan 2009

with Bernd & Hilla Becher, Laurenz Berges, Elger Esser, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Andreas Gursky, Candida Hoefer, Klaus Mettig, Simone Nieweg, Sigmar Polke, Thomas Ruff, Joerg Sasse, Ursula Schulz-Dornburg …
Neue Ansichten - Die Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst

Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve (DE)
8 Jun 2008 – 7 Sep 2008

with Fischli & Weiss, Thomas Ruff, Jeff Wall
Why Pictures Now

Fotografie und Medienkunst heute

MUMOK Museum, Wien (AT)
9 Jun 2006 – 1 Oct 2006

with Matthew Buckingham, Thomas Demand, Valie Export, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Louise Lawler, Florian Pumhösl, Zineb Sedira, Thomas Struth, Jeff Wall
Paisaje natural en la Colección de Fotografía del IVAM

<a href="http://www.phedigital.com" target="_blank">PHotoEspaña 2006</a>

Fundación Ástroc, Madrid (ES)
26 May 2006 – 30 Jul 2006

with Ansel Adams, Robert Frank, Richard Misrach, Gerhard Richter, Alfred Stieglitz, Paul Strand, Wim Wenders
An Aside

Curated by Tacita Dean

Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea (GB)
1 Oct 2005 – 27 Nov 2005

with Rodney Graham, Raymond Hains, Sharon Lockhart
Slide Show

CAC Center Cincinnati, Cincinnati (US)
2 Jul 2005 – 11 Sep 2005

with Robert Barry, Marcel Broodthaers, James Coleman, Jan Dibbets, Willie Doherty, Fischli & Weiss, Ceal Floyer, Nan Goldin, Dan Graham, Louise Lawler, Helen Levitt, James Melchert …
An Aside

Curated by Tacita Dean

The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (GB)
14 May 2005 – 17 Jul 2005

with Rodney Graham, Raymond Hains, Sharon Lockhart
An Aside

Curated by Tacita Dean

Camden Arts Centre, London (GB)
18 Feb 2005 – 1 May 2005

with Rodney Graham, Raymond Hains, Sharon Lockhart
C la entrée!

Galerie Roger Pailhas, Marseille (FR)
15 Oct 2004 – 23 Dec 2004

with Marie Bovo, Claude Closky, Rainer Ganahl, Dan Graham, Pierre Huyghe, Marie-Jo Lafontaine
Somewhere Everywhere Nowhere

Contemporary art from the collections of the 'FRAC du Grand Est'

Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee (GB)
16 Oct 2004 – 4 Dec 2004

with Bernd & Hilla Becher, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Willie Doherty, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Douglas Gordon, Graham Gussin, Thomas Struth, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Jeff Wall
Somewhere Everywhere Nowhere

The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (GB)
16 Oct 2004 – 28 Nov 2004

with Alighiero e Boetti, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Willie Doherty, Andrea Fraser, Peter Garfield, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Douglas Gordon, Graham Gussin, Pierre Huyghe, Richard Long, Aernout Mik …
Behind the Facts. Interfunktionen 1968 – 1975

Serralves Museum, Porto (PT)
23 Jul 2004 – 3 Oct 2004

with Vito Acconci, Keith Arnatt, John Baldessari, Bill Beckley, Marcel Broodthaers, Guenter Brus, Jan Dibbets, Valie Export, Gilbert & George, Dan Graham, Roger Hutchings, David Lamelas …
Animals

Haunch of Venison, London (GB)
24 Jun 2004 – 11 Sep 2004

with Ellen Gallagher, John Isaacs, Mike Kelley, Jean-Luc Mylayne, Bruce Nauman, Joao Onofre, Marjetica Potrc, Kiki Smith, Diana Thater, Rosemarie Trockel, Bill Viola
Yanomami, l'esprit de la forêt

Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Rio de Janeiro (BR)
20 Apr 2004 – 20 Jun 2004

with Raymond Depardon
Behind the Facts. Interfunktionen 1968 – 1975

Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona (ES)
19 Feb 2004 – 2 May 2004

with Vito Acconci, Keith Arnatt, John Baldessari, Bill Beckley, Marcel Broodthaers, Guenter Brus, Jan Dibbets, Valie Export, Gilbert & George, Dan Graham, Peter Hutchinson, David Lamelas …
gegenwärtig. Feldforschung

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg (DE)
29 Aug 2003 – 28 Mar 2004

with Christian Boltanski, Sophie Calle, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Peter Piller
Yanomami

Fondation Cartier, Paris (FR)
14 May 2003 – 12 Oct 2003

with Raymond Depardon, Tony Oursler, Wolfgang Staehle, Volkmar Ziegler
recepted nature

Marian Goodman NY, New York (US)
7 Jul 2003 – 29 Aug 2003

with John Baldessari, Maurizio Cattelan, Tacita Dean, Rineke Dijkstra, Dan Graham, Steve McQueen, Gabriel Orozco, Robert Smithson, Thomas Struth, Jeff Wall

Events

Art Basel 2026

Art Basel, Basel (CH)
18 Jun 2026 – 21 Jun 2026

with Marina Abramovic, Yalda Afsah, Francis Alys, Helena Almeida, Pawel Althamer, Ryūichi Amano, David Armstrong, Kader Attia, John Baldessari, Yto Barrada, Vanessa Beecroft, Valerie Belin …
ART COLOGNE 2022

Art Cologne, Köln (DE)
18 Nov 2022 – 20 Nov 2022

with Erkan Oezgen, Heba Y. Amin, William Anastasi, Alvin Baltrop, Banz & Bowinkel, Rosa Barba, Matthew Barney, Christiane Baumgartner, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Laurenz Berges, Gregory Bojorquez, Gerd Bonfert …
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, Dawoud Bey, Matti Braun, AA Bronson, James Casebere, Talia Chetrit, Louisa Clement, Sara Cwynar, Natalie Czech …
Art Düsseldorf 2017

Art Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf (DE)
17 Nov 2017 – 19 Nov 2017

with Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Annette Kelm, Juergen Klauke, Max Regenberg, Tata Ronkholz, Thomas Ruff, Berit Schneidereit, Juergen Teller