Lucas Samaras

♂ *1936-2024 / Greece / United States

Works

Solo exhibitions

Sitting, Standing, Walking, Looking

innovative photographs

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (US)
31 Jan 2026 – 20 Jul 2026
Me, Myself, ...

Pace / MacGill Gallery, New York (US)
17 Jan 2020 – 22 Feb 2020
Photo-Transformations

Craig F. Starr Gallery, New York (US)
7 Jun 2018 – 10 Aug 2018
Album 2

The Pace Gallery, New York (US)
2 May 2015 – 28 Aug 2015
Reflections

Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo (US)
21 Jun 2014 – 6 Nov 2014
Offerings From a Restless Soul

Metropolitan Museum 5th Ave, New York (US)
24 Feb 2014 – 1 Jun 2014
Paraxena

Venice Biennale - GR, Venezia (IT)
7 Jun 2009 – 22 Nov 2009
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Pace / MacGill Gallery, New York (US)
31 Mar 2005 – 30 Apr 2005
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Pace / MacGill Gallery, New York (US)
24 Mar 2005 – 30 Apr 2005
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Rena Bransten Projects, San Francisco (US)
21 Oct 2004 – 27 Nov 2004
PHOTOFICTIONS

Waddington Custot, London (GB)
24 Mar 2004 – 17 Apr 2004
Unrepentant Ego: The Self-Portraits of Lucas Samaras

Whitney Museum Art, New York (US)
13 Nov 2003 – 8 Feb 2004
Photofictions

The Pace Gallery, New York (US)
11 Nov 2003 – 17 Jan 2004
Mutations

Galerie Xippas, Paris (FR)
7 Nov 2002 – 14 Dec 2002

Group

Time Travelers

Photographs from the Gayle Greenhill Collection

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
31 Oct 2025 – 16 Feb 2026

with Robert Adamson, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Karl Blossfeldt, Julia Margaret Cameron, Chuck Close, Imogen Cunningham, Harold E. Edgerton, William Eggleston, William Henry Fox Talbot, Robert Frank …
Suddenly there was nothing

Photos on Fridges

Harkawik, New York (US)
8 Nov 2025 – 10 Jan 2026

with Amy Adler, Farah Al Qasimi, Merry Alpern, Laurie Anderson, Nobuyoshi Araki, Diane Arbus, Olivia Arthur, Michel Auder, Michael Bailey-Gates, Nikolay Bakharev, Lewis Baltz, Jared Bark …
Transformations: American Photographs from the 1970s

Philadelphia Museum Art, Philadelphia (US)
27 Jan 2024 – 7 Jul 2024

with Robert Adams, William Eggleston, Mikki Ferrill, Charles Gaines, Michael Jang, William Larson, Susan Meiselas, Joel Meyerowitz, Martha Rosler
Visions from America

Photographs from the Whitney Museum of American Art, 1940–2001

Whitney Museum Art, New York (US)
26 Jun 2022 – 22 Sep 2022

with Vito Acconci, Robert Adams, Merry Alpern, William Anastasi, Janine Antoni, Diane Arbus, David Armstrong, Richard Avedon, John Baldessari, Lewis Baltz, Tina Barney, Matthew Barney …
Alter Egos

Projected Selves

Metropolitan Museum 5th Ave, New York (US)
22 Nov 2021 – 1 May 2022

with Doug Aitken, HAI Bo, Ellen Carey, Justine Cooper, Valie Export, WENG Fen, Samuel Fosso, Tom Friedman, Gilbert & George, Debbie Grossman, Richard Hamilton, HONG Hao …
The Polaroid Project

At the Intersection of Art and Technology

MIT Museum, Boston (US)
11 Oct 2019 – 21 Jun 2020

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Sibylle Bergemann, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Guy Bourdin, Ellen Carey, Helen Chadwick, Chuck Close, Marie Cosindas, Barbara Crane, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Harold E. Edgerton, Joan Fontcuberta …
Tableau and Transformation

Photography from the Permanent Collection

Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa (US)
20 Jun 2019 – 20 Oct 2019

with John Baldessari, Morton Bartlett, Zeke Berman, Blythe Bohnen, Victor Burgin, James Casebere, Eileen Cowin, Robert Cumming, Robert Fichter, Stephen Frailey, Les Krims, Duane Michals …
Eye to I: Self-Portraits from 1900 to Today

National Portrait Gallery, Washington (US)
2 Nov 2018 – 18 Aug 2019

with Imogen Cunningham, Joan Jonas, Evan Roth, Shahzia Sikander, Molly Soda, Jessie Tarbox Beals
Das Polaroid Projekt

C/O Berlin, Berlin (DE)
7 Jul 2018 – 23 Sep 2018

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Sibylle Bergemann, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Guy Bourdin, Ellen Carey, Helen Chadwick, Chuck Close, Barbara Crane, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Joan Fontcuberta, Luigi Ghirri, Richard Hamilton …
Pairs

Pace / MacGill Gallery, New York (US)
10 May 2018 – 24 Aug 2018

with Diane Arbus, Yto Barrada, Aneta Bartos, William Christenberry, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Emmet Gowin, Paul Graham, Peter Hujar, Richard Learoyd, Yoshitomo Nara, Susan Paulsen …
Experiments in Motion

Photographs from the Collection

Philadelphia Museum Art, Philadelphia (US)
21 Apr 2018 – 19 Aug 2018

with Harry Callahan, Thomas Eakins, Harold E. Edgerton, Graciela Iturbide, An-My Le, David Lebe, Eliot Porter, Alison Rossiter, Zoe Strauss
Multiple Medium: Photographs from the Collection

Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati (US)
23 Jan 2018 – 25 Mar 2018

with Berenice Abbott, Abel Fletcher, Clarence John Laughlin, Zanele Muholi
THE POLAROID PROJECT

WestLicht, Wien (AT)
18 Nov 2017 – 25 Feb 2018

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Sibylle Bergemann, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Guy Bourdin, Ellen Carey, Helen Chadwick, Chuck Close, Marie Cosindas, Barbara Crane, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Joan Fontcuberta, Toto Frima …
Speech

Pace / MacGill Gallery, New York (US)
9 Feb 2017 – 29 Apr 2017

with Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, HAI Bo, Hal Fischer, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Jim Goldberg, David Goldblatt, Gregory Halpern, ZHANG Huan, Peter Hujar, Josef Koudelka …
The Magic Medium

LACMA Museum, Los Angeles (US)
11 Jul 2015 – 7 Feb 2016

with Eugene Atget, Matthew Brandt, Jo Ann Callis, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Harold E. Edgerton, William Eggleston, Matt Lipps, Nic Nicosia
BACK

Pace / MacGill Gallery, New York (US)
18 Jun 2015 – 28 Aug 2015

with Adou, Richard Benson, Harry Callahan, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Jim Goldberg, Emmet Gowin, Paul Graham, Peter Hujar, Jocelyn Lee, Nicholas Nixon, Tod Papageorge …
Take One: Contemporary Photographs

Philadelphia Museum Art, Philadelphia (US)
25 Apr 2015 – 5 Aug 2015

with Robert Adams, Caleb Charland, Moyra Davey, Jan Dibbets, John Divola, Terry Evans, Robbert Flick, Lucas Foglia, David Goldblatt, Andreas Gursky, An-My Le, Chris McCaw …
In the Studio: Photographs

Curated by Peter Galassi

Gagosian Gallery, New York (US)
17 Feb 2015 – 18 Apr 2015

with Richard Avedon, Constantin Brancusi, Brassai, Walker Evans, Lee Friedlander, Andre Kertesz, Eadweard J. Muybridge, John O'Reilly, Robert Rauschenberg, Cindy Sherman, Josef Sudek, Weegee
Modern Alchemy: Experiments in Photography

The Heckscher Museum of Art, Huntington (US)
6 Dec 2014 – 15 Mar 2015

with Matthew Brandt, Harry Callahan, Chris McCaw, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Abelardo Morell, Aaron Siskind, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Maggie Taylor, Edmund Teske, Jerry N. Uelsmann
Multi Panel

Pace / MacGill Gallery, New York (US)
27 Mar 2014 – 29 May 2014

with Vito Acconci, Richard Benson, Harry Callahan, William Christenberry, Chuck Close, Robert Cumming, Robert Frank, Emmet Gowin, Paul Graham, Robert Heinecken, Peter Hujar, Michal Rovner …
What is a Photograph?

ICP Center of Photography, New York (US)
31 Jan 2014 – 4 May 2014

with Matthew Brandt, Marco Breuer, Liz Deschenes, Adam Fuss, Owen Kydd, Floris Neusuess, Marlo Pascual, Sigmar Polke, Eileen Quinlan, Jon Rafman, Gerhard Richter, Mariah Robertson …
The Bunnen Collection of Photography

High Museum of Art, Atlanta (US)
7 Sep 2013 – 2 Feb 2014

with Oraien Catledge, Chuck Close, William Eggleston, Nan Goldin, Clarence John Laughlin, Sally Mann, Nicholas Nixon, Cindy Sherman, Joel Sternfeld, William Wegman, Edward Weston
The Polaroid Years: Instant Photography and Experimentation

The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Poughkeepsie (US)
12 Apr 2013 – 30 Jun 2013

with Ansel Adams, Jack Butler, Ellen Carey, Chuck Close, Anne Collier, John Coplans, Marie Cosindas, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Ray Eames, Charles Eames, Walker Evans, Bryan Graf …
Face to Time

Festival PhotoEspana

Real Jardín Botánico, Madrid (ES)
1 Jun 2011 – 17 Jul 2011

with Esther Ferrer, Peter Forgacs, Pere Formiguera, KAN Xuan
Staging Action: Performance in Photography since 1960

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
28 Jan 2011 – 9 May 2011

with Vito Acconci, Bas Jan Ader, Matthew Barney, Matthew Barney, Guenter Brus, Valie Export, Valie Export, Robert Filliou, Lee Friedlander, Gilbert & George, George Maciunas, George Maciunas …
Surface Tension: Contemporary Photographs from the Collection

Metropolitan Museum 5th Ave, New York (US)
15 Sep 2009 – 16 May 2010

with Anna Atkins, Marco Breuer, Andrew Bush, Miles Coolidge, Tim Davis, Robert Demachy, Walker Evans, Roger Fenton, Lee Friedlander, Tom Friedman, Adam Fuss, Ann Hamilton …
Shake It: An Instant History of the Polaroid

Pump House Gallery, London (GB)
6 Oct 2009 – 13 Dec 2009

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Guy Bourdin, Roe Ethridge, Walker Evans, Richard Hamilton, David Hockney, Andre Kertesz, Rut Blees Luxemburg, Robert Mapplethorpe, Jonathan Monk, Lisa Oppenheim, Michael Snow …
Source Codes

Sprüth Magers, Berlin (DE)
26 Jun 2009 – 29 Aug 2009

with Kenneth Anger, Richard Artschwager, John Baldessari, Bruce Conner, Richard Hamilton, David Lamelas, Ed Ruscha, John Stezaker, Paul Thek
Tattoo

Kuratiert von Peter Weibel, ZKM

Teutloff Collection, Bielefeld (DE)
15 Feb 2009 – 30 Apr 2009

with Daniele Buetti, Mario Cravo Neto, Robert Doisneau, Valie Export, Alex Flemming, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Margi Geerlinks, Lynn Hershman, Thomas Hoepker, Herbert Hoffmann, John Isaacs, Geoffrey Johnson …
Conceptual Photography 1964-1980

David Zwirner, New York (US)
9 May 2007 – 23 Jun 2007

with Vito Acconci, Giovanni Anselmo, John Baldessari, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Mel Bochner, Hans Breder, Marcel Broodthaers, Valie Export, Fischli & Weiss, Dan Graham, Birgit Juergenssen, Sol LeWitt …
Summer of Love

Psychedelische Kunst der 60er Jahre

SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
2 Nov 2005 – 12 Feb 2006

with David Bailey, Cecil Beaton, Bernie Boston, William Claxton, Günther Uecker, Andy Warhol
Portraits of Artists

Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York (US)
7 Jan 2006 – 4 Feb 2006

with Berenice Abbott, Vito Acconci, Richard Avedon, Constantin Brancusi, Sophie Calle, Larry Clark, Chuck Close, Hollis Frampton, Adam Fuss, Candida Hoefer, Jacob Hilsdorf, Allan Kaprow …
Contemporary Photography

from the collection

Yokohama Museum of Art, Yokohama (JP)
1 Aug 2005 – 20 Nov 2005

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Robert Frank, Noritoshi Hirakawa, Miyako Ishiuchi, Tomoko Isoda, Dock Jun Kwak, Xiao-hu MA, Robert Mapplethorpe, Taiji Matsue, Martin Parr, Richard Prince, Thomas Ruff …
BEYOND REAL. Part 1 - Dressing Up

Australian Centre Photo, Sydney (AU)
7 Oct 2005 – 12 Nov 2005

with Peter Burke, Bernard Faucon, Marcus Leatherdale, Christopher Makos, Man Ray , Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Polixeni Papapetrou, George Platt-Lynes, Luke Roberts, Cindy Sherman
Attack to the representation

Photosynkyria 2005 - Wonders and Mysteries

Museum of Photography, Thessaloníki (GR)
21 Feb 2005 – 20 Mar 2005

with Viktor Koen, Vik Muniz, Artemis Potamianou, Yiannis Psychopedis, Epaminondas Schizas, Nayia Yiakoumaki

Events

Photographs Online

Bonhams New York, New York (US)
31 Mar 2026 – 9 Apr 2026

with Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Sophie Calle, Julia Margaret Cameron, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Edward S. Curtis, Sally Mann, Robert Mapplethorpe, Irving Penn, Carolee Schneemann, Hiroshi Sugimoto
Paris Photo 2025 - Group show

The Pace Gallery, Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025

with Diane Arbus, Yto Barrada, Harry Callahan, William Christenberry, Lucia Engstrom, Robert Frank, Emmet Gowin, Paul Graham, Peter Hujar, Josef Koudelka, Richard Learoyd, Richard Misrach …
Photographs Online

Bonhams New York, New York (US)
1 Oct 2025 – 10 Oct 2025

with Ansel Adams, John Baldessari, Lewis Baltz, Robert Frank, Luigi Ghirri, Nan Goldin, Fan Ho, Helen Levitt, Sol LeWitt, Man Ray , Steve McCurry, Eadweard J. Muybridge …
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Zsona Maco, Mexico City (MX)
7 Feb 2019 – 10 Feb 2019

with Sofia Ayarzagoitia, Jose Manuel Ballester, Vanessa Beecroft, Lynda Benglis, Barbara Bloom, James Casebere, Adriana DuQue, Christine Elfman, Bruna Esposito, Leandro Feal, Lourdes Grobet, Candida Hoefer …