Robert Smithson

♂ *1938-1973 / United States

Works

Solo exhibitions

Robert Smithson in Europa

Josef Albers Museum, Bottrop (DE)
27 Sep 2025 – 19 Apr 2026
Hypothetical Islands

Marian Goodman London , London (GB)
5 Nov 2020 – 19 Dec 2020
Spiral jetty

Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo (NL)
25 Nov 2017 – 14 Apr 2018
The Invention of Landscape

MGK Siegen, Siegen (DE)
4 Mar 2012 – 28 May 2012
Hotel Palenque

<a href="http://www.phedigital.com" target="_blank">PHotoEspaña 2008</a>

MNCARS - Museo REINA SOFIA, Madrid (ES)
4 Jun 2008 – 27 Jul 2008
Spiral Jetty

IMA - Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane (AU)
15 Mar 2008 – 26 Apr 2008
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Whitney Museum Art, New York (US)
23 Jun 2005 – 23 Oct 2005

Group

Seriously

curated by Nana Bahlmann, featuring over a hundred conceptual photographs,

SPRÜTH MAGERS, London (GB)
21 Nov 2025 – 31 Jan 2026

with Bas Jan Ader, Andrea Robbins & Max Becher, Keith Arnatt, John Baldessari, Massimo Bartolini, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Lynda Benglis, Helen Chadwick, Robert Cumming, Thomas Demand, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Braco Dimitrijevic …
Casting a Glance: Dancing with Smithson

Curated by Lisa Le Feuvre

Marian Goodman LA, Los Angeles (US)
8 Nov 2025 – 24 Jan 2026

with Leonor Antunes, Nairy Baghramian, Tacita Dean, Pierre Huyghe, An-My Le, Steve McQueen, Ana Mendieta, Bruce Nauman, Gabriel Orozco, James Welling
Rich Land, Poor Land

carriage trade, New York (US)
29 May 2025 – 27 Jul 2025

with Ansel Adams, Michael Ashkin, Ilana Harris-Babou, Nancy Holt, Dorothea Lange, Arthur Rothstein
Mining Photography

The Ecological Footprint of Image Production

Musée suisse photo, Vevey (CH)
13 Feb 2025 – 8 Jun 2025

with Ignacio Acosta, Lisa Barnard, f&d Cartier, Susanne Kriemann, Daphne Le Sergent, Mary Mattingly, Alison Rossiter, Simon Starling, James Welling, Tobias Zielony
Mining Photography

Der ökologische Fussabdruck der Bildproduktion

Gewerbemuseum Winterthur, Winterthur (CH)
21 Sep 2023 – 21 Jan 2024

with Ignacio Acosta, Lisa Barnard, Hermann Biow, f&d Cartier, Theodor Hofmeister, Oscar Hofmeister, Susanne Kriemann, Daphne Le Sergent, Madame d'Ora (Dora Kalmus), Jürgen Friedrich Mahrt, Mary Mattingly, Optics Division of the Metabolic Studio …
MINING PHOTOGRAPHY

THE ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT OF IMAGE PRODUCTION / DER ÖKOLOGISCHE FUSSABDRUCK DER BILDPRODUKTION

Kunst Haus Wien, Wien (AT)
9 Mar 2023 – 29 May 2023

with Ignacio Acosta, Lisa Barnard, Hermann Biow, f&d Cartier, Oscar Hofmeister, Theodor Hofmeister, Susanne Kriemann, Daphne Le Sergent, Madame d'Ora (Dora Kalmus), Mary Mattingly, Charles Nègre, Lisa Rave …
Mining Photography

Der ökologische Fußabdruck der Bildproduktion

Museum Kunst & Gewerbe, Hamburg (DE)
15 Jul 2022 – 31 Oct 2022

with Ignacio Acosta, Lisa Barnard, f&d Cartier, Susanne Kriemann, Daphne Le Sergent, Mary Mattingly, Lisa Rave, Alison Rossiter, Simon Starling, James Welling, Noa Yafe, Tobias Zielony
WHERE? A Brief History of Photography through Landscape

Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach (US)
5 Jan 2020 – 21 Jun 2020

with Frédéric Boissonnas, John Divola, William Henry Jackson, Gertrude Kaesebier, Brett Weston
Among the Trees

Hayward Gallery, London (GB)
4 Mar 2020 – 17 May 2020

with Robert Adams, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Tacita Dean, Giuseppe Penone, Pascale Marthine Tayou
I am you, you are too

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (US)
7 Sep 2018 – 23 Feb 2020

with Vito Acconci, Chantal Akerman, Francis Alys, Mark Bradford, Sarah Charlesworth, Bruce Conner, SONG Dong, Stan Douglas, Ellen Gallagher, Dan Graham, David Hammons, Leslie Hewitt …
Nature in Art

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

with Maurizio Cattelan, Julian Charriere, Jan Fabre, Isa Genzken, Sarah Lucas, Meret Oppenheim, Luzia Simons, Beat Streuli, Julius von Bismarck
Being Modern: MoMA in Paris

Fondation Louis Vuitton , Paris (FR)
11 Oct 2017 – 5 Mar 2018

with Laurie Anderson, Diane Arbus, Eugene Atget, Mark Bradford, Constantin Brancusi, Lygia Clark, Trisha Donnelly, Sergei Eisenstein, Walker Evans, LaToya Ruby Frazier, General Idea, Andrea Geyer …
Picture City III

carriage trade, New York (US)
2 Nov 2017 – 22 Dec 2017

with Jennifer Bolande, Andre Kertesz, Stanley Kubrick, Diane Nerwen, Cindy Sherman
Jaguars and electric eels

Julia Stoschek Collection Berlin, Berlin (DE)
5 Feb 2017 – 26 Nov 2017

with Doug Aitken, Kader Attia, Bjoerk, Trisha Donnelly, Juan Downey, Cyprien Gaillard, Ryan Gander, Manuel Graf, Nancy Holt, Isaac Julien, Simon Martin, Ana Mendieta …
Slides

The History of Projected Photography

PHOTO ELYSEE, Lausanne (CH)
1 Jun 2017 – 24 Sep 2017

with Marcel Broodthaers, Jan Dibbets, Fischli & Weiss, Ceal Floyer, Gisele Freund, Bertrand Gadenne, Jules Gervais-Courtellemont, Nan Goldin, Dan Graham, Lewis Hine, Runo Lagomarsino, William + Frederick Langenheim …
The Poetics of Place

Contemporary Photographs from The Met Collection

Metropolitan Museum 5th Ave, New York (US)
12 Dec 2016 – 28 May 2017

with Robert Adams, Darren Almond, Matthew Barney, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Laura Burns, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Lois Conner, William Eggleston, Roe Ethridge, Walker Evans, Dan Graham, Jan Groover …
130% SPRENGEL FOTO NIEDERSÄCHSISCHE SPARKASSENSTIFTUNG

Sprengel Museum, Hannover (DE)
5 Jun 2016 – 27 Dec 2016

with Robert Adams, Diane Arbus, John Baldessari, William Eggleston, Lee Friedlander, Jonas Mekas, Nicholas Nixon, Roman Polanski, Heinrich Riebesehl, Andy Warhol, Garry Winogrand
Mind Over Matter: Conceptual Art from the Collection

Berkeley Art Museum, Berkeley (US)
19 Oct 2016 – 23 Dec 2016

with Vito Acconci, Ant Farm, Eleanor Antin, John Baldessari, Lynda Benglis, Chris Burden, Jan Dibbets, Robert Filliou, Hamish Fulton, Dan Graham, Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Lynn Hershman …
The Venice Biennale - 56th International Art Exhibition

All the World's Futures

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
9 May 2015 – 22 Nov 2015

with Jumana Emil Abboud, Adel Abdessemed, Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, Abounaddara, Boris Achour, Chantal Akerman, John Akomfrah, Kutluğ Ataman, Maja Bajevic, Ernesto Ballesteros, Sammy Baloji, Rosa Barba …
Gruppenausstellung

Van Horn Gallery, Düsseldorf (DE)
31 Jan 2015 – 1 Feb 2015

with Claudio Abate, Sigmar Polke
Entropy of a City

Julia Stoschek Collection

Műcsarnok, Budapest (HU)
23 Nov 2013 – 23 Feb 2014

with Francis Alys, CAO Fei, Cyprien Gaillard, Klara Liden, Helen Marten, Gordon Matta-Clark, Lonnie van Brummelen, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Andro Wekua, Tobias Zielony
Everyday Epiphanies

Photography and Daily Life Since 1969

Metropolitan Museum 5th Ave, New York (US)
25 Jun 2013 – 26 Jan 2014

with John Baldessari, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Fischli & Weiss, Robert Gober, Nan Goldin, Jan Groover, Elisabeth McAlpine, Gabriel Orozco, Stephen Shore, William Wegman
England and Wales 1969

John Hansard Gallery, Southampton (GB)
10 May 2013 – 17 Aug 2013

with Nancy Holt
Circa 1971: Early Video & Film from the EAI Archive

Dia: Beacon, Beacon (US)
17 Sep 2011 – 4 Sep 2012

with Vito Acconci, Ant Farm, Eleanor Antin, John Baldessari, Lynda Benglis, Dan Graham, Nancy Holt, Joan Jonas, Gordon Matta-Clark, Nam June Paik, Carolee Schneemann, Steina & Woody Vasulka
Photography and Ruins

The NY Public Library, New York (US)
1 Mar 2012 – 6 May 2012

with Arthur Ann Segan, Lorna Bieber, Myra Greene, Rosalie Gwathmey, Yuichi Hibi, Denny Moers, Bruce Nauman, Alison Rossiter, Edmund Teske, Witho Worms
FotoSkulptur. Die Fotografie der Skulptur 1839 bis heute

Eine Ausstellung des Museum of Modern Art, New York

Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich (CH)
25 Feb 2011 – 15 May 2011

with Eugene Atget, Hans Bellmer, Constantin Brancusi, Brassai, Guenter Brus, Claude Cahun, ZHANG Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Fischli & Weiss, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, David Goldblatt …
Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance

Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao (ES)
9 Nov 2010 – 13 Mar 2011

with Marina Abramovic, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Walead Beshty, Christian Boltanski, Slater Bradley, Sophie Calle, James Casebere, Anne Collier, Gregory Crewdson, Tacita Dean, Thomas Demand, Lucinda Devlin …
The Original Copy: Photography of Sculpture, 1839 to Today

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
1 Aug 2010 – 1 Nov 2010

with Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Eleanor Antin, Eugene Atget, Hans Bellmer, Sibylle Bergemann, Constantin Brancusi, Brassai, Claude Cahun, ZHANG Dali, Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Roger Fenton …
Haunted : Contemporary photography / video / performance

Guggenheim New York, New York (US)
26 Mar 2010 – 6 Sep 2010

with Marina Abramovic, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Walead Beshty, Christian Boltanski, Sophie Calle, James Casebere, Paul Chan, Sarah Charlesworth, Tacita Dean, Thomas Demand, Stan Douglas, Ori Gersht …
Pop Up! Die Sammlung

Ludwig Forum, Aachen (DE)
5 Apr 2009 – 23 Aug 2009

with Yael Bartana, Danica Dakic
The Times of a Place

CDAN - Centro de Arte y Naturaleza, Huesca (SO)
23 Jan 2009 – 29 Mar 2009

with Darren Almond, James Benning, Stan Brakhage, Patricia Dauder, Tacita Dean, Beryl Korot , Melik Ohanian, Chris Welsby
Il sublime è ora

FMAV - Palazzo, Modena (IT)
19 Sep 2008 – 6 Jan 2009

with Bas Jan Ader, Andreas Bock, Tacita Dean, Cyprien Gaillard, Pierre Huyghe, Deborah Ligorio, Guido van der Werve
Jedermann Collection

Set 5 aus der Sammlung des Fotomuseum Winterthur

Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur (CH)
1 Mar 2008 – 12 Oct 2008

with Vito Acconci, John Baldessari, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Barbara Bloom, Victor Burgin, Sarah Charlesworth, Hamish Fulton, Louise Lawler, Sherrie Levine, Sol LeWitt, Gordon Matta-Clark, Cindy Sherman …
What does the jellyfish want?

Fotografien von Man Ray bis James Coleman

Museum Ludwig, Köln (DE)
31 Mar 2007 – 24 Jun 2007

with Robert Adams, Eugene Atget, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Mel Bochner, Joachim Brohm, James Coleman, Jan Dibbets, William Eggleston, Valie Export, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Lee Friedlander …
Kosmische Sehnsucht

Teil 3 des Recherche- und Ausstellungsprojekts "The Domain of the Great Bear"

Kunstraum München, München (DE)
18 Jan 2007 – 11 Mar 2007

with Mel Bochner, Christoph Keller, Kai Schiemenz
The Expanded Eye

Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich (CH)
16 Jun 2006 – 3 Sep 2006

with Olafur Eliasson, Harun Farocki, Jules Spinatsch
The Other Side

Tony Shafrazi Gallery, New York (US)
5 May 2006 – 20 Jul 2006

with Diane Arbus, Sarah Charlesworth, Larry Clark, Mike Kelley, Richard Prince, Cindy Sherman
Universal Experience: arte e vita. Lo sguardo del turista

MART, Rovereto (IT)
11 Feb 2006 – 14 May 2006

with Andrea Robbins & Max Becher, Olivo Barbieri, Tacita Dean, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Fischli & Weiss, Marine Hugonnier, Sharon Lockhart, Gabriel Orozco, Paola Pivi, Thomas Struth
Fast nichts - Minimalistische Werke aus der Friedrich Christian Flick Collection im Hamburger Bahnhof

Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (DE)
24 Sep 2005 – 23 Apr 2006

with David Claerbout, Jeroen de Rijke & Willem de Rooij, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Bruce Nauman, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Thomas Ruff, Anri Sala, Richard Serra, Alfred Stieglitz
Universal Experience: Art, Life and the Tourist's Eye

curated by Francesco Bonami

Hayward Gallery, London (GB)
6 Oct 2005 – 11 Dec 2005

with Doug Aitken, Darren Almond, Olivo Barbieri, Chris Burden, Maurizio Cattelan, Fischli & Weiss, Thomas Hirschhorn, Gabriel Orozco, Thomas Struth, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Zhan Wang, Andy Warhol
Open Systems

Tate Modern, London (GB)
1 Jun 2005 – 18 Sep 2005

with Bas Jan Ader, Marcel Broodthaers, Valie Export
Slide Show

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

with Robert Barry, Lothar Baumgarten, Marcel Broodthaers, James Coleman, Jan Dibbets, Willie Doherty, Fischli & Weiss, Ceal Floyer, Nan Goldin, Dan Graham, Louise Lawler, Helen Levitt …
Set Up: Recent Acquisitions in Photography

Whitney Museum Art, New York (US)
5 Mar 2005 – 26 Jun 2005

with Diane Arbus, Florian Maier-Aichen, Taryn Simon, David Wojnarowicz
The Last Picture Show: Artists Using Photography, 1960-1982

Miami Art Central (MAC), Miami (US)
11 Mar 2005 – 12 Jun 2005

with Vito Acconci, Bas Jan Ader, Giovanni Anselmo, Eleanor Antin, John Baldessari, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Joseph Beuys, Mel Bochner, Christian Boltanski, Marcel Broodthaers, Victor Burgin, Sarah Charlesworth …
Land

Ota Fine Arts, Tôkyô (JP)
22 Feb 2005 – 26 Mar 2005

with Amy Granat, Dennis Oppenheim, Tsuyoshi Ozawa
Fernsehgalerie Gerry Schum / videogalerie schum - Ready to shoot

Norwich Gallery, Norwich (GB)
13 Jan 2005 – 26 Feb 2005

with Giovanni Anselmo, Keith Arnatt, John Baldessari, Joseph Beuys, Jan Dibbets, Gilbert & George, Richard Long, Mario Merz, Dennis Oppenheim, Gerry Schum, Richard Serra, Ger van Elk …
Behind the Facts. Interfunktionen 1968 – 1975

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

with Vito Acconci, Keith Arnatt, John Baldessari, Lothar Baumgarten, Bill Beckley, Marcel Broodthaers, Guenter Brus, Jan Dibbets, Valie Export, Gilbert & George, Dan Graham, Roger Hutchings …
The Last Picture Show: Artists Using Photography (1960-1982)

MARCO Vigo, Vigo (ES)
28 May 2004 – 19 Sep 2004

with Vito Acconci, Bas Jan Ader, Giovanni Anselmo, Eleanor Antin, John Baldessari, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Joseph Beuys, Mel Bochner, Christian Boltanski, Marcel Broodthaers, Victor Burgin, Sarah Charlesworth …
Reflecting the mirror

Marian Goodman NY, New York (US)
14 Jun 2004 – 27 Aug 2004

with John Baldessari, Marcel Broodthaers, Tacita Dean, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Dan Graham, Pierre Huyghe, Gabriel Orozco, Francesca Woodman
The Summer show

NORR COHAN, New York (US)
9 Jul 2004 – 20 Aug 2004

with Christian Boltanski
Artists' Favourites Act I

ICA Inst Contemporary Arts, London (GB)
5 Jun 2004 – 23 Jul 2004

with Martin Creed, Peter Hujar, Philippe Parreno, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Christopher Williams
Paisaje y Memoria

La Casa Encendida, Madrid (ES)
30 Mar 2004 – 13 Jun 2004

with Marina Abramovic, Doug Aitken, Haluk Akakçe, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Bleda & Rosa, Oliver Boberg, Bibi Calderaro, Tacita Dean, Thomas Demand, Jon Mikel Euba, Fischli & Weiss, Maria Friberg …
Behind the Facts. Interfunktionen 1968 – 1975

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

with Vito Acconci, Keith Arnatt, John Baldessari, Lothar Baumgarten, Bill Beckley, Marcel Broodthaers, Guenter Brus, Jan Dibbets, Valie Export, Gilbert & George, Dan Graham, Peter Hutchinson …
50th International Venice Biennale

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
15 Jun 2003 – 2 Nov 2003

with Adel Abdessemed, Carlos Amorales, Emmanuelle Antille, Kader Attia, Maja Bajevic, John Baldessari, Matthew Barney, Zarina Bhimji, Dara Birnbaum, Sergey Bratkov, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Boris Cvjetanovic …
recepted nature

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

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

Events

Art Basel Miami Beach 2024

Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami (US)
6 Dec 2024 – 8 Dec 2024

with Marina Abramovic, Yusuke Akamatsu, Albarran Cabrera, Cory Arcangel, Kader Attia, John Baldessari, Romare Bearden, Vanessa Beecroft, Valerie Belin, Gretchen Bender, Erwin Blumenfeld, Brassai …