Ron Galella

♂ *1931-2022 / United States

Works

Solo exhibitions

Shooting stars

Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (NL)
1 Jun 2019 – 6 Jul 2019
55 YEARS A PAPARAZZI

Staley-Wise Gallery, New York (US)
25 Sep 2015 – 28 Nov 2015
Pop, Rock, Dance

Staley-Wise Gallery, New York (US)
13 Dec 2013 – 25 Jan 2014
Paparazzo extraordinaire!

Centro Sociocultural Novacaixagalicia, A Coruña (ES)
3 Oct 2013 – 11 Jan 2014
Paparazzo Extraordinaire!

foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam (NL)
8 Jun 2012 – 23 Aug 2012
Paparazzo Extraordinaire!

C/O Berlin, Berlin (DE)
10 Dec 2011 – 26 Feb 2012
Boxing with the stars

A.Galerie, Paris (FR)
12 Sep 2011 – 22 Oct 2011
Vintage Galella

Hamiltons, London (GB)
14 Sep 2011 – 1 Oct 2011
Paparazzo Extraordinaire

Festival PhotoEspana

Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid (ES)
1 Jun 2011 – 17 Jul 2011
Smash his camera

Young Gallery Knokke, Knokke (BE)
9 Apr 2011 – 5 Jun 2011
Jackie: My Obsession

Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (NL)
8 Jan 2011 – 12 Feb 2011
Smash his camera

Clic Bookstore & Gallery, New York (US)
1 Jun 2010 – 30 Jun 2010
Off-guard

Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (NL)
7 Jun 2008 – 28 Jun 2008
Disco Years

Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (NL)
2 Dec 2006 – 14 Jan 2007
Disco Years

KASMIN, New York (US)
6 Sep 2006 – 7 Oct 2006
The Kennedys

Power House Gallery, New York (US)
18 Nov 2005 – 7 Jan 2006
Photography with the PAPARAZZI approach

An exhibition of 100 vintage prints taken between 1965 - 1989

Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (NL)
27 Nov 2004 – 8 Jan 2005

Group

From Our Archive

Staley-Wise Gallery, New York (US)
10 Sep 2026 – 24 Oct 2026

with Slim Aarons, Richard Avedon, Harry Benson, Henry Clarke, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Baron Adolphe De Meyer, Patrick Demarchelier, Victor Demarchelier, Arthur Elgort, Pamela Hanson, William Helburn, Horst P. Horst …
Pairs

Staley-Wise Gallery, New York (US)
14 Jun 2024 – 16 Aug 2024

with Slim Aarons, Richard Avedon, Sid Avery, Harry Benson, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Patrick Demarchelier, Robert Doisneau, Arthur Elgort, Pamela Hanson, William Helburn, Horst P. Horst, George Hoyningen-Huene …
PAPARAZZI!

WestLicht, Wien (AT)
24 Nov 2023 – 11 Feb 2024

with Anton Corbijn, G.R.A.M., Marcello Geppetti, Alison Jackson, Helmut Newton, Tazio Secchiaroli
WHO'S WHO?

Staley-Wise Gallery, New York (US)
5 May 2023 – 25 Aug 2023

with Gilles Bensimon, Harry Benson, André de Dienes, Arthur Elgort, Abe Frajndlich, Milton H. Greene, Philippe Halsman, Daniel Kramer, David LaChapelle, John Leongard, David Lockwood, Michael O'Neill …
20 Years of Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen

Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (NL)
15 Oct 2022 – 19 Nov 2022

with Andrew Bush, Willem Diepraam, Toshio Enomoto, Gregory Halpern, Gerry Johansson, Raymond Meeks, Asako Narahashi, Pentti Sammallahti, Bryan Schutmaat, Han Singels, Sanlé Sory, Mark Steinmetz …
The Rolling Stones "''Sixty''"

A.Galerie, Paris (FR)
12 May 2022 – 31 Jul 2022

with Lynn Goldsmith, Bob Gruen, Gered Mankowitz, Mark Seliger, Albert Watson
Andy Warhol: Fantastic!

Camera Work CWC Gallery, Berlin (DE)
24 Nov 2018 – 25 Jan 2019

with David Bailey, Cecil Beaton, Harry Benson, Elliott Erwitt, Carl Fischer, Burt Glinn, Greg Gorman, Milton H. Greene, Thomas Hoepker, Dennis Hopper, Yousuf Karsh, Benjamin Katz …
SHOOT! SHOOT! SHOOT!

Fotografien der 60er und 70er Jahre aus der Nicola Erni Collection

LUDWIGGALERIE, Oberhausen (DE)
21 Jan 2018 – 27 May 2018

with Richard Avedon, David Bailey, Harry Benson, Giancarlo Botti, Michael Cooper, Elliott Erwitt, Nat Finkelstein, Luc Fournol, Ellen Graham, Dennis Hopper, David Hurn, William Klein …
Arrivano i Paparazzi !

from La Dolce Vita to the present day

CAMERA - Centro, Torino (IT)
13 Sep 2017 – 7 Jan 2018

with Marcello Geppetti, Alison Jackson, Armin Linke, Lino Nanni, Tazio Secchiaroli, Ellen von Unwerth
Shoot! Shoot! Shoot!

Photographs of the 60s and 70s from the Nicola Erni Collection / Fotografien der 60er und 70er Jahre aus der Nicola Erni Collection

Münchner Stadtmuseum, München (DE)
16 Sep 2016 – 15 Jan 2017

with Diane Arbus, Eve Arnold, Richard Avedon, David Bailey, Harry Benson, Giancarlo Botti, Michael Cooper, Elliott Erwitt, Nat Finkelstein, Luc Fournol, Ellen Graham, Dennis Hopper …
Public, Private, Secret

ICP Center of Photography, New York (US)
23 Jun 2016 – 8 Jan 2017

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Merry Alpern, Zach Blas, Natalie Bookchin, Nancy Burson, Sophie Calle, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Kurt Caviezel, Larry Clark, Phil Collins, Kate Cooper, Tiane Doan na Champassak …
The west is the best

A.Galerie, Paris (FR)
12 Sep 2016 – 29 Oct 2016

with Elliott Erwitt, Francois Fontaine, Claude Gassian, Greg Gorman, Nadav Kander, Steven Klein, Lyle Owerko, Steve Schapiro, Martin Schoeller, Mark Seliger, Albert Watson
David Bowie

The Man Who Ruled The World

A.Galerie, Paris (FR)
18 Feb 2016 – 10 May 2016

with Lynn Goldsmith, Greg Gorman, Rankin, Herb Ritts, Steve Schapiro, Mark Seliger
Paparazzi!

FOTOGRAFEN, STARS UND KÜNSTLER

SCHIRN KUNSTHALLE, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
27 Jun 2014 – 12 Oct 2014

with Daniel Angeli, Francis Apesteguy, Richard Avedon, Christophe Beauregard, Gary Lee Boas, Thomas Demand, Jessica Dimmock, G.R.A.M., Marcello Geppetti, Michel Giniès, Richard Hamilton, Jonathan Horowitz …
About Portraits

Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (NL)
24 May 2014 – 21 Jun 2014

with Andrew Bush, Hans Eijkelboom, Gregory Halpern, Raymond Meeks, Steve Schapiro, Mark Steinmetz, Michael Wolf
Paparazzi ! Photographes, stars et artistes

Centre Pompidou-Metz, Metz (FR)
26 Feb 2014 – 9 Jun 2014

with Richard Avedon, Raymond Depardon, Astrid Klein, Bruno Mouron, Gerhard Richter, Pascal Rostain, Tazio Secchiaroli, Cindy Sherman, Andy Warhol
Foto Coruña 2013

Foto Coruña, A Coruña (ES)
4 Sep 2013 – 11 Jan 2014

with Marina Abramovic, Cristina De Middel, Larry Fink, Axel Huette, Rubén Ramos Balsa, Edward Weston
From Athena to Aphrodite

Torch Gallery, Amsterdam (NL)
15 Feb 2013 – 30 Mar 2013

with Berenice Abbott, Nobuyoshi Araki, Cecil Beaton, Guy Bourdin, Bill Brandt, Julia Margaret Cameron, Walker Evans, Louis Faurer, Francois Fontaine, Gisele Freund, Claude Gassian, Philippe Halsman …
A Star is Born

Fotografie und Rock seit Elvis

Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig (DE)
30 Sep 2012 – 13 Jan 2013

with Richard Avedon, Helen Chase, Sante D'Orazio, Annie Leibovitz, Denis O'Regan, Jim Rakete, Jerry Schatzberg, Dieter Zill
50 years of the Rolling Stones

Galerie de l'Instant, Paris (FR)
25 May 2012 – 12 Sep 2012

with Richard Dumas, Claude Gassian, Peter Lindbergh, Gered Mankowitz, Terry O'Neill, Ethan Russell, Jerry Schatzberg, Mark Seliger, Dominique Tarle, Albert Watson
Warhol's World

Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam (NL)
4 Feb 2012 – 1 Apr 2012

with Cecil Beaton, Elliott Erwitt, Thomas Hoepker, David McCabe, Billy Name
EXPOSED

Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera Since 1870

SF Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco (US)
30 Oct 2010 – 17 Apr 2011

with Richard Avedon, Bill Brandt, Harry Callahan, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Nan Goldin, Man Ray , Robert Mapplethorpe, Lee Miller, Bruce Nauman, Helmut Newton …
10 Years

Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (NL)
5 Mar 2011 – 26 Mar 2011

with Toshio Enomoto, Henry Horenstein, Mika Ninagawa, Steve Schapiro, Mark Seliger, William Wegman, Michael Wolf
A star is born

Fotografie und Rock seit Elvis Presley

Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE)
2 Jul 2010 – 10 Oct 2010

with Richard Avedon, Bill Eppridge, Olaf Heine, Daniel Kramer, Annie Leibovitz, Gered Mankowitz, Norman Parkinson, Pierre et Gilles, Jim Rakete, Mick Rock, Jerry Schatzberg, Jürgen Vollmer
The New York Scene

Sex, Art & American Culture 70-80

Photology s.r.l., Milano (IT)
18 Mar 2009 – 23 May 2009

with Allen Ginsberg, Gianfranco Gorgoni, Christopher Makos, Robert Mapplethorpe, Andy Warhol
Pigozzi and the Paparazzi

Newton Foundation, Berlin (DE)
20 Jun 2008 – 16 Nov 2008

with Daniel Angeli, Helmut Newton, Edward Quinn, Erich Salomon, Tazio Secchiaroli, Weegee
OH GEE, HOW WONDERFUL - PORTRAITS OF ANDY WARHOL

Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (NL)
20 Oct 2007 – 24 Nov 2007

with Burt Glinn, Thomas Hoepker, Anton Perich, Henk Tas
SUMMER IN THE CITY '07

Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (NL)
30 Jun 2007 – 28 Jul 2007

with Thomas Hoepker, William Wegman
Warhol Is Dead!

powerHouse Bookstore, Brooklyn (US)
1 Feb 2007 – 4 Mar 2007

with Christopher Makos, Patrick McMullan
The Drifter the Dreamer

Kunstcentrum deWillem3, Vlissingen (NL)
19 Sep 2004 – 14 Nov 2004

with Werner Bokelberg, Anton Corbijn, Claude Crommelin, Philippe Halsman, Frank Horvat, Paul Huf, Daniel Kramer, Robert Lebeck, Gered Mankowitz, Rankin, Lydia Schouten, Henk Tas …
Photographs

AEROPLASTICS contemporary, Brussels (BE)
7 Sep 2004 – 3 Oct 2004

with Anton Corbijn, Paul Glazier, Frank Horvat, Paul Huf, Rankin, Ellen von Unwerth
New York - The Golden Years

Galleria Valentina Moncada, Roma (IT)
8 Oct 2003 – 19 Nov 2003

with Annie Leibovitz, Roxanne Lowit, Gerard Malanga, Jean Pigozzi

Events

Photography Online Only

Grisebach, Berlin (DE)
2 Oct 2026 – 11 Oct 2026

with Dieter Appelt, Nobuyoshi Araki, Max Baur, Cecil Beaton, Bleicke Bleicken , Nick Brandt, Norbert Bunge, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Lucien Clergue, Bruce Davidson, Terence Donovan, Alfred Eisenstaedt …
THE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW

presented by AIPAD 2025

AIPAD, New York (US)
24 Apr 2025 – 27 Apr 2025

with Slim Aarons, Stanko Abadzic, Berenice Abbott, Oliver Abraham, Robert Adams, Ansel Adams, Laure Albin-Guillot, Mariette Pathy Allen, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Maria Antelman, Nobuyoshi Araki, Diane Arbus …
Paris Photo 2023 artists

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
9 Nov 2023 – 12 Nov 2023

with Berenice Abbott, Michael Ackerman, Ansel Adams, Albarran Cabrera, Toni Amengual, Eugenio Ampudia, Angelo Funk, Vladimir Antaki, Nobuyoshi Araki, Nadim Asfar, Eugene Atget, Richard Avedon …
Paris Photo 2022

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
10 Nov 2022 – 13 Nov 2022

with Edouard Elias, Laurence Aegerter, Slim Aarons, Berenice Abbott, Marina Abramovic, Robert Adams, Horst Ademeit, Ruven Afanador, Albarran Cabrera, David Alekhuogie, Lola Alvarez Bravo, Ljubodrag Andric …
Highlights – Internationale Kunstmesse München 2021

HIGHLIGHTS, München (DE)
21 Oct 2021 – 24 Oct 2021

with Albarran Cabrera, Miho Kajioka, Gilles Lorin, Steven Meisel, Sarah Moon, Stephanie Pfriender Stylander, Franco Rubartelli, Pentti Sammallahti, Ulrich Schmitt, Margriet Smulders, Christopher Thomas, Carola Vogt
Haute Photographie 2018 Rotterdam

Hungry Eye Fair, Rotterdam (NL)
8 Feb 2018 – 11 Feb 2018

with Johan Oesterholm, Nobuyoshi Araki, Jacob Aue Sobol, Robert Boesch, Ramazan Barlas, Werner Bischof, Koto Bolofo, Rene Burri, Popel Coumou, Paul Cupido, Antoine d'Agata, Renato D'Agostin …
Photographs: The Classics

Christie's New York, New York (US)
16 Jun 2016 – 28 Jun 2016

with Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Cecil Beaton, Margaret Bourke-White, Bill Brandt, Brassai, Frederic Brenner, Harry Callahan, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Imogen Cunningham, André de Dienes, Arthur Elgort …
Warhol by Galella: That's Great!

Museum Store of ICP International Center, New York (US)
2 May 2008
Auction Photographie

Historische, klassische und zeitgenössische Photographie

Van Ham Kunstauktionen, Köln (DE)
1 Dec 2006

with Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Diane Arbus, Edouard Baldus, Cecil Beaton, Brassai, Julia Margaret Cameron, Giacomo Caneva, Lee Friedlander, F. C. Gundlach, Peter Keetman, Gustave Le Gray …
Photography with the PAPARAZZI approach

Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam (NL)
An Eye for Icons

Online Only

artnet Auctions, New York (US)

with Lillian Bassman, Peter Beard, Chuck Close, Michel Comte, Alfred Eisenstaedt, Elliott Erwitt, Burt Glinn, Douglas Kirkland, Tseng Kwong Chi, Annie Leibovitz, Chris Levine, Peter Lindbergh …