Sigmar Polke

♂ *1941-2010 / Germany

Works

Solo exhibitions

The Knowledge of Colours

De Pont Museum, Tilburg (NL)
20 Sep 2026 – 28 Feb 2027
The Photographs for Venice Biennale 1986

Dierking Galerie, Zürich (CH)
18 Sep 2026 – 30 Nov 2026
Höhere Wesen befehlen ...

Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen (DE)
18 Nov 2023 – 17 Mar 2024
Photographs (1964-1990)

Kicken Berlin, Berlin (DE)
21 Jan 2022 – 4 Mar 2022
DUALISMEN

90 Gemälde, Zeichnungen, Fotografien sowie Objekte und Künstlerbücher

Kunstforum Ostdt. Galerie, Regensburg (DE)
9 Oct 2021 – 16 Jan 2022
Photographs

1964-1990

Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf (DE)
28 Jun 2021 – 28 Aug 2021
ZEITREISE

Photographs 1966 – 1986

Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (DE)
6 Mar 2020 – 30 May 2020
Les infamies

photographiques de Sigmar Polke

LE BAL, Paris (FR)
13 Sep 2019 – 22 Dec 2019
SIGMAR POLKE AND THE 1970S / Sigmar Polke und die 1970er Jahre

Netzwerke, Experimente, Identitäten

MGK Siegen, Siegen (DE)
4 Nov 2018 – 10 Mar 2019
Fotografien 70-80

Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen (DE)
27 May 2018 – 2 Sep 2018
VON WILLICH AUS. FOTOGRAFIEN 1973-78

Michael Werner , Köln (DE)
30 May 2015 – 25 Jul 2015
Alibis: Sigmar Polke. Retrospektive

Museum Ludwig, Köln (DE)
14 Mar 2015 – 5 Jul 2015
Alibis: Sigmar Polke 1963-2010

MoMA Museum Modern Art, New York (US)
19 Apr 2014 – 3 Aug 2014
Fotografien

Galerie Springer Berlin, Berlin (DE)
13 Dec 2011 – 4 Feb 2012
Photoarbeiten

Kunsthaus Lempertz, Berlin (DE)
7 Sep 2011 – 23 Sep 2011
Photoworks 1964-2000

Leo Koenig Inc., New York (US)
21 Jun 2011 – 10 Sep 2011
Photoworks

Lempertz, Köln (DE)
9 Apr 2011 – 21 Apr 2011
Fotografias

Espacio Artkunstarte, Madrid (ES)
4 Jun 2009 – 31 Jul 2009
Photographische Arbeiten aus der Sammlung Garnatz

Die Photographische Sammlung, Köln (DE)
16 May 2008 – 31 Aug 2008
Interferenzen & Uran

Galerie Springer Berlin, Berlin (DE)
5 Feb 2008 – 5 Apr 2008
11. Rubenspreis der Stadt Siegen

MGK Siegen, Siegen (DE)
24 Jun 2007 – 16 Sep 2007
Photographs, 1968-1972

The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles (US)
20 Feb 2007 – 20 May 2007
64 Fotografien - Kassel 1977

Galerie Springer Berlin, Berlin (DE)
16 May 2006 – 15 Jul 2006
Das kann doch kein Motiv sein

Editionen und Multiples (1963-2005)

Kunstforum Ostdt. Galerie, Regensburg (DE)
19 Feb 2006 – 7 May 2006
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National Art Gallery, Kuala Lumpur (MY)
16 Mar 2006 – 16 Apr 2006
Fotografien 1960-2005

Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim (DE)
9 Feb 2006 – 19 Mar 2006
Fotografien 1964-68/1990

Galerie Stefan Röpke, Köln (DE)
24 Jun 2005 – 27 Aug 2005
Vintage Photographs from a Private Collection

Haunch of Venison Zürich, Zürich (CH)
12 Jun 2005 – 16 Jul 2005
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Galerie Karl Pfefferle, München (DE)
4 Mar 2005 – 30 Apr 2005
Fotografien 1964 - 2000

Galerie Springer Berlin, Berlin (DE)
24 Nov 2004 – 13 Feb 2005
Hamburg Lerchenfeld photographic work

De Pont Museum, Tilburg (NL)
1 May 1997 – 1 Apr 1998

Group

BUT I WORLD I SEE YOU* / Aber ich. Die Welt. Ich sehe. Dich

9. Triennale der Photographie Hamburg

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg (DE)
5 Jun 2026 – 4 Oct 2026

with Karimah Ashadu, Rosa Barba, Yto Barrada, Taysir Batniji, Marcel Broodthaers, Helen Chadwick, Hannah Darabi, Tacita Dean, Willie Doherty, Marcel Duchamp, Fischli & Weiss, William Henry Fox Talbot …
Slice of the Pie: Fourteen Bay Area Galleries & What Makes Them Different

Featuring work by more than 40 artists,

Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco (US)
28 May 2026 – 15 Aug 2026

with Jim Campbell, Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Bruce Conner, Renee Cox, Erica Deeman, Janet Delaney, Pieter Hugo, Peter Hujar, Mona Kuhn, Sean McFarland, Klea McKenna, Wardell Milan …
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 …
Zurück in die Zukunft

PHOTOS & PHOTO-BASED WORKS

Galerie Klüser, München (DE)
15 Oct 2025 – 15 Jan 2026

with Joseph Beuys, Christian Boltanski, Jan Fabre, Kathleen Gerber, Isca Greenfield-Sanders, Gregor Hildebrandt, Rebecca Horn, Alexander Laner, Richard Long, Vera Lutter, Robert Mapplethorpe, Olaf Metzel …
TYPOLOGIEN

PHOTOGRAPHY IN 20TH-CENTURY GERMANY

Fondazione Prada, Milano (IT)
3 Apr 2025 – 14 Jul 2025

with Ursula Böhmer, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Sibylle Bergemann, Karl Blossfeldt, Christian Borchert, Margit Emmrich, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Isa Genzken, Andreas Gursky, Candida Hoefer, Lotte Jacobi, Jochen Lempert …
The Madness of Crowds

carriage trade, New York (US)
16 May 2024 – 30 Jun 2024

with Carl Thodor Dreyer, Ken Gonzales-Day, Zoe Pettijohn, Rosemarie Trockel, Weegee
Séance

Jeff Cowen in dialogue

HOUSE, Berlin (DE)
12 Apr 2024 – 20 Jun 2024

with Hans Bellmer, Joseph Beuys, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Claude Cahun
Photography in Between

Photography in the IVAM collection after 1950

IVAM Institut d'Art Modern, Valencia (ES)
30 Nov 2023 – 2 Jun 2024

with John Baldessari, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Pilar Beltran, Mira Bernabeu, Valie Export, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Hamish Fulton, Douglas Gordon, Andreas Gursky, Rula Halawani, Rosell Meseguer …
Medium Photographie – Brus, Chargesheimer,Polke

Kunstverein Ulm, Ulm (DE)
24 Mar 2024 – 20 May 2024

with Guenter Brus, Chargesheimer
Size Matters

Größe in der Fotografie

Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf (DE)
1 Feb 2024 – 20 May 2024

with Georg Böttger, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Kristleifur Bjoernsson, Karl Blossfeldt, Katt Both, Renata Bracksieck, Natalie Czech, Jan Dibbets, Joseph Maria Eder, Franz Leonard Elfert, Claudia Faehrenkemper, Alex Grein …
An Outsider’s Eye

Discoveries from Bruce Silverstein Gallery, Curated by Frank Maresca

Ricco/Maresca Gallery, New York (US)
26 Apr 2024 – 18 May 2024

with Karl Blossfeldt, Erwin Blumenfeld, Harry Callahan, Bill Cunningham, Frantisek Drtikol, Gyoergy Kepes, Andre Kertesz, Dorothea Lange, Man Ray , Lisette Model, Paul Outerbridge, Larry Silver …
Un "Histoire" de la photographie - Collection agnès b.

La Fab. agnès b., Paris (FR)
8 Dec 2023 – 28 Apr 2024

with Berenice Abbott, Kenneth Anger, Eugene Atget, David Bailey, Cecil Beaton, Richard Billingham, Brassai, Giacomo Caneva, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Mark Cohen, William Eggleston, Ralph Gibson …
Glitch

DIE KUNST DER STÖRUNG

Pinakothek der Moderne, München (DE)
1 Dec 2023 – 17 Mar 2024

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Erwin Blumenfeld, Chargesheimer, Inge Dick, Heinz Hajek-Halke, John Hilliard, Gottfried Jaeger, Lotte Jacobi, Arthur Jafa, JODI (Joan Heemskerk and Dirk Paesmans), Joan Jonas, Andre Kertesz …
Photographs in Ink

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland (US)
20 Nov 2022 – 2 Apr 2023

with Laure Albin-Guillot, Alvin Langdon Coburn, Emil Otto Hoppe, Maurice M. Loewy, Eadweard J. Muybridge, Carl Pope Jr, Lorna Simpson, Alfred Stieglitz, Andy Warhol, Clarence H. White
Deutscher Kaviar

Die fotografische Sammlung

Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn (DE)
21 Jul 2022 – 16 Oct 2022

with Lewis Baltz, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Christo & Jeanne-Claude , Walter Dahn, Achim Duchow, Ceal Floyer, Andreas Gursky, Ilona & Wolfgang Weber, Christoph Klauke, Astrid Klein, Darcy Lange, Timm Rautert …
PHOTO (-BASED)

Galerie Klüser, München (DE)
12 Apr 2022 – 18 May 2022

with Jan Fabre, Gilbert & George, Isca Greenfield-Sanders, Gregor Hildebrandt, Vera Lutter, Olaf Metzel, Ryuji Miyamoto, Lori Nix, Sean Scully, Cindy Sherman, William Wegman
PHOTOGRAPHY A SELECTION

FOTOGRAFIE EINE AUSWAHL

Galerie Hummel, Wien (AT)
16 Sep 2021 – 30 Apr 2022

with Renate Bertlmann, Joseph Beuys, Guenter Brus, Julia Margaret Cameron, Heinz Cibulka, Akos Czigany, Marcel Duchamp, Gelitin, Heidi Harsieber, Marcel Houf, Günter Kozeny, Kurt Kren …
Produktive Bildstörung

Sigmar Polke und aktuelle künstlerische Positionen

Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf (DE)
13 Nov 2021 – 6 Mar 2022

with Raphael Hefti, Camille Henrot, Trevor Paglen, Seth Price, Avery Singer
Fotografie als analytische Praxis

Leopold Museum, Wien (AT)
12 Nov 2021 – 6 Mar 2022

with Vito Acconci, Miriam Baeckstroem, John Baldessari, Gottfried Bechtold, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Christian Boltanski, Hanne Darboven, Olafur Eliasson, Guenther Foerg, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Herbert W. Franke, Nan Goldin …
From Becher to Blume

Photographs from the Garnatz Collection and Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur in Dialogue

Die Photographische Sammlung, Köln (DE)
12 Mar 2021 – 8 Aug 2021

with Bernd & Hilla Becher, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Chargesheimer, Candida Hoefer, Benjamin Katz, Christoph Klauke, Arnulf Rainer, Albert Renger-Patzsch, Tata Ronkholz, Thomas Ruff, Wilhelm Schuermann, Thomas Struth
Time Present

Photography from the Deutsche Bank Collection

PalaisPopulaire, Berlin (DE)
10 Jun 2020 – 8 Feb 2021

with Shirin Aliabadi, Kader Attia, Yto Barrada, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Zohra Bensemra, Mohamed Camara, Susan Derges, CAO Fei, Samuel Fosso, Andrea Galvani, Gauri Gill, Andreas Gursky …
Photography's Last Century

The Ann Tenenbaum and Thomas H. Lee Collection

Metropolitan Museum 5th Ave, New York (US)
10 Mar 2020 – 30 Nov 2020

with Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Ilse Bing, Joseph Cornell, Walker Evans, Robert Frank, Andreas Gursky, Helen Levitt, Dora Maar, Man Ray , Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Jack Pierson …
UNSERE GEGENWART

MGK Siegen, Siegen (DE)
14 Feb 2020 – 1 Jun 2020

with Andrea Robbins & Max Becher, Charles Atlas, John Baldessari, Eric Baudelaire, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Vajiko Chachkhiani, Forensic Architecture, Simone Forti, Bernhard Fuchs, Dan Graham, Candida Hoefer, Hans Haacke …
Forever Young - 10 Jahre Museum Brandhorst

Museum Brandhorst, München (DE)
24 May 2019 – 1 Apr 2020

with Larry Clark, Arthur Jafa, Mike Kelley, David LaChapelle, Louise Lawler, Bruce Nauman, Ed Ruscha, Wolfgang Tillmans, Andy Warhol
SELBSTSICHT

Porträt-Identitäten

Sprengel Museum, Hannover (DE)
30 Oct 2019 – 26 Jan 2020

with Julian Öffler, Lee Friedlander, Douglas Gordon, Dorothy Iannone, Paul McCarthy, Duane Michals, Boris Mikhailov, Helga Paris, Timm Ulrichs, Sascha Weidner
Magic Media – Media Magic

Videokunst seit den 1970er Jahren aus dem Archiv Wulf Herzogenrath

Akademie der Künste, Berlin (DE)
12 Sep 2019 – 13 Oct 2019

with Vito Acconci, Peter Campus, Lutz Dammbeck, Rebecca Horn, Joan Jonas, Bjoern Melhus, Marcel Odenbach, Nam June Paik, Ulrike Rosenbach, Mathilde ter Heijne, Bill Viola, Raphaela Vogel …
In the Picture / Gezielte Setzungen

Overpainted Photography / Übermalte Fotografie in der zeitgenössischen Kunst

Sprengel Museum, Hannover (DE)
3 Jul 2019 – 6 Oct 2019

with Shannon Bool, Helen Feifel, Sabrina Jung, Peter Klare, Florian Merkel, Arnulf Rainer, Gerhard Richter, Anna Vogel
PHOTO

The First Survey of All Photographic Works Made by Artists for Parkett since 1984

Parkett Publishers, Zürich (CH)
8 Jun 2019 – 31 Aug 2019

with Franz Ackermann, Doug Aitken, Francis Alys, Ed Atkins, John Baldessari, Yto Barrada, Maurizio Cattelan, Chuck Close, Tacita Dean, Jeremy Deller, Thomas Demand, Trisha Donnelly …
Drawing the Line

Bruce Silverstein, New York (US)
11 Jul 2019 – 30 Aug 2019

with Harry Callahan, Germaine Krull, Man Ray , Shinichi Maruyama, Barbara Morgan, Aaron Siskind, Keith Smith, Frederick Sommer, Brea Souders, Penelope Umbrico, Edward Weston, Joel Peter Witkin …
Group

Marta Cervera, Madrid (ES)
12 Apr 2019 – 12 May 2019

with Adam Fuss, Francesco Jodice, James Welling
HIGHLIGHTS

Kicken Berlin, Berlin (DE)
12 Sep 2018 – 28 Feb 2019

with Gertrud Arndt, Sibylle Bergemann, Erwin Blumenfeld, Paul Citroen, Andre Gelpke, Jitka Hanzlova, Marta Hoepffner, Lotte Jacobi, Grit Kallin-Fischer, August Kreyenkamp, Helmar Lerski, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy …
CAMERA POP.

La fotografia nella Pop Art di Warhol, Schifano & Co

CAMERA - Centro, Torino (IT)
21 Sep 2018 – 13 Jan 2019

with Jim Dine, Richard Hamilton, David Hockney, Ray Johnson, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, Wolf Vostell, Andy Warhol
ENTRE NOUS…

Soizic Audouard et Catherine Thieck ouvrent leurs tiroirs de photographies

Galerie de France, Paris (FR)
6 Nov 2018 – 1 Dec 2018

with Hans Bellmer, Wallace Berman, Jean-Pierre Bertrand, Brassai, William S. Burroughs, Claude Cahun, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Patrick Faigenbaum, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Heinrich Hauser, Florence Henri, Frank Horvat …
This Is Not a Selfie

Photographic Self-Portraits from the Audrey and Sydney Irmas Collection

Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg (US)
25 Aug 2018 – 25 Nov 2018

with Berenice Abbott, Diane Arbus, Joseph Beuys, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Anne Collier, Robert Frank, Lee Friedlander, Nan Goldin, Yves Klein, Danny Lyon, Robert Mapplethorpe, Vik Muniz …
SHEGO/HEGO/EGO - MCEVOY FAMILY COLLECTION

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
8 Nov 2018 – 11 Nov 2018

with Dawoud Bey, Carina Brandes, Anne Collier, Natalie Czech, Moyra Davey, William Eggleston, Herve Guibert, Zoe Leonard, Robert Mapplethorpe, Barbara Probst, Timm Rautert, Cindy Sherman …
Konzeptuelle Fotografie aus der Sammlung Falckenberg

7. Triennale der Photographie Hamburg 2018

Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg (DE)
7 Jun 2018 – 2 Sep 2018

with John Baldessari, Lewis Baltz, Clegg & Guttmann , Phil Collins, Martin Parr, Peter Piller, Richard Prince, Martha Rosler, Santiago Sierra, Christopher Williams
Jenseits des Sichtbaren. / Beyond the Visible.

Fotografische Erzählung als Spur / Traces in the Photographic Narrative

Museum für Photographie, Braunschweig (DE)
3 Feb 2018 – 8 Apr 2018

with Curtis Anderson, Louisa Clement, Owen Gump, Anna Vogel
Lost in the city

Urban life in the IVAM Collection

IVAM Institut d'Art Modern, Valencia (ES)
18 May 2016 – 4 Jun 2017

with Horacio Coppola, Gregory Crewdson, Fischli & Weiss, Lee Friedlander, Cristina Iglesias, Martin Parr, Robert Rauschenberg, Santiago Sierra, Thomas Struth, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Sam Taylor-Johnson (Wood), Ian Wallace
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, John Heartfield, Estefania Penafiel Loaiza …
Weltsichten auf Papier.

Die Fotografie und die Dinge

Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden (DE)
14 Sep 2016 – 5 Dec 2016

with Franz Fiedler, Katharina Gaenssler, Albert Hennig, August Kotzsch, Gerhard Richter, Ricarda Roggan, Adrian Sauer, Karen Weinert, Wols (Alfred Otto Wolfgang Schulze)
fotokunst aus der sammlung

Kunstmuseum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe (DE)
23 Jul 2016 – 30 Oct 2016

with Dirk Altenkirch, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Boris Becker, Diethard Blaudszun, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Mona Breede, Ralf Cohen, Walter Dahn, Simone Demandt, Carine Doerflinger, Susanne Egle, Katrin Eschenberg …
Time Present

Photography from the Deutsche Bank Collection

Hara Museum Contemp Art, Tokyo (JP)
12 Sep 2015 – 11 Jan 2016

with Yto Barrada, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Zohra Bensemra, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, CAO Fei, Luigi Ghirri, Andreas Gursky, Candida Hoefer, Gerhard Richter, Thomas Ruff, Dayanita Singh, Hiroshi Sugimoto …
Bare Wunder

Sies + Höke Galerie, Düsseldorf (DE)
26 Mar 2015 – 2 May 2015

with Anna & Bernhard Blume, John Bock, Brassai, Johannes Brus, Fischli & Weiss, Joao Maria Gusmao og Pedro Paiva, Juergen Klauke, Jochen Lempert, Man Ray , Alexander Rodchenko, Gregor Schneider, Anton Stankowski …
Time Present

Contemporary Photography from the Deutsche Bank Collection

Singapore Art Museum , Singapore (SG)
3 Oct 2014 – 8 Feb 2015

with Shirin Aliabadi, Kader Attia, Yto Barrada, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Zohra Bensemra, Gerard Byrne, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Susan Derges, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Hassan & Hussein Essop, CAO Fei, Andreas Gursky …
Gruppenausstellung

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

with Claudio Abate, Robert Smithson
The Believable Lie: Heinecken, Polke, and Feldmann

Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland (US)
20 Jul 2014 – 30 Nov 2014

with Hans-Peter Feldmann, Robert Heinecken
WIR – Acting in Concert

Klinger Forum e.V., Leipzig (DE)
13 Jul 2014 – 7 Sep 2014

with Katinka Bock, Kerstin Flake, Matthias Hoch, Oliver Kossack, Bjoern Melhus, Gerhard Richter, Jürgen Schieferdecker, Günther Uecker
Enthüllung und Verzauberung

Ankäufe und Schenkungen aus der fotografischen Sammlung

Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn (DE)
12 Jun 2014 – 7 Sep 2014

with Anna & Bernhard Blume, Renate Brandt, Thomas Demand, Thomas Florschuetz, Andreas Gefeller, Andreas Gursky, Juergen Klauke, Les Krims, Duane Michals, Christopher Muller, Dieter Rübsaamen, Joerg Sasse …
(Mis)Understanding Photography

Werke und Manifeste zur Fotografie

Museum Folkwang, Essen (DE)
14 Jun 2014 – 17 Aug 2014

with Tacita Dean, Alfredo Jaar, Larry Sultan & Mike Mandel, Sherrie Levine, Santu Mofokeng, Ugo Mulas, Barbara Probst, Timm Rautert, Thomas Ruff, Pavel Maria Smejkal, Clare Strand, Wolfgang Tillmans …
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, Eileen Quinlan, Jon Rafman, Gerhard Richter, Mariah Robertson, Alison Rossiter …
looking to learn / learning to look

25 Years of Galerie Clairefontaine

Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg (LU)
30 Nov 2013 – 25 Jan 2014

with Dieter Appelt, Joseph Beuys, Giacomo Costa, Daniel & Geo Fuchs, Anselm Kiefer, Michel Medinger, Max Neumann, Gerhard Richter, Marla Rutherford, Roland Schauls, Massimo Vitali, Dana Wyse
SUMMER OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Carolina Nitsch Project Room, New York (US)
12 Jul 2013 – 21 Sep 2013

with Doug Aitken, Darren Almond, Nobuyoshi Araki, John Baldessari, Uta Barth, Peter Blake, Chuck Close, Anne Collier, William Eggleston, Fischli & Weiss, Adam Fuss, Robert Gober …
Everything Was Moving: Photography from the 60s and 70s

Barbican Art Gallery , London (GB)
13 Sep 2012 – 13 Jan 2013

with Larry Burrows , Ernest Cole, Bruce Davidson, William Eggleston, David Goldblatt, Graciela Iturbide, Boris Mikhailov, Malick Sidibe, Raghubir Singh, Shomei Tomatsu, LI Zhensheng
Rasterfahndung

Das Raster in der Kunst nach 1945

Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart (DE)
5 May 2012 – 7 Oct 2012

with Juergen Klauke, Sarah Morris, Esther Stocker
The Inverted Mirror

Art from the Collections of "la Caixa" Foundation and MACBA

Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao (ES)
31 Jan 2012 – 2 Sep 2012

with Andreas Gursky, Bruce Nauman, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Martha Rosler, Thomas Ruff, Julian Schnabel, Jeff Wall, Gillian Wearing
Tiefenschärfe

Fotografische Arbeiten aus der Sammlung der Städtischen Galerie Bremen

Städtische Galerie Bremen, Bremen (DE)
17 Jun 2012 – 29 Jul 2012

with Hajo Antpöhler, Julia Baier, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Andreas Bohnhoff, Christian Boltanski, Tom Diekmann, Joachim Fliegner, Ara Gueler, Tamara Grcic, Silke Grossmann, Dagmar Hess, Karsten Joost …
GERMAN PHOTOGRAPHY 1960 - 2012: A SURVEY

Ben Brown Fine Arts, London (GB)
1 Mar 2012 – 5 May 2012

with Bernd & Hilla Becher, Thomas Demand, Guenther Foerg, Andreas Gursky, Candida Hoefer, Axel Huette, Anselm Kiefer, Juergen Klauke, Astrid Klein, Imi Knoebel, Gerhard Richter, Thomas Ruff …
Light Years: Conceptual Art and the Photograph 1964 - 1977

Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago (US)
13 Dec 2011 – 11 Mar 2012

with Eleanor Antin, John Baldessari, Mel Bochner, Gordon Matta-Clark, Bruce Nauman, Allen Ruppersberg, Ed Ruscha, Ian Wallace
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, Lothar Baumgarten, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Boris Becker, Joseph Beuys, Wendelin Bottländer, Thomas Demand, Jan Dibbets, Chris Durham, Sabine Dusend, Claus FÖttinger, Karin Geiger …
Through the Looking Brain

Bedeutende Sammlung konzeptueller Fotografie

Kunstmuseum Sankt Gallen, Sankt Gallen (CH)
15 Oct 2011 – 29 Jan 2012

with Doug Aitken, John Baldessari, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Ruedi Bechtler, Tacita Dean, Stan Douglas, Guenther Foerg, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Fischli & Weiss, Dan Graham, Andreas Gursky, Roni Horn …
The Venice Biennale - 54th International Art Exhibition - ILLUMInations

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
4 Jun 2011 – 27 Nov 2011

with Giorgio Andreotta Calò, Meris Angioletti, Alexander Apostol, Nairy Baghramian, Yto Barrada, Elisabetta Benassi, Birdhead (Ji Weiyu and Song Tao), Monica Bonvicini, Mohamed Bourouissa, Carol Bove, Gerard Byrne, Mariana Castillo Deball …
Through the Looking Brain

Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn (DE)
30 Jun 2011 – 25 Sep 2011

with Doug Aitken, John Baldessari, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Ruedi Bechtler, Tacita Dean, Stan Douglas, Guenther Foerg, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Fischli & Weiss, Dan Graham, Andreas Gursky, Roni Horn …
Through the Looking Brain

Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn (DE)
30 Jun 2011 – 25 Sep 2011

with Doug Aitken, John Baldessari, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Ruedi Bechtler, Tacita Dean, Stan Douglas, Guenther Foerg, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Fischli & Weiss, Dan Graham, Andreas Gursky, Roni Horn …
all you can wish for

Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg (LU)
1 Dec 2010 – 29 Jan 2011

with Andrès Lejona, Michel Medinger
all you can wish for...

Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg (LU)
1 Dec 2010 – 29 Jan 2011

with Andrès Lejona, Michel Medinger
Photographs. The Royal Collection of Prints and Drawings

SMK National Gallery Denmark, København (DK)
26 Mar 2010 – 29 Aug 2010

with Helge Bertram, Niels Bonde, Kaspar Bonnén, Peter Brandes, Stig Brøgger, Claus Carstensen, Tacita Dean, Olafur Eliasson, Sylvie Fleury, Erik A. Frandsen, Anja Franke, Poul Gernes …
Wir Kleinbürger!

Zeitgenossen und Zeitgenossinnen

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg (DE)
13 Mar 2009 – 31 Jan 2010

with Candida Hoefer, Andreas Zuest
Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures

LACMA Museum, Los Angeles (US)
25 Jan 2009 – 19 Apr 2009

with Ursula Arnold, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Sibylle Bergemann, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Micha Brendel, Chargesheimer, Hanne Darboven, Die Toedliche Doris, Guenther Foerg, Harun Farocki, Arno Fischer, Thomas Florschuetz …
LichtBilder

Fotokunst von Man Ray und Sigmar Polke

Kunstmuseum Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe (DE)
8 Nov 2008 – 22 Feb 2009

with Man Ray
troubled waters

Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden (DE)
17 Sep 2008 – 11 Jan 2009

with Claude-Philippe Benoit, Laurenz Berges, Thomas Demand, William Eggleston, Peter Fraser, Dan Graham, Joerg Sasse, Michael Schmidt, Thomas Struth, Lidwien van de Ven, Bernard Voita
Objectivités - La photographie à Düsseldorf

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

with Lothar Baumgarten, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Laurenz Berges, Elger Esser, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Andreas Gursky, Candida Hoefer, Klaus Mettig, Simone Nieweg, Thomas Ruff, Joerg Sasse, Ursula Schulz-Dornburg …
Coming into Focus: Jeane von Oppenheim and Photography at the Norton, 1998 - 2008

Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach (US)
11 Oct 2008 – 4 Jan 2009

with Constantin Brancusi, Candida Hoefer, Dorothea Lange, Robert Mapplethorpe, Jack Pierson, George Platt-Lynes, Alexander Rodchenko
Sichtbarwerden

Fotografische Werke aus der Friedrich Christian Flick Collection

Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (DE)
21 Mar 2008 – 10 Aug 2008

with Bernd & Hilla Becher, David Claerbout, Stan Douglas, Fischli & Weiss, Rodney Graham, Candida Hoefer, Axel Huette, Thomas Struth, Jeff Wall
Freedom is just another word...

Kunststiftung DZ BANK, Frankfurt (Main) (DE)
23 Apr 2008 – 4 Jul 2008

with Valie Export, Rita McBride, Klaus Rinke, Katharina Sieverding, Dennis Stock
Weltempfänger

10 Jahre Galerie der Gegenwart

Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg (DE)
2 Oct 2007 – 4 Jun 2008

with Anna & Bernhard Blume, Nan Goldin, Andreas Gursky, Shirin Neshat, Julia Oschatz, Gerhard Richter, Wolfgang Tillmans, Jeff Wall, Andy Warhol
Man Ray bis Sigmar Polke. Eine besondere Fotografiegeschichte

Städt. Galerie Bietigheim, Bietigheim-Bissingen (DE)
27 Oct 2007 – 13 Jan 2008

with Berenice Abbott, Hajo Antpöhler, Pierre Boucher, Fritz Brill, Johannes Brus, Max Burchartz, Chargesheimer, Hermann Claasen, Paul de Nooijer, El Lissitzky, Guenther Foerg, Harald Falkenhagen …
German Video from the Collections of the Kunstmuseum Bonn: Joseph Beuys to Today

Slought Foundation, Philadelphia (US)
23 Sep 2007 – 10 Oct 2007

with Joseph Beuys, Imi Knoebel, Marcel Odenbach, Klaus vom Bruch
Summertime and the

Ferenbalm-Gurbrü Station, Karlsruhe (DE)
11 Jul 2007 – 15 Sep 2007

with Nicole Bianchet, Axel Heil, Malick Sidibe
Stadt-Bild-Köln

Die Photographische Sammlung, Köln (DE)
1 Jun 2007 – 12 Aug 2007

with Boris Becker, Margaret Bourke-White, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Vincenzo Castella, Chargesheimer, Hermann Claasen, Martin Claßen, Eugene Coubiller, Walter Dick, Frank Dömer, Fritz Eschen, Peter Fischer …
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 …
Concept: Photography – Dialogues & Attitudes

Ludwig Museum Budapest, Budapest (HU)
27 Apr 2007 – 10 Jun 2007

with Richard Avedon, Matthew Barney, Sibylle Bergemann, Joseph Beuys, Christian Boltanski, Hanne Darboven, Tacita Dean, Olafur Eliasson, Andreas Gursky, Seydou Keita, Tracey Moffatt, Joerg Sasse …
Arbeiten mit Licht

Pinakothek der Moderne, München (DE)
5 Dec 2006 – 4 Mar 2007

with Juergen Klauke, Man Ray , Bjoern Melhus, Tatsuo Miyajima, Jonathan Monk, Thomas Ruff, Eva-Maria Schön
Speaking With Hands - Photographs from the Buhl Collection

State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg (RU)
21 Sep 2006 – 1 Jan 2007

with Vito Acconci, John Baldessari, El Lissitzky, Elliott Erwitt, Gilbert & George, Gustav Klutsis, Man Ray , Robert Mapplethorpe, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Bruce Nauman, Shirin Neshat, Georgia O'Keeffe …
Die Liebe zum Licht

Fotografie im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert

Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Delmenhorst (DE)
15 Oct 2006 – 29 Dec 2006

with Max Baur, Evgen Bavcar, Peter Bialobrzeski, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Brassai, Johannes Brus, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Gregory Crewdson, Lucinda Devlin, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Pietro Donzelli, Doerte Eissfeldt …
Die Liebe zum Licht

Fotografie im 20. und 21. Jahrhundert

Kunstmuseum Celle, Celle (DE)
19 Jul 2006 – 27 Sep 2006

with Max Baur, Evgen Bavcar, Hella Berent, Peter Bialobrzeski, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Gerd Bonfert, Brassai, Johannes Brus, Daniel Gustav Cramer, Gregory Crewdson, Lucinda Devlin, Philip-Lorca diCorcia …
Man Ray bis Sigmar Polke

Eine besondere Fotografiegeschichte

Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Delmenhorst (DE)
16 Jul 2006 – 24 Sep 2006

with Berenice Abbott, Pierre Boucher, Fritz Brill, Johannes Brus, Chargesheimer, El Lissitzky, Guenther Foerg, Harald Falkenhagen, Hans Finsler, Jochen Gerz, Tim Gidal, Nan Goldin …
Tiefenschärfe

Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden (DE)
13 May 2006 – 2 Jul 2006

with Robert Adams, Dominique Auerbacher, Cecil Beaton, Christian Boltanski, Adrien Bonfils, Yves Bresson, Larry Clark, Gabriel Cuallado, William Eggleston, Walker Evans, Patrick Faigenbaum, Robert Frank …
Medium Fotografie

Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach (DE)
28 Jan 2006 – 13 Mar 2006

with Bernhard Johannes Blume, Guenter Brus, Georg Herold, Juergen Klauke, Christof Klute, Robert Lebeck, Katharina Sieverding, Anett Stuth
Multiple Räume (2) Park

Zucht und Wildwuchs in der Kunst

Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden (DE)
23 Apr 2005 – 10 Jul 2005

with Anna & Bernhard Blume, Joachim Brohm, Walter de Maria, Stan Douglas, Naoya Hatakeyama, Peter Hutchinson, Dieter Kiessling, Richard Long, Rainer Maria Matysik, Aernout Mik, Walter Niedermayr, Junebum Park …
Fotokunst (Arte Fotográfica)

Centro Português de , Porto (PT)
2 Apr 2005 – 3 Jul 2005

with Dieter Appelt, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Thomas Florschuetz, Juergen Klauke, Astrid Klein, Klaus Rinke, Katharina Sieverding
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 …
Experimentação na Colecção de Fotografia do IVAM

Institut Valencià d´Art Modern

Centro Português de , Porto (PT)
2 Apr 2005 – 22 May 2005

with Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Paul Citroen, Walker Evans, Joan Fontcuberta, Robert Frank, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Irving Penn, Richard Prince, Thomas Struth, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Javier Vallhonrat
La Photographie à l'épreuve

MAMC Saint-Étienne , Saint-Étienne (FR)
11 Feb 2005 – 10 Apr 2005

with Robert Adams, Laure Albin-Guillot, Claude Batho, Cecil Beaton, Bill Beckley, Felix Bonfils, Pierre Boucher, Victor Burgin, Larry Clark, John Coplans, Gabriel Cuallado, Walker Evans …
The Last Picture Show - Künstler verwenden Fotografie 1960-1982

Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur (CH)
27 Nov 2004 – 20 Feb 2005

with Vito Acconci, John Baldessari, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Christian Boltanski, Valie Export, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Barbara Kruger, Gordon Matta-Clark, Bruce Nauman, Richard Prince, Charles Ray, Martha Rosler …
Group Show

Ben Brown Fine Arts, London (GB)
8 Dec 2004 – 2 Feb 2005

with Candida Hoefer, Damien Hirst, Richard Prince
PhotoArt

RMIT Gallery, Melbourne (AU)
16 Aug 2004 – 25 Sep 2004

with Dieter Appelt, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Thomas Florschuetz, Juergen Klauke, Astrid Klein, Klaus Rinke, Katharina Sieverding
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 …
Biennale

Museum of New Art (mona), Pontiac (US)
15 May 2004 – 26 Jun 2004

with Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Janine Antoni, Nobuyoshi Araki, John Baldessari, Matthew Barney, Vanessa Beecroft, Oliver Boberg, Monica Bonvicini, Sophie Calle, Maurizio Cattelan, John Coplans, Tacita Dean …
Himmel über der Straße - Benefizausstellung zugunsten von fiftyfifty

Storms Galerie, Düsseldorf (DE)
8 May 2004 – 5 Jun 2004

with Wolfgang Bellwinkel, Andreas Gursky, Peter Hendricks, Boris Mikhailov, Thomas Ruff, Katharina Sieverding, Beat Streuli, Gerhard Vormwald
La Collection Ordóñez Falcón - Une passion partagée

Le Botanique, Brussels (BE)
13 Feb 2004 – 18 Apr 2004

with Berenice Abbott, Onesipe Aguado, Olympe Aguado, Albert Sands Southworth & Josiah Johnson Hawes, Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Diane Arbus, Antoni Arissa, Eugene Atget, Richard Avedon, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Hans Bellmer, Auguste Belloc …
PhotoArt

Goethe Institut, Singapore (SG)
5 Dec 2003 – 22 Dec 2003

with Thomas Florschuetz
Photographien

Galerie Springer Berlin, Berlin (DE)
27 Sep 2002 – 17 Nov 2002

with Bernd & Hilla Becher, Anna & Bernhard Blume
PHOTOGRAPHIE

Galerie Crone, Berlin (DE)
17 Jun 1999 – 3 Jul 1999

with David Armstrong, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Karin Elmers, Elliott Erwitt, Guenther Foerg, F. C. Gundlach, Andreas Gursky, Carsten Hoeller, William Klein, Joseph Kosuth, Luigi Ontani, Irving Penn …
Zur 1. Hamburger Triennale für Photographie

Galerie Crone, Berlin (DE)
17 Jun 1999 – 3 Jul 1999

with Andreas Gursky, Rosemarie Trockel
PHOTOGRAPHIE

Galerie Crone, Berlin (DE)
17 Jun 1999 – 3 Jul 1999

with Bernd & Hilla Becher, F. C. Gundlach, Andreas Gursky, Irving Penn, Bernhard Prinz

Events

Independent 20th Century

Independent NY, New York (US)
24 Sep 2026 – 27 Sep 2026

with Anonymous, Eleanor Antin, Peter Beard, Bruce Bernard, Angela Bulloch, John Deakin, Michel Giniès, Pierre Huyghe, Magdalena Jetelova, Herbert Matter, Ralph Eugene Meatyard, Eadweard J. Muybridge …
9th Triennial of Photography Hamburg 2026

Alliance Infinity Love - IN THE FACE OF THE OTHER

Triennale der Photographie Hamburg, Hamburg (DE)
5 Jun 2026 – 22 Sep 2026

with Laura Aguilar, Halil Altindere, Helene A. Amouzou, Diane Arbus, Karimah Ashadu, Richard Avedon, Maja Bajevic, John Baldessari, Lewis Baltz, Rosa Barba, Yto Barrada, Taysir Batniji …
Paris Photo 2025 - Group show

Galerie Papillon, Paris (FR)
13 Nov 2025 – 16 Nov 2025

with Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Mehdi-Georges Lahlou, Raphaelle Peria, Dieter Roth, VOID
Art Basel Paris

Art Basel Paris, Paris (FR)
16 Oct 2024 – 20 Oct 2024

with Adel Abdessemed, Francis Alys, Ghada Amer, Andrea Buettner, John Baldessari, Fiona Banner, Rosa Barba, Yto Barrada, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Jacopo Benassi, Irma Blank, Andre Breton …
Art Düsseldorf 2022

Art Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf (DE)
8 Apr 2022 – 10 Apr 2022

with Christiane Baumgartner, Anja Bohnhof, Candice Breitz, Clegg & Guttmann , Grey Crawford, Lucinda Devlin, Anna Ehrenstein, Mitch Epstein, Thomas Florschuetz, Candida Hoefer, Georg Herold, Evelyn Hofer …
Paris Photo 2021

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
11 Nov 2021 – 14 Nov 2021

with Berenice Abbott, Hoda Afshar, Jun Ahn, Aassmaa Akhannouch, Latif Al Ani, Albarran Cabrera, David Alekhuogie, Jean-Michel André, Nobuyoshi Araki, Tom Arndt, Ananké Asseff, Jane Evelyn Atwood …
Art Basel Miami Beach 2018

Art Basel Miami Beach, Miami (US)
6 Dec 2018 – 9 Dec 2018

with Ignasi Aballi, Marina Abramovic, Vito Acconci, Darren Almond, Darren Almond, Erica Baum, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Vanessa Beecroft, Valerie Belin, Dirk Braeckman, Kwame Brathwaite, Nancy Burson …
Photography from the 19th - 21st Century

Photographie des 19. bis 21. Jahrhunderts

Bassenge Fotoauktionen, Berlin (DE)
28 May 2018 – 5 Jun 2018

with Berenice Abbott, Ansel Adams, Leopold Ahrendts, Nobuyoshi Araki, Edouard Baldus, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Ilse Bing, Karl Blossfeldt, Brassai, Harry Callahan, Julia Margaret Cameron, Jewgeni Chaldej …
Paris Photo 2017

Paris Photo , Paris (FR)
9 Nov 2017 – 12 Nov 2017

with Berenice Abbott, Diane Arbus, Tom Arndt, Eugene Atget, Richard Avedon, Balthus (Balthasar Klossowski de Rola), Thomas Bangsted, Vanessa Beecroft, Valerie Belin, Ilse Bing, Erwin Blumenfeld, Leonard Bourgois-Beaulieu …
Jenseits des Kinos

Arsenal, Berlin (DE)
4 Oct 2006

with Tracey Emin
Photography / Fotografie

Palais Dorotheum, Wien (AT)

with Nobuyoshi Araki, Eve Arnold, Richard Avedon, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Werner Bischof, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Erwin Blumenfeld, Margaret Bourke-White, Steffi Brandl, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Robert Coburn …
Wie der Spiegel der Welt transparent wird: Fotografien von Sigmar Polke

mit Dr. Stefan Gronert, Sprengel Museum Hannover

Museum für Photographie, Braunschweig (DE)
29. Kunstauktion

RESSLER AUKTIONEN, Wien (AT)

with Arnulf Rainer, Erwin Wurm