Wolf Vostell

♂ *1932-1998 / Germany

Works

Contacts for the work of Wolf Vostell

Wolf Vostell

www.vostell.de

Solo exhibitions

Werksschau

Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen (DE)
15 Oct 2022 – 14 May 2023
Vostell Concrete 1969-1973

The Smart Museum of Art, Chicago (US)
17 Jan 2017 – 11 Jun 2017
Film & Video 1963-1987

Argos - Centre for Art & Media, Brussels (BE)
30 Sep 2012 – 16 Dec 2012
Das Theater ist auf der Straße

Die Happenings

Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen (DE)
6 Jun 2010 – 15 Aug 2010
Wolf Vostell (1932-1998) - Video Works

Janos Gat Gallery, New York (US)
19 Sep 2006 – 25 Nov 2006
de-coll/age

Davide Di Maggio, Berlin (DE)
20 May 2005 – 10 Jul 2005

Group

HIT BY NEWS

Press Art from the Nobel Collection

Dox Centre Contemporary Art, Praha (CZ)
6 Mar 2026 – 23 Aug 2026

with Berenice Abbott, John Baldessari, Matthew Barney, Beni Bischof, Erwin Blumenfeld, Margaret Bourke-White, Brassai, Olaf Breuning, Daniele Buetti, Rudy Burckhardt, Robert Capa, Henri Cartier-Bresson …
The good in the pot, the bad in the crop.

The Storage | Die Sammlung

Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen (DE)
31 Aug 2025 – 11 Jan 2026

with Laurenz Berges, Cihan Cakmak, Lana Deluigi, Mic Enneper, Robert Filliou, Lucio Fontana, Isa Genzken, Eric Lanz, Michel Majerus, Jonathan Monk, Judith Reigl, Markus Sixay …
Rewind, Replay: Vidéographie

Argos - Centre for Art & Media, Brussels (BE)
25 Oct 2025 – 21 Dec 2025

with Vito Acconci, Marie-Jo Lafontaine, Barbara + Michael Leisgen, Eva L’Hoest , Antoni Muntadas, Nam June Paik, Patti Smith, Ben Vautier, Bill Viola, William Wegman
494h 29m 53s

Die Sammlung des n.b.k. Video-Forums, von Karin Sander nach Laufzeit sortiert

Akademie der Künste, Berlin (DE)
4 Jul 2025 – 2 Aug 2025

with Marina Abramovic, Vito Acconci, Dan Acostioaei, Eija-Liisa Ahtila, Nevin Aladag, Maria Thereza Alves, Dieter Appelt, Rosa Barba, Matthew Barney, Ursula Biemann, Candice Breitz, Olga Chernysheva …
30 years of ZADIK – Highlights and Insights

ZADIK | Central Archive , Köln (DE)
25 May 2022 – 24 May 2023

with Marina Abramovic, Nam June Paik, Andy Warhol
Art After the Shoah

Ludwig Museum, Koblenz (DE)
13 Nov 2022 – 29 Jan 2023

with Boris Lurie
100 x Berlin

Großstadtbilder aus der Artothek, Fotografie - Grafik

Kommunale Galerie Berlin, Berlin (DE)
26 May 2020 – 16 Aug 2020

with Efraim Habermann, Matthias Koeppel, Karl-Ludwig Lange, Anna Lehmann-Brauns, Friederike von Rauch, Heinrich Zille
The Body Electric

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco (US)
6 Sep 2019 – 26 Jan 2020

with Laurie Anderson, Ed Atkins, Trisha Baga, Sadie Benning, Dara Birnbaum, Zach Blas, Peter Campus, Petra Cortright, Andrea Crespo, Zackary Drucker, Rhys Ernst, Valie Export …
The Body Electric

Walker Art Center, Minneapolis (US)
30 Mar 2019 – 21 Jul 2019

with Laurie Anderson, Ed Atkins, Trisha Baga, Sadie Benning, Dara Birnbaum, Peter Campus, Petra Cortright, Andrea Crespo, Zackary Drucker, Rhys Ernst, Valie Export, Simone Forti …
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, Sigmar Polke, Robert Rauschenberg, Ed Ruscha, Andy Warhol
TOTE AUSSTELLUNG

Galerie aKonzept, Berlin (DE)
30 Nov 2018 – 28 Dec 2018

with William Klein, Youri Lenquette, Boris Lurie, Arnold Odermatt, Arnulf Rainer, Jiri Valoch
Das Auto in der Kunst

Rasende Leidenschaft

Kunsthalle Emden, Emden (DE)
15 Jul 2017 – 5 Nov 2017

with Edward Burtynsky, Stephan Erfurt, Sylvie Fleury, Andreas Gursky, Hans Hemmert, Peter Keetman, Zilla Leutenegger, Arnold Odermatt, Roberto Otéro, Martin Parr, Peter Roehr, August Sander …
Auto Vision. Medienkunst von Nam June Paik bis Pipilotti Rist

Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen (DE)
8 Apr 2017 – 3 Sep 2017

with Peter Campus, Jan Dibbets, Olafur Eliasson, Jean Francois Guiton, Gary Hill, William Kentridge, Manfred Mohr, Mariko Mori, Nam June Paik, Pipilotti Rist, Peter Roehr, Simon Starling …
Auto Vision. Medienkunst von Nam June Paik bis Pipilotti Rist

Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen (DE)
8 Apr 2017 – 3 Sep 2017

with Peter Campus, Jan Dibbets, Olafur Eliasson, Jean Francois Guiton, Gary Hill, William Kentridge, Manfred Mohr, Mariko Mori, Nam June Paik, Pipilotti Rist, Peter Roehr, Simon Starling …
"Allein die Augen wussten." Die Sammlung Jacques Outin

Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim (DE)
12 Dec 2014 – 15 Feb 2015

with Yves Klein, Pablo Picasso
10a Bienal de Video y Artes Mediales

(BVAM)

Bienal de Video y Artes , Santiago (CL)
10 Jan 2012 – 22 Jan 2012

with Juan Carlos Alom, Juan Carlos Bracho, Jörg Burger, Jean-François Côté, Alexandra Crouwers, Juan Downey, Tracey Emin, Edgar Endress, Harun Farocki, William Forsythe, Gianfranco Foschino, Masaki Fujihata …
Fotografie - Dokument oder digitalisiertes Vergessen

im Kunstgebäude Schlosshof Bodenburg

Kunstverein Bad Salzdetfurth, Bad Salzdefurth (DE)
26 Feb 2011 – 20 Mar 2011

with Evgen Bavcar, Derek Besant, Ulrike Bolenz, Costantino Ciervo, Klaus Dierßen, Isa Genzken, Heinrich Heidersberger, Natacha Lesueur, Chantal Michel, Laura Ribero, Gerlinde Salentin, Judith Samen …
Das Museum als Kraftwerk

, Dortmund (DE)
9 Oct 2010 – 30 Dec 2010

with Anna & Bernhard Blume, Adrian Paci, Dieter Roth, Tobias Zielony
TV / Arts / TV

The television "shot" by artists

Centre d'Art Santa Mònica, Barcelona (ES)
15 Oct 2010 – 5 Dec 2010

with Vito Acconci, Judith Barry, Joseph Beuys, Dara Birnbaum, Dan Graham, Gary Hill, Ivan Marino, Chris Marker, Antoni Muntadas, Nam June Paik, Martin Parr, Joan Rabascall …
Changing Channels

Kunst und Fernsehen 1963-1987

MUMOK Museum, Wien (AT)
5 Mar 2010 – 6 Jun 2010

with Valie Export, Dan Graham, Sanja Ivekovic, David Lamelas, Nam June Paik, Peter Weibel
Die Kunst ist super!

Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin (DE)
5 Sep 2009 – 14 Feb 2010

with Fischli & Weiss, Duane Hanson, Robert Kusmirowski, Bruce Nauman, Nam June Paik, Wolfgang Tillmans
As Time Goes By

Berlinische Galerie, Berlin (DE)
27 Feb 2009 – 31 Aug 2009

with Dieter Appelt, Robert Capa, Tacita Dean, Beate Guetschow, Helga Paris, Michael Schmidt
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 …
Performing the city

Pan Palazzo delle Arti, Napoli (IT)
7 Feb 2009 – 16 Mar 2009

with Vito Acconci, Jordi Colomer, Mimmo Jodice, Joan Jonas, Tania Mouraud, Yoko Ono
Der diskrete Charme der Technologie. Spanische Kunst

ZKM | Zentrum Kunst Medien, Karlsruhe (DE)
27 Sep 2008 – 15 Feb 2009

with Antoni Abad, Pilar Albarracin, Daniel Canogar, Javier Codesal, Pep Dardanyà, Joan Fontcuberta, Dora Garcia, Pedro Garhel, JODI (Joan Heemskerk and Dirk Paesmans), Ivan Marino, Enrique Marty, Francisco Ruiz de Infante …
WHO KILLED THE PAINTING

Neues Museum, Nürnberg (DE)
31 Oct 2008 – 25 Jan 2009

with Joseph Beuys, Ayse Erkmen, Sanja Ivekovic, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Nam June Paik
40Jahrevideokunst.de. Video arte in Germania dal 1963 al 2004

Museo d'Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croc, Genova (IT)
24 Sep 2008 – 19 Oct 2008

with Joseph Beuys, Jan Dibbets, Harun Farocki, Jochen Gerz, Marina Abramovic/Ulay, Nam June Paik, Gerry Schum, Katharina Sieverding
First Generation: Art and the Moving Image, 1963-1986

MNCARS - Museo REINA SOFIA, Madrid (ES)
7 Nov 2006 – 2 Apr 2007

with Vito Acconci, Dara Birnbaum, Valie Export, David Hall, Gary Hill, Takahiko Iimura, Joan Jonas, Thierry Kuntzel, David Lamelas, Ana Mendieta, Antoni Muntadas, Bruce Nauman …
Algorithmische Revolution

ZKM | Zentrum Kunst Medien, Karlsruhe (DE)
25 Oct 2004 – 1 Jan 2007

with Heinrich Heidersberger, Charles Sandison
Meisterwerke der Medienkunst aus der ZKM-Sammlung

ZKM | Zentrum Kunst Medien, Karlsruhe (DE)
25 Oct 2004 – 1 Jan 2007

with Anna & Bernhard Blume, Christian Boltanski, Harun Farocki, Andreas Gursky, Candida Hoefer, Juergen Klauke, Marie-Jo Lafontaine, Marina Abramovic/Ulay, Bruce Nauman, Marcel Odenbach, Nam June Paik, Thomas Ruff …
The Scenic Eye

Apeejay Media Gallery, New Dehli (IN)
28 Oct 2006 – 16 Nov 2006

with Magdalena Jetelova, Katharina Sieverding, Rosemarie Trockel, Günther Uecker, Klaus vom Bruch, QIN Yufen
Berlin - Tokio / Tokio - Berlin. Die Kunst zweier Städte

Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (DE)
8 Jun 2006 – 3 Oct 2006

with Herbert Bayer, Candice Breitz, Marianne Breslauer, Chargesheimer, Ei-Q, Annika Eriksson, Hans Finsler, Arno Fischer, Walter Funkat, George Grosz, Hannah Hoech, Hannah Hoech …
Am Strom

Bilder vom Rhein

Galerie Heinz Holtmann, Köln (DE)
11 May 2006 – 31 Aug 2006

with Boris Becker, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Bettina Flitner, Fabrizio Plessi
10 Jahre Sammlung im Willy-Brandt-Haus

Willy-Brandt-Haus, Berlin (DE)
1 Jun 2006 – 27 Aug 2006

with Rainer Fetting, George Grosz, Hans Hartung, Cornelia Schleime
40jahrevideokunst.de - Die 60er

Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen (DE)
24 Mar 2006 – 28 May 2006

with Joseph Beuys, Nam June Paik, Gerry Schum, Aldo Tambellini
Tokyo - Berlin / Berlin - Tokyo

Mori Art Museum, Tôkyô (JP)
28 Jan 2006 – 7 May 2006

with Herbert Bayer, Candice Breitz, Marianne Breslauer, Chargesheimer, Ei-Q, Annika Eriksson, Hans Finsler, Arno Fischer, Walter Funkat, George Grosz, Hannah Hoech, Heinz Hajek-Halke …
Area 70

chiusura estiva dal 2 al 31 agosto

Studio Cannaviello, Milano (IT)
28 Jun 2005 – 6 Oct 2005

with Vito Acconci, John Baldessari, Bernd & Hilla Becher, Christian Boltanski, Juergen Klauke, Claudio Parmiggiani
Zur Vorstellung des Terrors: Die RAF-Ausstellung

Neue Galerie Graz, Graz (AT)
25 Jun 2005 – 28 Aug 2005

with Sue de Beer, Christoph Draeger, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Peter Friedl, Johan Grimonprez, Johannes Kahrs, Astrid Klein, Claude Leveque, Jonathan Meese, Marcel Odenbach, Thomas Ruff, Katharina Sieverding …
Zur Vorstellung des Terrors: Die RAF. Ausstellung

Eine Ausstellung von: Klaus Biesenbach, Ellen Blumenstein, Felix Ensslin

KW Kunst-Werke Berlin, Berlin (DE)
30 Jan 2005 – 16 May 2005

with Sue de Beer, Christoph Draeger, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Peter Friedl, Johannes Kahrs, Astrid Klein, Korpys / Loeffler, Jonathan Meese, Marcel Odenbach, Thomas Ruff, Katharina Sieverding, Klaus vom Bruch …
behind the facts. interfunktionen 1968 - 1975

Fridericianum, Kassel (DE)
29 Jan 2005 – 3 Apr 2005

with Vito Acconci, Bruce Nauman
Krieg-Medien-Kunst

Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Delmenhorst (DE)
21 Jan 2005 – 20 Mar 2005

with Heiner Blum, Ingo Günther, Joerg Herold, Klaus vom Bruch, Matthias Wähner
Video Sculpture in Germany since 1963

Faculty of Fine Arts Gallery, Chiang Mai (TH)
7 Dec 2004 – 26 Jan 2005

with Ingo Günther, Wolf Kahlen, Marcel Odenbach, Nam June Paik, Ulrike Rosenbach, Klaus vom Bruch
Art hypermarkets. Contesting consumerism

Palazzo delle papesse, Siena (IT)
9 Oct 2004 – 9 Jan 2005

with Anette Baldauf, collectif_fact, Minerva Cuevas, Jan Fabre, Michel Francois, Raymond Hains, Kristof Kintera, Barbara Kruger, Eva & Franco Mattes, Zwelethu Mthethwa, Olaf Nicolai, Erwin Olaf …
Krieg - Medien - Kunst. Positionen deutscher Künstler seit den sechziger Jahren

Städt. Galerie Bietigheim, Bietigheim-Bissingen (DE)
23 Oct 2004 – 9 Jan 2005

with Heiner Blum, Werner Büttner, Ingo Günther, Klaus vom Bruch, Matthias Wähner
Überblicke II - Zwischen Malerei und Fotografie

media.art.zentrum, Erlangen (DE)
16 Oct 2004 – 21 Nov 2004

with John Baldessari, Vanessa Beecroft, Nan Goldin, Erwin Olaf
Video Sculpture in Germany since 1963

National Gallery, Bangkok (TH)
13 Oct 2004 – 28 Oct 2004

with Birgit Brenner, Jean Francois Guiton, Wolf Kahlen, Dieter Kiessling, Franziska Megert, Ingo Metzner, Marcel Odenbach, Nam June Paik, Ulrike Rosenbach, Jeffrey Shaw, Klaus vom Bruch, Herbert Wentscher
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 Scenic Eye

Plastic and Graphic Arts and Theatre

Leeum Samsung, Seoul (KR)
20 May 2004 – 8 Aug 2004

with Katharina Sieverding, Rosemarie Trockel
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 …
X-SCREEN. Filmische Installationen und Aktionen der 60er und 70er Jahre

MUMOK Museum, Wien (AT)
13 Dec 2003 – 29 Feb 2004

with Vito Acconci, Dara Birnbaum, Marcel Broodthaers, Valie Export, Dan Graham, Joan Jonas, Kurt Kren, David Lamelas, Ronald Nameth, Bruce Nauman, Annabel Nicolson, Hélio Oiticica …
Focus. Videoteca GAM de Turín

MNCARS - Museo REINA SOFIA, Madrid (ES)
9 May 2003 – 18 Sep 2003

with Vito Acconci, Max Almy, Monica Carocci, Joan Jonas, Annika Larsson, Eva Marisaldi, Marzia Migliora, Bruce Nauman, Marcel Odenbach
Ich bin's. Selbstbild - Menschenbild - Weltbild

Kunstforum Berliner Volksbank, Berlin (DE)
30 Jan 2003 – 21 Apr 2003

with Marta Astfalck-Vietz, Herbert Bayer, Hannah Hoech, Raoul Hausmann, August Sander, Gundula Schulze Eldowy, Herbert Tobias, Rolf von Bergmann
Das zweite Gesicht

Metamorphosen des fotografischen Porträts

Deutsches Museum, München (DE)
8 May 2002 – 11 Aug 2002

with Gertrud Arndt, Aziz + Cucher, Herbert Bayer, Aenne Biermann, Anna & Bernhard Blume, Erwin Blumenfeld, Gerd Bonfert, Ecke Bonk, Anton Giuglio Bragaglia, Nancy Burson, Louis Caillaud, Julia Margaret Cameron …

Events

Copenhagen Photo Festival 2025

Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen (DK)
12 Jun 2025 – 22 Jun 2025

with Per Morten Abrahamsen, Vito Acconci, Pia Arke, Kader Attia, Jacob Aue Sobol, Richard Avedon, Jette Bang, Salih Basheer, Trisha Brown, Guenter Brus, Daniel Buren, Arvida Bystroem …
OFFSCREEN 2023

Installations, Still and Moving images

OFFSCREEN, Paris (FR)
18 Oct 2023 – 22 Oct 2023

with Eleanor Antin, Rosa Barba, Stefan Brüggemann, Thibault Brunet, Victor Burgin, Antony Cairns, Carmen Calvo, Daniel Canogar, Leyla Cardenas, Jermine Chua, Thomas Devaux, Julien Discrit …
Photobook Week Aarhus 2022: Off Balance

BLIK! Photobook Week, Aarhus (DK)
27 Oct 2022 – 30 Oct 2022

with Bisson Freres, Edward Burtynsky, Alexander Chekmenev, Nanna Debois-Buhl, Joseph-Philibert Girault de Prangey, Sasha Kurmaz, Boris Lurie, Sergey Melnitchenko, Walter Niedermayr, Viacheslav Poliakov, Paul Wolff, CHEN Zhe