Christian Boltanski

Paris, France, 1944 - 2021, Paris, France

BiographySELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS2002"Faire-Part," Palazzo delle Papesse, Sienna, Italy"Sombras," Museo de Santa Rosa, Puebla, Mexico2001"Facets of Memory," The Jewish Museum San Francisco, San Francisco, California"La vie impossible," Kunstmuseum Dessao, Dessao, Germany St. Peter Church, Cologne, Germany"La Reserve de Christian Boltanski," Skulpturemuseum, Marl, Germany2000"Christian Boltanski: Reflexion," Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts1999Museum of Modern Art, Caracas, Venezuela1998"Night in August," Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland"Compra/Venta," Alumudin, Valencia, SpainArken Museum for Moderne Kunst, Copenhagen, DenmarkMuseum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, FinlandARC/Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France"Christian Boltanski: So Far," Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art & Design, Kansas City, Missouri1997"Le Voyage d'Hiver," National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, KoreaChateau de Plieux, Plieux, France"Los Justos," Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain (add title of show)"Les Registres," Espace du Grand Hornu, Mons, France (added title)"Lost," Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany"Christian Boltanski Pentimenti," Villa delle Rose, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, ItalyMuseu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona, SpainEspace du Grand Hornu, Mons, France1996"Christian Boltanski," Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany"Sterblich," Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany"Alltag," avec Jean Kalman, theater der Welt, Dresden, Germany"Advento," Centro Gallego De Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain1995DuPont Foundation for Contemporary Art, Tilburg, The NetherlandsVilla Medeci, Rome, ItalyMarian Goodman Gallery, New York, New YorkKunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria"Lost: New York Projects," Public Art Fund, New York, New York1994OBALA Art Center, Sarajevo, Bosnia and HercegovinaTramway, Glasgow, ScotlandThe Henry Moore Studio, Halifax, EnglandCenter for Contemporary Art, Glasgow, ScotlandKonsthalle, Malmö, SwedenThe National Museum of Contemporary Art, Oslo, NorwayLudwig Forum, Aachen, Germany"Leçons des Ténèbres," Belvedere du Château de Prague, Prague, Czech RepublicFundació Espai Poblenou, Barcelona, SpainWilhelm Lehmbruch Museum, Duisburg, GermanyCincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio1993Karl Valentine Museum and Städtmuseum, Munich, GermanyMuseum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany"Les Suisses Morts," Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, SwitzerlandNew York Public Library, New York, New YorkStädtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, GermanyStädtische Galerie in Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Graphische Sammlung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany1992La Fundación Cultura Televisa and Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporaneo, Polanco, MexicoStiftsbibliothek, Saint Gallen, Switzerland1991"The Dead Swiss," Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York"Inventar," Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany"Reconstitution," Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France; Stedelijk van van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The NetherlandsContemporary Art Museum, Houston, Texas1990The Institute of Contemporary Art, Nagoya, JapanPalais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, BelgiumMusée Départemental de Rochechouart, Haute-Vienne, France1989"Lessons of Darkness," Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver; The Power Plant, Toronto, Ontario"La Fête du Pourim," Museum of Contemporary Art, Basel, SwitzerlandUniversity Art Museum, Berkeley, CaliforniaThe Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel1988"Lessons of Darkness," Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California; The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New YorkYdessa Hendeles Art Foundation, Toronto, Ontario"El Caso," Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, SpainMarian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York1987Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany"Classe terminale du lycée Chases en 1931," Castelgasse-Vienne, Vienna, Austria"Le Lycée Chases," Maison de la Culture et de la Communication, Saint-Etienne, France1986"Leçon des Ténèbres," Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany"Peindre photographier," Musée de Nice, Galerie des Ponchettes, Nice, France"Festival d'automne," Chapelle de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France1985"Monuments" (Organised by Le Coin du miroir), Dijon, France"Ombres," Ex Stalloni, Reggio nell'Emilia, Italy1984"Filme von Christian Boltanski," Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland; Galerie Croussel-Hussenot, Paris, France; Musée National d'Art Moderne- Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France; Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany; Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany1983Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, Connecticut1982Nouveau Musée, De Vleeshal, Middelburg, The Netherlands1981Carpenter Center, Harvard Univerity, Cambridge, Massachusetts"Compositions," ARC/Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France1980"Christian Boltanski-Compositions," Musée des Beaux-Arts, Calais, France"Compositions," Galerie Sonnabend, Paris, France1979"Les Modèles," Maison de la Culture Chalon-sur-Saône, France1978"Show de Nöel," Le Coin du miroir, Dijon, France"Arbeiten 1968-1978," Karlsruhe, GermanyP.S.1/Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, New YorkGaleria Foksal, Warsaw, Poland1977"Stories and Posters," La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California"Les Vacances," Centrum für Kunst, Vaduz, Liechtenstein1976"Modellbilder," Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany"Photographies couleurs-Images modèles," Musée National d'Art Moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France1975Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland1974Stichting de Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands"Le Musée de Christian Boltanski 1966-1974," Dijon, FranceGalleria Forma, Genoa, Italy"Les Inventaires," Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, DenmarkWestfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, GermanyCNAC/Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France1973Modern Art Agency, Naples, ItalyKunsthalle, Baden-Baden, GermanyMuseum of Modern Art, Oxford, England"Les Inventaires," Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel1970ARC/Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, FranceSELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS2003"A Sculpture Show," Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York2001"Dialogue Ininterrompu," Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Nantes, France2000"A Celebration of Contemporary Art. Vanitas: Meditations on life and death in contemporary art," Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond Virginia1999"The Museum as Muse: Artists Reflect," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York"La Ville, le Jardin, la Mémoire," Villa Medici, Rome, Italy"Sans Reserve 1," Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, France2000"The Self is Something Else. Art at the End of the 20th Century," Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany"Zeitwenden," Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany"Diary," Cornerhouse, Manchester, England"Circa 1968," The Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Oporto, Portugal1998"Breaking Ground," Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York"Premises: Invested Spaces in Visual Arts and Architecture from France, 1958-1998," Guggenheim SoHo, New York, New York"Tableaux aux murs," Fonds Regional d'Art Contemporain Bourgogne, Dijon, France"Dijon/le consortium.coll tout contre l'art contemporain," Musée National d'Art Moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France1997"In Visible Light," Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, England"Veronica's Revenge" (Oeuvres photographiques de la Lambert Collection), Centre d'Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland"Dialogues de l'Ombre," Espace Electra, Paris, France1996"Beyond Recognition, Contemporary International Photography," A National Gallery of Australia Travelling Exhibition"Collections, Collection," Caisse des dépôts et consignations, Musée d'Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, France"Photocollages," Le Consortium, Dijon, France1995The New Museum, New York, New YorkPublic Art Project on Rochdale Canal, Manchester, EnglandVenice Biennial, Venice, ItalyBoca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FloridaIsrael Museum, Jerusalem, Israel"Photography and Beyond: New Expressions in France," The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, IllinoisCAPC Musée d'Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, FranceZacheta Gallery, National Gallery of Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland1995-94"Burnt Whole: Contemporary Artists Reflect on the Holocaust," Washington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts1994"Hors Limites, L'Art et la Vie," Musée National d'Art Moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FranceCabinet d'Art Graphique, Musée National d'Art Moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, FranceWashington Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C."Do It," Kunsthalle Ritter, Klagenfurt, AustriaPalau del Scala, Valencia, SpainAnsel Adams Center for Photography, San Francisco, CaliforniaMarian Goodman Gallery, New York, New YorkKunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, GermanyMuseum der Stadtentwässerung, Zurich, SwitzerlandCAPC Musée d'Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, FranceMaison Centrale des Artistes, Moscow, RussiaInstitute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaEspace des Arts, Chalon-sur-Saône, FranceInstitut of the Netherlands, Paris, FranceEcole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, FranceCabinet d'Estampe du Musée d'Art et d'Histoire, Geneva, SwitzerlandInstitut Français de Madrid, Madrid, SpainGoethe Institut, Montreal, QuebecThe Gallery at Takashimaya, New York, New YorkWilhelm Lembruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany1993"A Group Show," Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New YorkJewish Museum, New York, New YorkVenice Biennial, Venice, ItalyMuseo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, UruguayHotel Carlton Palace, Paris, FranceEspace Lyonnaise d'Art Contemporain, Lyon, FranceHaus der Kunst, Munich, GermanyBiennale de Lyon, Lyon, France1992"Tesoros de la edad del oscurantismo en Europa," Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico"Pour la suite du monde," Musée d'Art Contemporain, Montreal, Quebec"La mémoire des formes," Centre d'Art Contemporain, Domaine de Kerguehennec, FranceInternational Center of Photography, New York, New YorkJewish Museum, New York, New YorkMuseo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain1991Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"A Group Show," Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York"Individualités: 14 Contemporary Artists from France," Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario"Places with a Past: New Site-Specific Art in Charleston," Spoleto Festival U.S.A., Charleston, South Carolina1990"A Group Show," Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York"Assembled," The University Art Gallery, Wright State University Creative Art Center, Dayton, Ohio"Reorienting: Looking East," Third Eye Center, Glasgow, Scotland1989"Les Magiciens de la Terre," Grande Halle de la Villette and Centre National d'Art et de la Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, France"Histoire de Musée," ARC/Musée National d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France"On the Art of Fixing a Shadow," National Gallery, Washington, D.C.; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois"The Art of Photography," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Texas; Australian National Gallery, Camberra, Australia; The Royal Academy of Art, London, England"Christian Boltanski and Annette Messager," Eglise Saint Martin du Méjan, Arles, France"2000 Years - The Presence of Time Past," Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany"L'invention d'un art," Centre National d'Art et de la Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, France"Einleuchten: Will, Vorstel und Simul in HH," Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Szeem, Germany"Simplon Express," Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelle Paris-Ile de France, Paris, France"Dimension Jouet," Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille; Maison du Jouet de Moirans, Moirans-en-Montagne, France"Une autre affaire," Dijon, France"L'art en France: un siècle d'invention," Union des Peintres, Moscow, Russia; Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia"Sub Limine Burgundiae," Halle Sud, Geneva, Switzerland"Passé/Présent-Récits et Méandres," Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain Provence-Alpes, Côte d'Azur, France; Ecole d'Art de Toulon, Toulon, France; Ecole d'Art d'Avignon, Avignon, France"Vive le Nouveau Musée!," Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi, Belgium1988"Nightfire," Stichting de Appel, Amsterdam, The NetherlandsMarian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York"Clareté," Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Denmark"Zeitlos," Berlin, Germany"Golem! Danger, Deliverance and Art," Jewish Museum, New York, New York"Maison de Caractère," Château Coquelle, Ecole Régionale des Beaux-Arts Georges Pompidou, Dunkerque, France"Saturne en Europe," Musée des Beaux-Arts, Ancienne Douane and Musée de l'Oeuvre Notre Dame, Strasbourg, France"Rot Gelb Blau," Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, Kunstverein St. Gallen, Switzerland"Ansichten," Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany"Farbe Bekennen," Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland"Collection Sonnabend," Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain; CAPC Musée d'Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France1987"Vit hed oude Europa; From the Europe of Old" (organized by Europalia, Brussels), The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands"Century '87: Kunst van nu ontmoet Amsterdam, The Netherlands verleden," (Today's Art Face to Face with Amsterdam's Past), Torensluiskerker, Amsterdam, The Netherlands"Die Gleischzeitigkeit des Anderen," Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland"Le Carré-Choix d'oeuvres du Fonds Régional d'art Contemporain de Bourgogne," Dijon, France"Les Années 70: Les Années mémoires. Archéologie du savoir et d'être," Abbaye Saint-André Centre d'Art Contemporain, Meynac, France"Le Saut de l'Ange" (dance, in collaboration with Dominique Baqouet), Cour Jacques Coeur, Montpellier, FranceMarian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York"Terrae Motus-Naples-Tremblement de Terre," Le Grand Palais, Paris, France"De la Photo comme peinture," Galerie Municipale d'Art Contemporain, Saint-Priest, France1986"Un choix," Exhibition Catalogue, KunstRAI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands"Collections du Fonds Régional d'art Contemporain des Pays de la Loire: Images Fabriquées," Angers, France"Turning Over the Pages," Kettle's Yard, Cambridge, England"Collection. L'Art contemporain au Musée Départemental des Vosges," Epinal, France"Chambre d'Amis," Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium"Terrae Motus 2," Villa Campolieto, Herculaneum, Italy"Lumières: Perception-Projection," CIAC/Centre International d'Art Contemporain, Montreal, Quebec"Anciens et nouveaux," Grand Palais, Paris, France"Märchen Mythen Monster," Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun, Switzerland"Christian Boltanski and Annette Messager," Artspace, Sydney, Australia1984"Alles und noch viel mehr—das poetische ABC," Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland"La Bande dessinée," Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, BelgiumBiennale des Friedens, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany"Ceci n'est pas une photographe," Mont-de-Marsan, France"Atelier Polaroid," Musée National d'Art Moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France18th Biennal International de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil"Dialogue," Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden"Märchen Mythen Monster," Rheinisches Landes Museum, Bonn, Germany"L'Art et le temps," Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium"Histoire de sculpture," Château des Ducs d'Epernon, Cadillac Gironde, France"Lumières et sons 84," Château de Biron, Dordogne, France"Deux régions en France: L'Art international d'aujourd'hui," Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium"Collection," Musée des Beaux-Arts, Palais Saint Pierre, Lyon, France"Ecritures dans la peinture," Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Villa Arson, Nice, France"Qu'est ce qu'un FRAC? 100 oeuvres de 75 artistes acquises en Rhône-Alpes," Fondation Nationale des Arts Graphiques et Plastiques, Paris, France"Echanges," Goethe Institute, Paris, France"Mur blanc pour chambre noire," Maison de la Culture et de la Communication, Saint-Etienne, France; L'Arleri, Centre Niçois de Photographie Documentaire, Nice, France; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valence, France"Individualités: Artisti francesi d'oggi," Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy1983"Kunst mit Photographie," Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany"Présence discrète," Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon, FranceFotosymposium 5, Forum Stadpark, Graz, Austria"Images fabriquées," Musée National d'Art Moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France"Douceur de l'avant garde," Rennes, France1982"60'80: Attitudes/Concepts/Images," Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands"Kunst i Frankrike," Bergens Kunsforening, Bergen, Norway"Préfiguration pour le centre contemporain de Buisson-Rond," Chambéry, France"Medium Photographie-Künstler mit Fotos," Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany"Choix pour aujourd'hui," Musée National d'Art Moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France"Vergangenheit Gegenwart Zukunft," Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany"Paris 1960-1980," Museum des 20 Jahrhunderts, Vienna, Austria; Musée National d'Art Moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France"4 Années d'acquisition," Musée de Toulon, Toulon, France"Au Travers d'une collection, petite promenade dans la contemporanité," Centre Culturel de Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, FranceLe Nouveau Musée-Institut d'Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, France1981"Façons de peindre," Maison de la Culture, Chalon-sur-Saône, France; Musée Roth, Geneva, Switzerland; Musée Savoisie, Chambéry, France"Westkunst," Museen der Stadt Köln, Cologne, Germany"Les Genevois collectionnent. Aspects de l'Art l'aujourd'hui 1970-1980," Musée Rath, Geneva, Switzerland"Trigon 81," Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum, Graz, Austria"The Archives," Art Information Centre Peter van Beveren, Hasselt, Belgium"Avantgarden-Retrospektiv," Westfälicher Kunstverein, Münster, GermanySonnabend Gallery, New York, New York"37 Aktuelle Kunstnarer fran Frankrike," Lijevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden1981-80City Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent, England; D.L.I. Museum and Arts Centre, Durham, England; Cartwright Hall, Bradford, England1980"Photographische Sammlung," Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany"Kunst in Europa na '68," Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium"Camera obscura," Palazzo Real, Milan, Italy"Ils se disent peintres. Ils se disent photographes," ARC/Musée d'Art Moderne de Ville de Paris, Paris, FranceL'Espace 13, Paris, France41st Venice Biennal, Venice, Italy1979"Text-Foto-Geschichten. Story Art/Narrative Art," Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany; Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany; Krefelder Kunstverein, Krefeld, Germany"Eremit? Forscher? Sozialarbeiter? Das veränderte Selbstverständnis von Künstlern," Kunstverein und Kunsthaus, Hamburg, Germany"Photographies," Kunstverein, Innsbruck, Austria"Over wanderlingen en reizen," Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands"Partis pris autres," ARC/Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France"European Dialogue," 3rd Sydney Biennial, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia1978"Aspekte der 60er Jahre. Aus der Sammlung Reinhard Onnasch," Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany"Das Bild des Künstlers-Selbstdarstellungen," Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany"Couples," P.S.1/Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, New York1977"Beethoven, Music for the Millions," Stichting Festival, Arnhem, The Netherlands"Jardin," Jardin Botanique, Brussels, Belgium"Illusion and Reality," Australian National Gallery, Canberra, AustraliaROSC 77, Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art and National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, IrelandDocumenta 6, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany"Bookworks," The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York1976"Identité/Identification," CAPC Musée d'Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, FranceTriennale of Photography, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel"Selbsporträt," Kunsthaus Pischinger, Stuttgart, Germany1975"Tendenser i Moderne Kunst," Nordjyllands Kunst Museum, Aalborg, Denmark"Art contemporain et photographie," Musée Réattu, Arles, France"Artists' Video Tapes," Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium"Europalia," Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium"Fotografie als Kunst-Kunst als Fotografie," Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Chalon-sur-Saône, France"Mémoire d'un pays noir," Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium"Arnold Bode zum 75. Geburtstag," Kassel, Germany"Lives," Fine Arts Building, New York, New York9th Paris Biennial, Paris, France"Narrative Art 2," Cannaviello Studio d'Arte, Rome, Italy"A proposito del Mulino Stucky," Venice Biennial, Venice, ItalyAWARDSGoslau Kaiserring Prize, Moncheausmuseum Goslau, 2001 (change title)Kunstprize, 2001, Given by Nord/LB, Braunschweig, Germany©Marian Goodman Gallery

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