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Nancy Spero Biography
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1926 |
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Born in Cleveland, Ohio
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1944 - 1945 |
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University of Colorado, Boulder
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1945 - 1949 |
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Bachelor of Fine Arts School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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1949 - 1950 |
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Education Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
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1951 |
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Marries Leon Golub, New York, NY
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1962 |
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First solo exhibition, Paris, France
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1971 |
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Founding member of the A.I.R. Gallery, New York, NY
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1976 - 1977 |
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CAPS Fellowship, New York State Council on the Arts
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1977 - 1978 |
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National Endowment for the Arts Grant
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1987 |
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First retrospective exhibition Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
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1991 |
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Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
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1995 |
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Skowhegan Medal for Works on Paper
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1995 |
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NARAL/New York Pro Choice Media
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1996 |
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Hiroshima Art Prize, Hiroshima Museum of Contemporary Art and Hiroshima City, Japan
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1996 |
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The 1996 Printmaker Emerita Award, West Virginia University
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1997 |
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Cityarts, New York, 29th annual award (jointly with Leon Golub)
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2001 |
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Artists Space, 2001 Spring Benefit Honoree
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2008 |
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Women’s Art: Women’s Vision Honoree, National Women's History Project
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Lives and works in New York
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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The Woman as Protagonist, Herbert-Boeckl-Preis 2009 for International Painting, Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Austria
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2009
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“Unbuilt Roads,” Based on the book Unbuilt Roads: 107 Unrealised Projects, Hatje Cantz (1997) edited by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Guy Tortosa, e-flux project space, New York, New York
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2009
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“Un Coup de Dent,” Galerie Lelong, New York, New York (solo)
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2009
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“What’s the Word: Words and Symbols from the Lyman Allyn Art Museum,” Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, Connecticut
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2008
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“Nancy Spero,” Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London, Englandn (solo)
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2008
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“Dissidances,” Museo d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Traveled to MuseoNacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, Spain (solo)
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2008
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“Reflections,” Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
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2008
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“Close Encounters: Facing the Future,” American University Museum, Washington D.C.
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2008
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“Women of a Certain Age and Beyond,” Gallery of Contemporary Art, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, Connecticut
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2008
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“Collage: The Unmonumental Picture,” The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York
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2008
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Spero Speaks, de Appel Arts Centre, Amsterdam (solo)
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2008
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Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London (solo)
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2008
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Selected works by gallery artists, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London
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2008
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Museu d`Art Contemporani de Barcelona (MACBA), Barcelona (solo)
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2007
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Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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2007
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Unmonumental: The Object In The 21st Century, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, Inaugural exhibition, New York
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2007
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27th Biennial of Graphic Arts, Centre of Graphic Arts, Lubljana, Slovenia
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2007
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“WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution,” Geffen Center, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; Traveled through 2008 to National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.; Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City, New York
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2007
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“Think with the Senses – Feel with the Mind. Art in the Present Tense,” 52nd International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
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2007
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“New Hangings of the Modern Collection,” Musée National d'art Moderne Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
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2007
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“Nancy Spero: The Paris Black Paintings,” Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
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2007
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“Nancy Spero: Artaud Paintings and Codex Artaud,” Frac Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-lès-Rouen, France
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2007
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“After the Revolution: Women Who Transformed Contemporary Art,” Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City, New York
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2006
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"Twice Drawn,” Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Saratoga Springs, New York
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2006
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“Nancy Spero,” Francosoffiantino Artecontemporanea, Torino, Italy
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2006
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“femme brut(e),” Lyman Allyn Art Museum, New London, Connecticut
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2006
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“Couples Discourse,” Palmer Museum of Art, University Park, Pennsylvania
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2005
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“Cri du Coeur,” Galerie Lelong, New York
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2005
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“Tattoo,” Overtones, Los Angeles, California
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2005
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“Along the Way: MTA Arts For Transit, Celebrating 20 Years of Public Art”, UBS Gallery, New York, NY
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2005
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“Persistent Vestiges: Drawing from the American-Vietnam War, “ Drawing Center, New York
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2005
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“Three Cities Against the Wall,” ABC No Rio, New York
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2005
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“Drawn to Cleveland,” Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland, New York
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2005
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“Atomica: Making the Invisible Visible,” Lombard-Freid Fine Arts & Esso Gallery, New York
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2005
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“Toward the Future: Through the Eyes of the Artists Awarded the Hiroshima Art Prize,” Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima, Japan
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2004
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The War Series, Galerie Lelong, Paris, France
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2004
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“Esprit,” Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris, France
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2004
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“Weighing the Heart Against a Feather of Truth,” Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain (retrospective)
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2003
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The War Series, Galerie Lelong, New York
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2003
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Other Worlds, with Kiki Smith, Baltic Mill Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, England
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2002
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Nancy Spero: A Continuous Present, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
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2002
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“Azur,” Galerie Lelong, New York
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2001
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Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich, Germany
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2001
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“Codex Artaud,” University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth; traveling through 2004 to several venues, organized by Pamela Auchincloss
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2001
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Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada
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2000 - 2001
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'Open Ends: Contemporary Art from 1960 - 2001' The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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2000
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'Kwangju Biennale 2000' Art and Human Rights Section, Korea
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2000
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'The Perpetual Well: Contemporary Art from the Collection of the Jewish Museum' Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville
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1999 - 2000
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'The American Century, Art and Culture, Part II 1950-2000' The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
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1998
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'Matrix/Berkeley: 20 Years' The University of California, Berkeley Art Museum
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1998
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'Nancy Spero' Crown Gallery, Brussels
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1998
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'Black and the Red III' Galerie Montenay-Giroux, Paris
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1998
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'Nancy Spero NEUE ARBEITEN' Barbara Gross Galerie, Munich
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1998
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'Nancy Spero' inaugural exhibition and wall installation, IKON Gallery Birmingham
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1998
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Leon Golub/Nancy Spero, Museo Jacobo Borges Carcas, Venezuela
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1998
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Contemporary Art: The Janet Wolfson de Botton Gift, Tate Gallery London
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1998
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Matrix/Berkeley: 20 Years, The University of California, Berkeley Art Museum
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1997 - 1998
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Nancy Spero NEUE ARBEITEN, Barbara Gross Galerie Munich
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1997
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'Nanomuseum' curated by Hans-Ulrich Obrist, (traveling)
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1997
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'Documenta X' 'The War Series' curated by Catherine David, Kassel
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1997
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'Art in Chicago 1945-1995' Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
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1997
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Figured, Associated Americain Artists New York, NY
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1997
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Partners in Printmaking: Works from SOLO Impression, The National Museum of Women in the Arts Washington, DC
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1997
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4 Decades, PPOW New York
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1997
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A Game of Chance, Printworks Gallery Chicago
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1996
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'Deformations: Aspects of the Modern Grotesque' curated by Robert Storr, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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1996
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'Leon Golub • Nancy Spero - Contemporaries' The Elaine L. Jacob Gallery, Wayne State University, Detroit
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1995
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After Hiroshima, Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art Japan
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1993
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'Torture of Women' 'The First Language' & 'The Hours of the Night' National Gallery of Canada, Ottowa
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1993
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National Gallery of Canada Ottowa
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1992
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'Codex Artaud' Museum of Modern Art, NYC, as part of 'Allegories of Modernism: Contemporary Drawing' curated by Bernice Rose
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1991
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'Works on Paper 1981-1991' Salzburger Kunstverein, Künstlerhaus Salzburg, Austria
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1991
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Josh Baer Gallery New York, NY
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| Literature |
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2008
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Roel Arkesteijn, ‘Codex Spero. Nancy Spero Selected Writins and Interviews 1950-2008’, Roma Publications
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2008
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Rachel Churner, ‘Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona’, Artforum, May
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2007
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Francesco Stocchi, ‘Yin and Yan’, Spike, Issue 13, Autumn
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2007
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Anne Doran, ‘Out with the Old’, Artforum, September
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2007
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Hans Ulrich Obrist, ‘I am the Activator, Nancy Spero speaking to Hans Ulrich Obrist in a telephone interview’, Spike, Issue 12
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2007
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Ann Doren, ‘Out with the Old’, Artforum, September
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2007
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Francesco Stocchi, ‘On the 52nd Biennial’, Spike, Issue 13
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2007
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Hans Ulrich Obrist, ‘I am the activator’, Spike, Issue 12
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2007
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Anne Doran, ‘Out with the Old’, Artforum, September
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2006
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‘Nancy Spero’, Frances Richard, Artforum, February
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2006
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Lilly Wei, ‘Nancy Spero’, ARTnews, February
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2005
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Nick Stillman, ‘Nancy Spero’, Artforum, Oct-Nov
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2002
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Eleanor Heartney, ‘Nancy Spero’, Art in America, September
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2002
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Jan Avgikos, ‘Nancy Spero’, Artforum, April
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2001
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Paul Lieberman, ‘The Hue and Cry of art’, Los Angeles Time, 10 October
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2000
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Mason Klein, ‘Leon Golub and Nancy Spero’, Artforum, September, pp.178-9
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2000
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Robert Enright, ‘On the other side of the miror’, Border Crossings, 2000
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