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Diane Arbus Biography
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1923 |
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Born Diane Nemerov on March 14, 1923, in New York, NY
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1955 - 1957 |
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Studied photography with Lisette Model, New School for Social Research, New York, NY
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1959 |
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Separated from Allan Arbus
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1960 |
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Her first published photographs appeared in Esquire
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1963 |
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Guggenheim Fellowship
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1965 - 1966 |
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Instructor of Photography, Parson School of Design, New York, NY
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1966 |
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Guggenheim Fellowship
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1968 - 1969 |
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Instructor of Photography, Cooper Union, New York, NY
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1970 |
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Robert Leavitt Award
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1970 - 1971 |
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Instructor of Photography, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI
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1971 |
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Died on July 26, 1971, in New York, NY
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2010
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75 Years of Looking Forward: Focus on Artists, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
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2010
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Diane Arbus: Christ in a lobby and Other Unknown or Almost Known Works Selected by Robert Gober, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2010
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Diane Arbus: In the Absence of Others,Cheim & Reid, New York, NY (solo)
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2009
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Diane Arbus, Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, UK (solo)
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2009
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Artist Rooms: Diane Arbus, National Museum, Cardiff, UK (solo)
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2009
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The Female Gaze: Women Look at Women, Cheim & Read, New York, NY
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2009
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New at the Morgan: Acquisitions Since 2004, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY
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2008 - 2009
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Le Choc de la Photographie Americaine, Bibliotheque Nationale de France, Paris, France
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2008 - 2009
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Diane Arbus: A Printed Retrospective, 1960-1971, Curated by Pierre Leguillon, Kadist Art Foundation, Paris, France (solo)
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2008
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Arbus, Avedon, Sander, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, NY
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2008
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People, Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY
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2008
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Times Square, Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York, NY
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2007
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June Bride, Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, NY
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2007
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All the More Real, Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY
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2007
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Second View, Kloster Unser Lieben Frauen, Magdeburg, Germany
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2007
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Something Was There: Early Work by Diane Arbus, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2007
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Diane Arbus, Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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2007
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A Fine Collection, A Gallery for Fine Photography, New Orleans,
LA (solo)
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2006
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Eye of the Beholder: Photographs from the Collection of Richard Avedon, Pace/MacGill Gallery, New York, NY; Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA
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2006
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Recent Acquisitions: New York Street Photography from the 1960s and 1970s, (16 Diane Arbus Coney Island photographs) New York Public Library, New York, NY
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2006
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Das Achte Feld/The Eight Square, Museum Ludwig Cologne, Germany
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2006
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The Construction of the Other, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
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2003 - 2006
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Diane Arbus: Revelations, (200 photographs and supplementary ephemera), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY; Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK; Fundació la Caixa, Barcelona, Spain; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN (solo)
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2005
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Photographing the Museum, Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York, NY
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2005
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Bilanz in zwei Akten, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany
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2005
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Diane Arbus: Other Faces, Other Rooms, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY
(solo)
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2005
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Diane Arbus, Gallery Koyanagi, Portland, OR (solo)
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2004 - 2005
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Diane Arbus: Family Albums, Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, South Hadley, MA; Grey Art Gallery, New York, NY; Portland Art Museum, Portland, ME; Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KS (solo)
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2002 - 2005
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Eye to Eye, Groninger Museum, Holland, The Netherlands
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2004
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Ghost Stories: The Disembodied Spirit, Austin Museum of Art, Austin, TX
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2004
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Menschenbilder, Galerie Thomas Zander, Cologne, Germany
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2004
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Photographers of Genius, Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
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2003 - 2004
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Cruel and Tender, Tate Modern, London; Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
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2003 - 2004
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A Clear Vision, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
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2003
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Gogh Modern, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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2003
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Pictures from Within, Whitney Museum, New York, NY
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2003
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Flesh Tones, Robert Mann Gallery, New York, NY
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2002
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American Standard: (Para) Normality and Everyday Life, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
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2001 - 2002
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J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville, FL
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2001
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Voice, Image, Gesture: Selections from The Jewish Museum’s Collection, 1945 – 2000, The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
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2001
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Homage to the Square: Picturing Washington Square, 1890-1865, Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York, NY
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2001
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Diane Arbus: A Box of Ten Photographs, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo)
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2000 - 2001
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Diane Arbus: Untitled 1969-1971, Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne, Germany (solo)
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2000
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Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium (solo)
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1997
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Diane Arbus: Women, Galleria Photology, Milan, Italy (solo)
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1996 - 1997
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Diane Arbus: Women, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1996
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Untitled: Diane Arbus, Pace Wildenstein, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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1995
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The Movies: Photographs from 1956 to 1958, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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1992
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Diane Arbus: Untitled 1970-71, Jan Kesner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
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1991
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Diane Arbus: Photographs, Edwynn Houk Gallery, Chicago, IL (solo)
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1991
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Diane Arbus: Untitled 1970-71, Robert Miller Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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| Literature |
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2003
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Arubus, Diane. Revelations. New York: Random House and Toronto: Random House of Canada Limited.
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1995
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Arbus and Yolanda Cuomo, Eds. Untitled. New York: Aperture.
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1984
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Arubus, Diane. and Thomas W. Southall. Diane Arbus Magazine Work. Eds. Doon Arbus and Marvin Israel. Millerton. NY: Aperture.
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1972
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Arubus, Diane. Diane Arbus. Eds. Doon Arbus and Marvin Israel.
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