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Joseph Kosuth Biography
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1945 |
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Born in Toledo, Ohio, January 31.
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1963 - 1964 |
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Educated at the Cleveland Institute of Art
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1965 - 1967 |
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The School of Visual Arts, New York City
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1968 |
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Cassandra Foundation Grant
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1971 - 1972 |
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New School for Social Research, New York, (anthropology and philosophy) 1971-72.
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1967 - 1985 |
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Faculty, Department of Fine Art, The School of Visual Arts, New York City 1967-1985;
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1988 - 1990 |
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Professor at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg
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1991 |
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Frederick Weisman Award
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1993 |
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The Menzione d'Onore at the Venice Biennale
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1993 |
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Received the Chevalier de l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres from the French government
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1991 - 1997 |
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Professor at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildende Künste, Stuttgart
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1999 |
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A 3.00 franc postage stamp was issued by the French Government in honor of his work in Figeac.
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2001 |
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Received the Laura Honoris Causa, doctorate in Philosophy and Letters from the University of Bologna.
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2001 |
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His novel ‘Purloined’ was published by Salon Verlag.
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2003 |
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Received the Austrian Republic’s highest honor for accomplishments in science and culture, the Golden Cross
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Lives in New York City and Rome, Italy. Currently Professor at the Kunstakademie Munich and Istituto Universitario di Architettura, Venice, Italy.
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2012
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The Long Curve: 150 Years of Visionary Collecting, Albright-Knox Art Gallery at Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
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2011
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Sparking Dialogue, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA
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2011
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Syntax: Text and Symbols for a New Generation, Selections from the Hadley Martin Syntax: Text and Symbols for a New Generation, Selections from the Hadley Martin
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2011
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Personal Structures, Palazzo Bembo, Venice, Italy
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2011
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Albert Oehlen/ Joseph Kosuth, Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid, Spain
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2011
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'Private / Corporate VI', Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
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2011
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The Mind’s Image of Itself #3' a play of architecture and the mind, Sprüth Magers, London, England (solo)
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2010
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‘(Waiting for-) Texts for Nothing’ Samuel Beckett, in play, Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne, Australia (solo)
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2010
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(Waiting for-) Texts for Nothing, Samuel Beckett, in play, Eine Geschichte des Installationen, 1965-2010, Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
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2010
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(Waiting for-) Texts for Nothing, Samuel Beckett, in play, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2010
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Joseph Kosuth:Texts for Nothing, Samuel Beckett, in play, Galleria Lia Rumma, Milan, Italy (solo)
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2010
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Joseph Kosuth:Personal Structures: Time – Space – Existence, Galerie Georg Kargl, Vienna, Austria (solo)
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2010
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JUST LOVE ME. Regard sur une collection privée, Mudam Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Switzerland
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2010
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Psychoanalysis – The Unconscious in Everyday Life, Science Museum, London, England
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2010
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Max’s Kansas City, Loretta Howard Gallery, New York, NY
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2010
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Portrait, Thomas Solomon Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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2010
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Painting: Process and Expansion: From the 1950s till Now, Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig (Ludwig Foundation), Vienna, Austria
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2010
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Living Under the Same Roof, The Marieluise Hessel Collection and the Center for Curatorial Studies, CCS Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY
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2010
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Radical Conception, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt / Main, Germany
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2009
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Joseph Kosuth and Tsang Kin-Wah, Para/Site Art Space, Hong Kong, China
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2009
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Where do we go from here: Selections from La Collexion Jumex, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach, FL
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2009
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Zig Zag, Sperone Westwater, New York, NY
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2009
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Arte/Natura-Natura/Arte, Palazzo Fabroni, Pistoia, Italy
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2009
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Artists' Speculations - Four Generations in the Mirror, Museo Carlo Bilotti, Rome, Italy
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2009
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Big Shots: Andy Warhol, Celebrity Culture, and the 1980s, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, KA
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2009
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In-Finitum, Palazzo Fortuni, Venice, Italy
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2009
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Joseph Kosuth: An Interpretation of This Title: Nietzsche, Darwin and the Paradox of Content, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Sydney, Australia (solo)
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2009
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Joseph Kosuth, Galleria Six, Milan, Italy (solo)
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2009
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Joseph Kosuth:ni apparance ni illusion, Louvre Museum, Paris, France (solo)
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2009
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Joseph Kosuth: An Interpretation of This Title, Nietzsche, Darwin and the Paradox of Content, Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland (solo)
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2009
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Content, Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland (solo)
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2009
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A Mancha Humana / The Human Stain, Conceptual Art in the CGAC Collection, A Coruña, Spain
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2009
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Picturing in America, The Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany
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2009
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Electricity, Leo Castelli, New York, NY
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2009
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Just What Are They Saying…, Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans, LA
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2008
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Neon, Fondazione Nomas, Rome Italy
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2008
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Neon, Anna Schwartz Gallery, Sydney, Australia
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2008
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Summer 2008, Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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2008
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Selections from the Collection of Helga and Walther Lauffs, Zwirner & Wirth and David Zwirner, New York, NY
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2008
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Cancelled, Erased, and Removed, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
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2008
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De L’écriture (with Writing): Selected works from the Collection of the Musée d’art contemporain, Amos, Quebec; traveling to: Yukon Arts Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon. The Art Gallery of the South Oknagan, Penticton, British Colombia. The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario. The Prairie Art Gallery, Grande, Prairie, Alberta.
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2008
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‘neither appearance nor illusion’, A Selection of Early Works from the 1960's by Joseph Kosuth, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
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2008
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Joseph Kosuth:This is how things are hidden from us, Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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2008
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Joseph Kosuth: Al Fin Creí Entender (Madrid), La Casa Encendida, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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2008
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The Panza Collection: An Experience of Color and Light, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
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2008
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The Artist’s Library, Centre International d’Art et du Paysage (CIAP), Ile de Vassiviere, France
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2007
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Uncontained, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY
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2007
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Exhibitionism: An Exhibition of the Exhibitions of Works from the Marieluise Hessel Collection, Center for Curatorial Studies, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
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2007
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PURE, Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
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2007
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Joseph Kosuth: Il Linguaggio dell’Equilibrio / The Language of Equilibrium, la Biennale di Venezia, Monastero Mekhitarista, Isola di San Lazzaro deglia Armeni, Venice, Italy.
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2007
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Joseph Kosuth, ‘Terra Ultra Incognita,’ Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, San Antonio Abad, Casa de Colon, El Museo Canario, The Palms of Great Canary, The Canary Islands, Spain (solo)
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2006
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Joseph Kosuth : a labyrinth into which I can venture (a play of works by guests and foreigners),’ Sean Kelly Gallery, New York
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2006
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Joseph Kosuth, Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy (solo)
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2006
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Joseph Kosuth, Sprüth Magers Lee, London, England (solo)
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2006
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Matière grise (show organized by Kosuth), Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, France (solo)
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2006
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Busy Going Crazy: Collection Sylvio Perlstein, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
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2006
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Full House – The Faces of a Collection, Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
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2006
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Group Show (organized by Clarissa Dalrymple), Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
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2006
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Inventory – Works from the Herbert Collection, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria
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2006
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Notations: Out of Words, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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2006
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Word, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston, TX
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2005
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Artisti dalla Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna 1980-2000, Castello Colonna, Genazzano, Italy
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2005
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Art Unlimited, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland
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2005
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Big Bang, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
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2005
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Drawn to Cleveland, MOCA Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
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2005
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Exhibition on the occasion of the 200th Birthday of Hans Christian Andersen, Nikolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
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2005
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EXIT – Stepping Out of the Picture, Zentrum fur Kunst and Medientechnologie Karslruhe, Germany
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2005
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Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Joseph Kosuth. Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
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2005
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Group Show (organized by Clarissa Dalrymple), Marc Selwyn Fine Art, Los Angeles, CA
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2005
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Il bianco e altro – artisti contemporanei al lavoro, Palazzo Cavour, Turin, Italy
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2005
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13 Locations of Meaning: Curated by Giacomo Zaza, Molfetta, Torrione Passari, Italy (solo)
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2005
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Joseph Kosuth, Sprüth Magers, Munich, Germany (solo)
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2005
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Recognizable Differences & Andersen Self-Described [part of ‘H.C. Andersen: A Life World’], Nikolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark; Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland (solo)
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2005
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The Painted Word: Language as Image in Modern Art, Lafayette College, Williams Center for the Arts, Easton, PA (solo)
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2005
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Nikolaj, Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark, Exhibition on the occasion of the 200th Birthday of Hans Christian Andersen
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2005
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Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark, Joseph Kosuth and Ilya & Emilia Kabakov: Hans Christian Andersen-A Life World.(solo)
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2005
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Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, München (solo)
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2005
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Long Playing, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, Ma
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2005
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Mark Tansey & Joseph Kosuth, Fisher Landau Center for Art, Long Island City, NY
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2005
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Public Space/Two Audiences: works and documents from the Herbert Collection, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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2005
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Romance [a novel], Galeria Cristina Guerra, Lisbon, Portugal
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2005
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Translation: Works from the Dakis Joannou Collection, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
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2004
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Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, Re-defining the Context of Art: 1968-2004, ‘The Second Investigation’ and Public Media(solo)
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2004
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Hellenic American Union, Athens, Greece, ‘Guests and Foreigners, Rules and Meanings (Athens)’(solo)
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2004
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Foreigners, Rules and Meanings (Athens) 'Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, ‘À Propos (Réflecteur de Réflecteur)’(solo)
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2003
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Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands, From Broodthaers to Horn Kunsthalle Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany, Die Neue Kunsthalle II
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2003
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The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY, USA, Living With Duchamp
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2003
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Couvent de Morsiglia (FRAC Corse), Mairie de Morsiglia, France, ré-invention de la collection
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2003
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Tina Kim Fine Art, New York, USA, Then All the World Would be Upside Down
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2003
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Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, USA, upon reflection…
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2003
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Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, USA, Raid the Icebox
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2003
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Museum für neue kunst ZKM Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany, The Daimler Chrysler Collection
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2003
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Dickinson Roundell, New York, USA, Aftershock
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2003
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA, Singular Forms Sometimes Repeated): Art from 1951 to the Present
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2003
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Bruce Museum, Greenwich, CONN, USA, Off the Wall: Works from the JP Morgan Chase Collection
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2003
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Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Contemporain de la Ville de Nice, Nice, France, Intra-Muros
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2003
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The Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland, Joyce in Art:Visual Art Inspired by James Joyce
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2000
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Collegium Artisticum, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzogovenia, ‘Eight Locations of Meaning’(solo)
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2000
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Musée Champollion, Figeac, France, ‘Place of Writing, Five Works by Joseph Kosuth, from ‘One and Three Chairs’ to ‘Ex Libris, J.-F. Champollion (Figeac)’(solo)
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2000
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Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston 'Artist, Curator, Collector: James McNeill Whistler, Bernard Berenson and Isabella Stewart Gardner–Three Locations in the Creative Process'(solo)
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2000
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Galleria Lia Rumma, Milan, Italy, ‘Essays’(solo)
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2000
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Galerie Achim Kubinski, Berlin, Germany, ‘Essays’(solo)
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2000
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Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, ‘Essays’(solo)
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2000
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Adam Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand, ‘Guests and Foreigners, Rules and Meanings (Te Kore)’(solo)
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1999
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Villa Medici – Académie de France, Rome, Italy, ‘Condizioni D’Assenza (Il nome e chi lo porta, a G.)’ / ‘Conditions of Absence (The name and its bearer, for G.)’(solo)
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1999
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Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, ‘Gäste und Fremde: Goethes Italienische Reise. Eine Installation’ / ‘Guests and Foreigners: Goethes Italian Journey. An Installation’(solo)
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1999
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Römerberg Subway Station, Frankfurt am Main, Germany,‘Von Angesicht zu Angesicht’(solo)
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1999
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Galleria Franca Mancini, Pesaro, Italy, ‘Frammenti di Rossini (Ospiti e Stranieri)’(solo)
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1999
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Borusan Kültür ve Sanat. Istanbul, Turkey. ‘Konuklar ve Yabancilar: Rossini Türkiye de’ / ‘Guests and Foreigners:Rossini in Turkey’(solo)
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1999
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Kunstmuseum des Kantons Thurgau, Ittingen, Switzerland. ‘Eine verstummte Bibliothek’ / ‘A Silenced Library’(solo)
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1999
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Galleria Lia Rumma, Naples, Italy, ‘Essays’ (solo)
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1999
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Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba City, Japan. Guests and Foreigners: The Years of Isolation. Including a Survey of Works 1965-1999). Traveled to Tokushima Modern Art Museum, Tokushima, Japan (2000)(solo)
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| Selected Public Collections |
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The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, USA
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Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Panza di Biumo Collection - Guggenheim Foundation, New York, NY
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Picasso Foundation - Native Home Museum (Fundacion Picasso), Malaga, Spain
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The Tate Gallery, London, England
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Tibet House, New York, NY
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REFCO, Ray E. Friedman and Co, New York, NY
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Sean Kelly Gallery, New York, NY
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Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka, Japan
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The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
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Sperone Westwater, New York, NY
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Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart, Germany
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Musée National d’Art Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
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Musée St. Pierre, Lyon, France
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Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
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Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
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Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, IL
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The Museum of Modern Art, New York
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The Museum of Modern Art, Shiga, Shiga, Japan
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Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
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The National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada
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National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
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IMMA | Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
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The Jewish Museum, New York, NY
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KIASMA, Museum of Contemporary Art | Finnish National Gallery, Helsinki, Finland
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Kunstmuseum Des Kantons Thurgau, Kartause Ittingen, Ittingen, Switzerland
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The Ludwig Collection, Cologne, Germany
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MMK Frankfurt am Main | Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
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Monika Sprueth Philomene Magers, London, United Kingdom
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Carré d'Art - Musée d'Art Contemporain, Nimes, France
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Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL
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The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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Collection Count Giuseppe Panza di Biumo, Milan, Italy
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College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana State University, Terre Haute, IN
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Fer Collection, Ulm, Germany
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Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy
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Galleria Lia Rumma, Milano, Italy
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Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA
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Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany
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Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C
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IAC - Institut d´art contemporain - Frac Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne, France
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The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, USA
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21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
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The Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Oberlin
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Art Front Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
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Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
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Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia
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The Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY, USA
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Cincinnati Museum of Art, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan
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