Georg Baselitz has had a profound influence on international art since 1980 and is indisputably one of the most important artists of our time. He shaped a new identity for German art in the second half of the 20th century; in reaction to the trauma and tragedy of the Second World War, he developed an artistic vocabulary which draws on the work of his forebears, whilst remaining unique and wholly individual. Since then, Baselitz has consistently renewed his practice through formal developments, often responding to art history and his own extensive oeuvre to develop his central themes through an ever-evolving, yet distinct, mode of artistic expression.
The artist has been painting his compositions upside down since 1969. For Baselitz, this novel format was a way of emptying form of its content, navigating between abstraction and figuration, and revolutionising a medium that was then regarded as irredeemably conventional. His directly tactile method of painting with his fingers in the 1970s encouraged a freer use of colour and material that would come to the fore in his expressionist colour fields of the 1980s. This was a seminal decade for the artist, opening with his selection to represent Germany at the 1980 Venice Biennale alongside Anselm Kiefer, which marked his first foray into sculpture.
The urge towards constant innovation has been present throughout his career, as in the Remix Paintings he has been creating since 2006 that re-examine the iconography of past works. By revisiting his own motifs and integrating subtle references to art history, Baselitz offers a reflection on the significance of painting itself. Asked about this self-referentiality, he stated: 'I kept sinking into myself, and everything I do is being pulled out of myself.' In recent works that feature the figures of the artist and his wife Elke, Baselitz engages in the struggle of representation, the inescapability of subjectivity, and the representation of the self through a significant other. He has also introduced a new technique in recent works created using a transfer method, in which the lightness, boldness and vivid colouration is conceived as an homage to Roy Lichtenstein.
Baselitz, who has worked with the gallery for over 20 years, lives between three different locations: Lake Ammersee in Bavaria, Salzburg, and Imperia in Liguria, Italy. Early in his career, his work was included in documenta 5 (1972) and 7 (1982). Following the 1980 Venice Biennale, he participated in a series of influential exhibitions: A New Spirit in Painting (1981) and German Art in the Twentieth Century (1985) at the Royal Academy of Arts, London; and Zeitgeist (1982) at the Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, presented his first comprehensive retrospective in the United States in 1995, which toured to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.; and Nationalgalerie, Berlin. Further significant retrospectives were organised by the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, in 1996, and the Royal Academy of Arts, London, in 2007. In 2006 and 2007, the Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, and the Albertina, Vienna, were the first to present his Remix cycle.
A retrospective of Baselitz's sculptures was held at the Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (2011–12) and his Avignon series was presented at the Venice Biennale in 2015. His Heldenbilder (Hero Paintings) and Neue Typen (New Types) were shown at the Städel Museum, Frankfurt (2016), travelling to the Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome; and Guggenheim Bilbao. To mark the artist's 80th birthday in 2018, comprehensive solo exhibitions were held at the Fondation Beyeler, Basel; Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.; and Musée Unterlinden, Colmar, France. In 2019, he was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris and became the first living artist to have an exhibition at the Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, followed by his largest retrospective to date at the Centre Pompidou, Paris, in 2021.
Photo: Martin Müller
2025
Georg Baselitz: First Feet, Munchmuseet, Sørenga, Norway
2024
adler barfuß, Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Georg Baselitz: Belle Haleine, Galleria degli Antichi, Sabbioneta, Italy
2023
Georg Baselitz: Sculptures 2011-2015, Serpentine, London, UK
Malelade – Georg Baselitz zum 85. Geburtstag, Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Baselitz in the Studio, Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg, Derneburg, Germany
Georg Baselitz: 100 Drawings, Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria
Georg Baselitz – Nackte Meister, Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Vienna, Austria
La boussole indique le nord, Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Pantin, France
Georg Baselitz zum 85. Geburtstag, Museum Würth 2, Künzelsau, Germany
2022
Georg Baselitz: Six Decades of Drawings, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY, USA
Georg Baselitz: New Drawings Part II, Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Marais, France
Sofabilder/Sofa Pictures, White Cube, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2021
Georg Baselitz: New Drawings, Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Marais, France
Baselitz – The retrospective, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Georg Baselitz: Hotel garni, Thaddaeus Ropac, Seoul, South Korea
Georg Baselitz: Archinto, Museo di Palazzo Grimani, Venice, Italy
Georg Baselitz: Vedova accendi la luce, Fondazione Emilio e Annabianca Vedova, Venice, Italy
Georg Baselitz: Freitag war es schön, Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
2019
Georg Baselitz – Time, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Pantin, France
Uraufführung eines Bildes, Kunstfest Weimar, Deutsches Nationaltheater, Weimar, Germany
Georg Baselitz – 'Veteran' – Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie Boisserée, Köln, Germany
EState con Baselitz – Incisioni 1964–2015, Galleria Oreste Bellinzona, Milan, Italy
Georg Baselitz. Die Schenkung, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Georg Baselitz – Devotion, Alan Cristea Gallery, London, UK
Baselitz – Academy, Gallerie dell'Accademia, Venice, Italy
Baselitz im Dialog mit den Zittauer Fastentüchern, Kunsthistorisches Museum Franziskanerkloster, Zittau, Germany
Georg Baselitz – Devotion, Gagosian Gallery, West 24th Street, New York, NY, USA
Georg Baselitz – Farewell Bill, Gouachen, Radierungen, Holzschnitte, Galerie Clemens Thimme, Karlsruhe, Germany
2018
Georg Baselitz: Paintings from the 80s, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London, UK
Georg Baselitz: Works on Paper, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Georg Baselitz: Six Decades, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., USA
Baselitz Maniera, Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden, Germany
Georg Baselitz, Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland
Georg Baselitz, The Prints 1997–2017, Musée des Beaux-Arts le Locle, Le Locle, Switzerland
Corpus Baselitz, Musée Uniterlinden, Colmar, France
2017
Georg Baselitz, Descente, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Pantin, Paris
Georg Baselitz, Preview with Review, Hungarian National Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Georg Baselitz, The Heroes, Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao, Spain
Georg Baselitz: Gli Eroi, Palazzo delle Expozioni, Rome, Italy
Georg Baselitz: 1977-1992, Michael Werner Gallery, New York, NY, USA
2016
Georg Baselitz: The Heroes, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Georg Baselitz: Die Helden, Städel-Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
Georg Baselitz: Mit Richard unterwegs, Druckgrafik 1996-2016, Schloss Dachau, Dachau, Germany
Georg Baselitz – Emilio Vedova, Museum Küppersmühle, Duisburg, Germany
Georg Baselitz – Albert Oehlen, Kunstverein Reutlingen, Reutlingen, Germany
Experiment and Renewal, Museum Jorn, Silkeborg, Denmark
Georg Baselitz: Malelade, Fondation Jan Michalski, Montricher, Switzerland
Works on Paper, Galerie Boiserée, Cologne, Germany
Visit from Hokusai, Gagosian Gallery Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland; Gagosian, New York, NY, USA
Wir fahren aus [We're off], White Cube Bermondsey, London, UK
2015
Georg Baselitz: How it began. Paintings and graphical works of the last twenty years, Marble Palace, The State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Georg Baselitz & Emilio Vedova, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Works from the Collection Frieder Burda, Frieder Burda Museum, Baden-Baden, Germany
Georg Baselitz: New Works, Gallerie Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen, Denmark
Drinkers and Orange Eaters, Skarstedt Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Georg Baselitz, White Cube Hong Kong, Hong Kong
2014
Georg Baselitz – Neue Aquarelle und Zeichnungen, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
Artist Rooms: Georg Baselitz, New Walk Museum and Art Gallery, Leicester, UK
Georg Baselitz – Damals, dazwischen und heute / Back then, in between and today, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Vanitas, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Georg Baselitz – Straßenbild, De Pont Museum, Tilburg, Netherlands
Georg Baselitz – Tierstücke: nicht von dieser Welt / Animal pieces: not of this world, Franz Marc Museum, Kochel am See, Germany
Farewell Bill, Gagosian Gallery, London, UK
2013
Le côté sombre – New Sculptures and Paintings, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Pantin, France
BDM Gruppe, Victoria and Albert Museum, John Madjeski Garden, London, UK
Georg Baselitz – Aus der Sammlung, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
Georg Baselitz – Eugène Leroy, le récit de condensation, MUba Eugène Leroy de la Ville de Tourcoing, Tourcoing, France
Georg Baselitz - Besuch bei Ernst Ludwig, Kirchner Museum, Davos, Switzerland
Georg Baselitz - Werke von 1968 bis 2012, Essl Museum, Vienna, Austria
Romantiker kaputt, Galerie Stihl, Waiblingen, Germany
Georg Baselitz - Hintergrundgeschichten, SMD Schloß, Dresden, Germany
Baselitz - Tier, Landschaft, Ort, Franz Marc Museum, Kochel am See, Germany
Georg Baselitz, Albertina | Schausammlung, Vienna, Austria
Früh. jetzt - Georg Baselitz, Kunst im Westend, eine Initiative der DRK Kliniken, Berlin, Germany
Georg Baselitz - Graphik, Kunstmuseum Heidenheim, Heidenheim, Germany
Georg Baselitz - Remix, Galleria Bellinzona, Milan / Grand Hotel Villa Serbelloni, Bellagio, Italy
2012
Romantiker kaputt, Kunstmuseum Moritzburg, Halle, Germany
Das Negativ - New Works, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Georg Baselitz - Berliner Jahre, Bilder aus der Sammlung Baselitz, Villa Schöningen, Potsdam, Germany
Georg Baselitz, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Georg Baselitz - Das Naturmotiv, Altana Kulturstiftung, Bad Homburg, Germany
Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Prinzenpalais, Oldenburg, Germany
2011
Georg Baselitz - Le Monde à l'envers, tel qu'il est, Cabinet des Estampes, Liege, Belgium
Georg Baselitz - Between Eagles and Pioneers, White Cube Mason's Yard, London, UK
Baselitz - Sculpteur, MAM/ARC Musée d´Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Rex Irwin Art Dealer, Woollahra, Australia
Galerie Doris Hölder, Ravensburg, Germany
Georg Baselitz / Arnulf Rainer - Lustspiel, Neues aus dem Atelier, Arnulf Rainer Museum, Baden, Austria
Georg Baselitz - A la pointe du trait, Musée Cantini, Marseille, France
Georg Baselitz - Remix, Kunstforeningen GL Strand, Copenhagen, Denmark
Georg Baselitz - The Early Sixties, Michael Werner Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Folk Thing Zero, Villa Borghese, Rome, Italy
Georg Baselitz - 25 Jahre Meisterwerke, Niels Borch Jensen Galerie & Verlag, Berlin, Germany
Watercolours, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
2010
Skulpturen, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany
Remix, Tennis Palace, Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
50 Jahre Malerei, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
Georg Baselitz : Pinturas Recentes, Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo, Brazil
Georg Baselitz - Non Conform, Galerie Terminus, Munich, Germany
Georg Baselitz - Big Night (Remix) xylographies, Galerie Catherine Putman, Paris, France
Georg Baselitz - Ausstellung im Labyrinth, Kreissparkasse, Munich, Germany
Georg Baselitz - Editionen - Hommage à Catherine Putman, Galerie Jordan Seydoux, Berlin, Germany
Georg Baselitz, Monumental Sculptures, Paintings and Aquarelles, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Georg Baselitz, Monumental Sculptures, Paintings and Aquarelles, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
2009
Baselitz, Derneburger Spuren 1975-2006, Sparkasse Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany
Baselitz in Dahlheim, LWL, Landesmuseum fur Klosterkultur, Lichtenau, Germany
Georg Baselitz, Hotel des Arts, Toulon, France
Baselitz - 30 Jahre Skulptur, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
Baselitz - 50 Jahre Malerei, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
Dr. Freud Und Andere Musik, Contemporary Fine Arts - CFA, Berlin, Germany
Georg Baselitz, Dresdner Frauen, Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden, Germany
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Georg Baselitz - Obra reciente, Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, Spain
Georg Baselitz - 1960-2008, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic
Remix 65/66, Galerie Margareta Friesen, Dresden, Germany
Georg Baselitz, Galerie Henze & Ketterer & Triebold, Riehen, Switzerland
Georg Baselitz - Gemälde und Skulpturen 1960-2008, Museum der Moderne Salzburg Mönchsberg, Salzburg, Austria
Georg Baselitz - Etchings, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Georg Baselitz, Galerie Radicke, Sankt Augustin, Germany
Georg Baselitz - Mrs Lenin and the Nightingale, White Cube Mason's Yard, London, UK
Georg Baselitz, Galerie Ruhnke, Potsdam, Germany
2008
Remix, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Georg Baselitz, MADRE Museo d'Arte Contemporeana Donnaregina, Naples, Italy
Baselitz-top, Kunsthalle Würth, Schwabisch Hall, Germany
Georg Baselitz ø Vierzehn Holzschnitte, Galerie Sabine Knust - Maximilian Verlag, Munich, Germany
Georg Baselitz, Kunsthalle Würth, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
Georg Baselitz - La Grande Notte in Bianco, Gagosian Gallery, Rome, Italy
Baselitz auf Papier, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Georg Baselitz - Bildweg, Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Dresden, Germany
Georg Baselitz - Wer kennt Anna Selbdritt, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Georg Baselitz, 23 January 1938, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
2007
Georg Baselitz: A Retrospektive, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
The Bridge Ghost's Supper, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
Russenbilder, Musée d'Art Moderne, Saint-Étienne, France
Remix, ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna, Austria
77* Georg Baselitz - Gemälde und Arbeiten auf Papier 1972-1998, Galerie Henze & Ketterer, Bern, Switzerland
Remix, Galerie Catherine Putman, Paris, France
Die Russenbilder, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Remix, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen, Denmark
Baselitz-Grafik, Kunstverein Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany
Papierarbeiten der 70er Jahre, Springer & Winckler Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Noah, Augsburg, Germany
Gallery Karsten Schubert, London, UK
Memory Unforgettable - Georg Baselitz's Russian Paintings, National Museum of Contemporary Art Korea, Gwacheon, South Korea
Museo d'Arte di Lugano, Lugano, Switzerland
Watercolors, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY, USA
National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai, India
Contemporary Fine Arts , Berlin, Germany
Musée d'Art Moderne, Saint-Etienne, France
Georg Baselitz: Remix, ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna, Austria
2006
Retrospektive, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
Baselitz, Eine einzige Leidenschaft, die Malerei / Une seule Passion, la Peinture, Fondation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne, Switzerland
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
Georg Baselitz - Works on Paper, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany
Implosion, Anton Kern Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim, Germany
Zero für den Maler, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Brunswick, Germany
Remix - Dialog der Bilder, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Baselitz - Painter, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
2005
New Paintings and Sculptures, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Georg Baselitz, Aquarelle, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
Georg Baselitz, Andere Ansichten, Galerie Terminus, Munich, Germany
Mit Richard Unterwegs, Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, Switzerland
Ekstasen der Figur, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden-Rot, Germany
2004
Monumental Watercolours, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Upside down, boy you turn me - Baselitz in der Hess Collection, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Georg Baselitz - Neue Arbeiten, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany
Georg Baselitz - Recent Sculptures, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY, USA
New Works, Bo Bjerggaard Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
The Turning Point - Paintings 1969-71, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Georg Baselitz, Galerie Sabine Knust - Maximilian Verlag, Munich, Germany
Malelade, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Richard reitet zum Tor hinaus oder die Unmöglichkeit der Rückkehr, White8 showrooms, Villach, Austria
Georg Baselitz - Bilder, die den Kopf verdrehen, Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany
Galerie Radicke, Sankt Augustin, Germany
Margarete Roeder Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Neue Bilder, Michael Werner Kunsthandel, Cologne, Germany
Georg Baselitz Printed Works 1965 - 1992, RMIT Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2003
The Monumental Watercolours, Albertina, Vienna, Austria
Baselitz en la coleccion Hess, Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Georg Baselitz - Die Afrika-Sammlung, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
Scènes érotiques, Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck, Austria
Georg Baselitz: Recent Paintings, Michael Werner Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Galerie Suzanne Tarasiève, Paris, France
Arbeiten auf Papier (1959-1969), Springer & Winckler Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Fred Jahn Studio, Kunsthandel, Munich, Germany
Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
Gagosian Gallery, London, UK
Die Afrika-Sammlung, K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen am Grabbeplatz, Düsseldorf, Germany
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, Caen, France
Georg Baselitz - grafike 1965-1992, Gallery of Fine Arts / Galerija likovnih umjetnosti, Osijek, Croatia
2002
Georg Baselitz - two sculptures and works on paper, Michael Werner Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Georg Baselitz - Skulpturen und Aquarelle, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany
Georg Baselitz: paintings and drawings from the 1960s, Zwirner & Wirth, New York, NY, USA
Georg Baselitz, City Gallery of Bratislava, Bratislava, Slovakia
Georg Baselitz: New Paintings, The Pace Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Meine neue Mütze, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Galerie Jeanne, Munich, Germany
Gravures récentes, Gabrielle Salomon Art Conseil, Paris, France
Gravures, Galerie Sollertis, Toulouse, France
Galerie Sabine Knust - Maximilian Verlag, Munich, Germany
2001
Sculpture versus Painting, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
Georg Baselitz - Der kubistische Hund, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Brunswick, Germany
Gravures, 1965-1992, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nancy, Nancy, France
Bilder und Zeichnungen, Galerie Fred Jahn, Munich, Germany
Georg Baselitz - Obras Gráficas 1965-1992, SEEC - Casa Andrade Muricy, Curitiba, Brazil
Schlafende Knaben nach Caspar David Friedrich, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Georg Baselitz - Neue Bilder, Galerie Jamileh Weber, Zurich, Switzerland
Georg Baselitz - peintre-graveur, Bündner Kunstmuseum Chur, Chur, Switzerland
Georg Baselitz - Grafik 1990-2000, Kunstverein Pforzheim, Pforzheim, Germany
2000
Gagosian Gallery, London, UK
Georg Baselitz - Painting and drawing, Bo Bjerggaard Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
Georg Baselitz: Recent Paintings, The Pace Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Baselitz, ESSL Museum, Kunst der Gegenwart, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Galerie Sabine Knust - Maximilian Verlag, Munich, Germany
1999
Reise in die Niederlande 1972-1999, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Das große Pathos - Gemälde - Zeichnungen - Graphik, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Georg Baselitz: Early Woodblock Prints, Michael Werner Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Schlafende Hunde, Niels Borch Jensen Galerie & Verlag, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Radicke, Sankt Augustin, Germany
Georg Baselitz: Werke aus der Sammlung der Deutschen Bank, Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren, Germany
Zwei neue Graphikzyklen Bilder Gouachen Zeichnungen, Galerie Peter Bäumler, Regensburg, Germany
Gravures 1975-1998, Gabrielle Salomon Art Conseil, Paris, France
Georg Baselitz: Nostalgie in Istanbul, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany
Les gravures monumentales de Georg Baselitz, Musée Rath, Geneva, Switzerland
Galerie Charlotte Moser, Geneva, Switzerland
Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen, Germany
New Paintings, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, UK
Georg Baselitz Bilder 1962-1998 - Arbeiten auf Papier 1998, Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Berlin, Germany
1998
Galería Arnés + Röpke, Madrid, Spain
Georg Baselitz: New Paintings, The Pace Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Gotische Mädchen, Kunstverein Greven, Greven, Germany
Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, Mexico
1997
Banque Bruxelles Lambert, Brussels, Belgium
Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
1996
Retrospective, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville, Paris, France
Exposición Georg Baselitz - grabado, Museo de Arte de Lima MALI, Lima, Peru
Portraits of Elke, The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, TX, USA
L'opera grafica 1990-1997, Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea di Trento, Trento, Italy
Serge, Kunstpunkt Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Georg Baselitz - Tekeningen en Grafiek, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Galerie Scheffel, Bad Homburg, Germany
Georg Baselitz: Recent Paintings, PaceWildenstein Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin, Germany
Berlin Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
Engravings, Woodcuts and Linocuts 1965-1992, University Gallery and Baring Wing, Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Holzschnitte, Bawag Contemporary, Bawag Foundation, Vienna, Austria
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., USA
1995
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, USA
Los Angeles County Museum of Arts, Los Angeles, California, USA
The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C., USA
Retrospective, Berlin Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
1994
Georg Baselitz - Werke von 1981 bis 1993, Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken, Germany
Georg Baselitz - Skulpturen, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Georg Baselitz - Recnet sculpture, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London, UK
1993
Georg Baselitz - Grafik och skulptu, Konsthalle, Malmo, Sweden
Georg Baselitz - nicht nee nee nee nicht no, Synagoge Stommeln, Stommeln, Germany
1992
Georg Baselitz - Prints 1964-1990, Tate Gallery, London, UK
Retrospective, Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung, Munich, Germany
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, UK
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
1991
Ameliobranchot, Paris, France
Baselitz - Opere dalla collezione Ackermeier Berlino, Galleria Credito Valtellinese, Milan, Italy
Centre Julio Gonzales, Valencia, Spain
1990
Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Retrospective, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Fundacio Caixa de Pensions, Barcelona, Spain
Fundacion Caja de Pensiones, Madrid, Spain
1988
Städtische Galerie im Städel, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1987
Anhony d'Offay Gallery, London, UK
Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany
1986
Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland
Georg Baselitz. Bäume, Secession Wien, Vienna, Austria
1985
Georg Baselitz - Gravures et sculptures monumentales, Bibliothèque Nationale, Galeries Mansart et Mazarine, Paris, France
Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Kunst Museum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
1984
Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Michael Werner Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1983
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Retrospective, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Musée d'Art contemporain CAPC, Bordeaux, France
Michael Werner Gallery, Cologne, Germany
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
University Art Museum, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
1981
Xavier Fourcade Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1980
German Pavillon, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
1976
Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Staatsgalerie Moderner Kunst, Munich, Germany
Retrospective, Kunsthalle, Cologne, Germany
1970
Kupferstichkabinett, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Franz Dahlem Galeriehaus, Lindenstrasse, Cologne, Germany
1965
Galerie Friedrich & Dahlem, Munich, Germany
1963
Galerie Werner & Katz, Berlin, Germany
2025
Corps et âmes, Bourse de Commerce, Paris, France
Visions of the World. The Wigam Collection, Museum Kampa, Prague, Czech Republic
2024
Kiefer & Baselitz, Kunsten Museum of Modern Art Aalborg, Aalborg, Denmark
2023
Drawn into the Present: Portraits on Paper, Thaddaeus Ropac, London, UK
DIX AND THE PRESENT, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Home Game: 15 Years of the Sculpture Park, Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal, Germany
The Echo of Picasso, Museo Picasso Málaga, Málaga, Spain
2022
Grenzenlos: Einblicke in eine unbekannte Privatsammlung, Kunsthaus Zofingen, Switzerland
Munch and Beyond, Albertina, Vienna, Austria
2021
Diversity United. Contemporary European Art. Moscow. Berlin. Paris., Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia; Tempelhof Airport, Berlin, Germany; Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
GRAFIK! Cinq siècles d’arts graphiques allemands et autrichiens, Musée des beaux-arts de Montréal (MBAM), Montreal, Canada
2020
30 Years in Paris, Thaddeaus Ropac, Paris Pantin, France
2019
Baselitz-Richter-Polke-Kiefer. The Early Years of the Old Masters, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
2018
The Culture Collider: Post-Exotic Art, Manggha Museum of Japanese Art and Technology, Krakow, Poland
WOW! The Heidi Horten Collection, Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria
Again and Against, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
A New Spirit Then, A New Spirit Now, 1981-2018, Almine Rech Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Abstract/ion, Galerie Klüser, Munich, Germany
The Myriad Forms of Visual Art: 196 Works with 19 Themes, National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
The Elephant in the Room, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
2016
Baselitz, Lüpertz, Penck, Immendorff, Gemeente Museum, The Hague, Netherlands
Flora, Fauna and Other Forms of Life, Michael Werner Gallery, London, UK
2015
Inbetween Baselitz - McCarthy, The George Economou Collection Space, Athens, Greece
All The World´s Futures, Venice Biennale 2015, Venice, Italy
Artist Rooms, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Artists for Artists: 51st Anniversary Exhibition to Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Matthew Marks, New York, NY, USA
".....Höhere Wesen befehlen" Works on Paper from the Frieder Burda Collection, Deutsche Bank Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany
Rose Projects 1C / Painting Blind, The Rose Art Museum, Waltham, MA, USA
Group exhibition, Niels Borch Jensen Galerie & Editions, Berlin, Germany
Natural Histories, Gagosian Gallery, Athens, Greece
Expressionismen : The Collection from Kokoschka to Anzinger, Museum der Moderne Rupertinum, Salzburg, Austria
Portraits from the Ecole des Beaux-Arts Paris, The Drawing Center, New York, NY, USA
Picasso in Contemporary Art, Delchtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Collector's Room #9, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
#catcontent, Kunstpalais, Erlangen, Germany
BLACK + BLUE, KM Fine Arts, Chicago, IL, USA
German Art since 1960, Essl Museum, Vienna, Austria
Johannes Gachnang: Nicht verblüffen, wundern will ich mich, Kienzle Art Foundation, Berlin, Germany
From the Albertina, Russian Museum, Marble Palace, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Sleepless: The Bed in History and Contemporary Art, 21er Haus, Vienna, Austria
2014
Eurasia: A View on Painting, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Pantin, France
Königsklasse II: Kunst aus der Pinakothek der Moderne auf Herrenchiemsee, Schloss Herrenchiemsee, Herrenchiemsee, Germany
Picasso, Magritte, Warhol... une exposition aux visages multiples, La Vielle Charité, Marseille, France
Love Story, Sammlung Anne & Wolfgang Titze, Winterpalais, 21er Haus, Vienna, Austria
Post-Picasso: Contemporary Reactions, Museu Picasso, Barcelona, Spain
Germany Divided: Baselitz and His Generation, The British Museum, London, UK
2013
Gegenlicht, German Art from the George Ecocomou Collection, The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Peterburg, Russia
Königsklasse: Kunstwerke aus der Pinakothek der Moderne auf Herrenchiemsee, Schloß Herrenchiemsee, Herrenchiemsee, Germany
Baselitz - Richter - Kiefer, Albertina Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
Disaster / The End of Days, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Pantin, France
Historias de la Historia: Cy Twombly y Georg Baselitz, Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao, Spain
Menschenbilder, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
Munch by Others, Haugar Art Museum, Tønsberg, Norway
From Gesture to Language, Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, China
2012
Electric fields: Surrealism and beyond, La collection du Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; The Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
Künstler gegen die Folter, Museum Ritter, Waldenbuch, Germany
Self Portrait, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
Mythos Atelier - Von Spitzweg bis Picasso, von Giacometti bis Nauman, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
The Grotesque Factor, Museo Picasso, Málaga, Spain
German art from Kiefer to Henning, Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Albertina Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
Gold, Belvedere Museum, Vienna, Austria
Equisite Corpses - Drawing and Disfiguration, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
Hieroglyphs, Linda Pace Foundation, San Antonio, TX, USA
Zeitgespenster, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Stadt-Land-Fluss, Galerie Henze & Keterer, Wichtrach / Bern, Switzerland
The Biennale of the Art of Painting: Man In Focus, Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Deurle, Belgium
Bilderbedarf - The Civic and the Arts, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
2011
Die Kunst der Aufklärung, National Museum of China, Beijing, China
Baselitz, Arnulf Rainer Museum, Baden, Austria
CREDO, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, Germany
Lets Party For A Piece Of Art, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Weihnachts-Charity für Licht ins Dunkel, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Carolina Collects: 150 Years of Modern and Contemporary Art from Alumni Collections, Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, NC, USA
Die unbekannte Sammlung, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Gerhard Richter bis Kiki Smith, Albertina Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
Beziehungsarbeit - Kunst und Institution, Künstlerhaus Wien, Vienna, Austria
Berlin Ottanta, Pittura Irruenta, MARCA Museo delle Arti Catanzaro, Catanzaro, Italy
Zwischen Film und Kunst - Storyboards von Hitchcock bis Spielberg, Kunsthalle in Emden, Emden, Germany
CLAP, Hessel Museum of Art & Center for Curatorial Studies Galleries at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY, USA
Hyper Real - Kunst und Amerika um 1970, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
Eye-opener, Funen Art Museum, Odense, Denmark
Compass - Drawings from the Museum of Modern Art New York, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
Things are Queer - Highlights der Sammlung UniCredit, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
Festival der Tiere, Kunst der Gegenwart, ESSL Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria
The Pilgrim, the Tourist, the Flaneur (and the Worker) Play Van Abbe Part 4, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Arp, Beckmann, Munch, Kirchner, Warhol … Klassiker in Bonn, Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany
2010
Inquiring Eyes: Greensboro Collects Art, Weatherspoon Art Museum, Greensboro, NC, USA
Calder to Warhol: Introducing the Fisher Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, USA
Schwarz auf Weiß - Positionen klassischer Zeichnung, H2 Zentrum für Gegenwartskunst im Glaspalast, Augsburg, Germany
Parie-Karlsruhe-Berlin, Musée Würth, Erstein, France
An die Natur. Zeitgenössische Kunst aus der ALTANA Kunstsammlung, Langen Foundation, Neuss, Germany
Villa Romana a Firenze: 105 anni di residenze per artisti, CAMeC, Centro d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea della Spezia, La Spezia, Italy
Nueva Tripulación para el "Pequod" - Colección de arte contemporáneo Fundación "la Caixa", TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Georg Baselitz and his relationship to the Swedish artists Carl Fredrik Hill, Ernst Josephson and August Strindberg, Kalmar konstmuseum, Kalmar, Sweden
An die Natur. Die ALTANA Kunstsammlung, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst GfZK, Leipzig, Germany
75/65 Der Sammler, das Unternehmen und seine Kollektion, Museum Würth, Künzelsau, Germany
James Ensor and Georg Baselitz: Graphic Works, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA, USA
LE GRAND GESTE! - Informel and Abstract Expressionism, 1946-1964, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
The Wing in the Contemporary Art, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Die Bilder tun was mit mir…, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
C'est la vie ! Vanités de Caravage à Damien Hirst, Fondation Dina Vierny, Musée Maillol, Paris, France
Corso. Werke der Sammlung ESSL im Dialog, ESSL Museum, Kunst der Gegenwart, Klosterneuburg, Austria
2009
Aus dem Stamm. Die Sinnlichkeit des Materials. Holzskulptur heute, Kunstverein Wilhemshohe, Ettlingen, Germany
Museum Brandhorst, Munich, Germany
Centro Julio Gonzales, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
Wahlverwandtschaften II, Neues Museum Weimar, Weimar, Germany
Family Jewels, Villa Merkel & Bahnwärterhaus, Esslingen, Germany
Just what is it..., ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Play Van Abbe, Part 1 - The Game and the Players, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Schenkung Thaddaeus Ropac, Museum der Moderne, MdM Rupertinum, Salzburg, Austria
Cocker Spaniel and other tools for international understanding, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Rückschau in die Moderne, Grafik und Malerei im 20 Jahrhundert aus der Sammlung Richard H. Mayer, Museum Junge Kunst, Frankfurt / Oder, Germany
Paint Made Flesh, Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
PastPresentFuture, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna, Austria
Schatzhaus Spendhaus, Städtisches Kunstmuseum Spendhaus Reutlingen, Reutlingen, Germany
From Dürer to Gober, 101 Master Drawings from the Kupferstichkabinett, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Kunst und Kalter Krieg - Deutsche Positionen: 1945-1989 Art of Two Germanys / Cold War Cultures, Deutsches Historisches Museum DHM, Berlin, Germany
A Hartung a Warhol - Presenze internazionali nella collezione Cozzani, Opere dalle raccolte del CAMeC, Centro de Arte Moderna e Contemporanea della Spezia, La Spezia, Italy
Die Kunst ist super! , Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
An die Natur, Altana Kunstsammlung, ALTANA Kulturstiftung im Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg, Germany
Messiahs, MODEM Centre for Modern and Contemporary Arts, Debrecen, Hungary
Sehnsucht nach dem Abbild - Das Porträt im Wandel der Zeit, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Austria
Wintry, Magazzino d'Arte Moderna, Rome, Italy
Passions partagées - De Cézanne à Rothko, chefs-d'œuvre du XXe siècle dans les collections privées suisses, Fondation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne, Switzerland
Paint Made Flesh, The Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C., USA
Inventur - Zeitgenössische Radierung in Deutschland, Graphikmuseum Pablo Picasso Münster, Münster, Germany
Fixsterne: 100 Jahre Kunst auf Papier, Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig, Germany
Kunst und Kalter Krieg - Deutsche Positionen 1945-1989, Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Germany
Da Hartung a Warhol, CAMeC Centro de Arte Moderna e Contemporanea della Spezia, La Spezia, Italy
30 Jahre Kunstkabinett, Kunstkabinett, Regensburg, Germany
Sechzig Jahre. Sechzig Werke - Kunst aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
Defiance & Melancholy, German Painting from the Dresden Albertinum, Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
Aus dem Stamm, Kunstverein Wilhelmshöhe Ettlingen e.v, Ettlingen, Germany
Compass in Hand : Selections from The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
Silences, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain MAMCS, Strasbourg, France
Grieshaber und die Moderne, Städtisches Kunstmuseum Spendhaus Reutlingen, Reutlingen, Germany
7 x 14 Jubiläumsausstellung, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
La Escultura en la Colección del IVAM, Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
Scapa Memories - Eine Sammlung, Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland
Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Paint Made Flesh, First Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN, USA
2008
Zeichnungen aus dem Karl August Burckhardt-Koechlin-Fonds, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Die Skulpturen der Maler, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
Made in Munich - Editionen von 1968-2008, Haus der Kunst München, Munich, Germany
UBS Openings: Paintings from the 1980s, Tate Modern, London, UK
Gouge: The Modern Woodcut 1870 to Now, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
XXth Century, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, the Netherlands
Natur - Zeitgenössische Kunst aus der Altana Kunstsammlung, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
Œuvres graphiques contemporaines, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, Caen, France
Wasser, Farbe, Licht. Ausgewählte Aquarelle aus der Graphischen Sammlung, Städel Museum, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Von Munch bis Beckmann, von Jorn bis Gertsch. 100 Jahre Holzschnitt, Kunsthalle in Emden, Emden, Germany
Nao te posso ver nem pintado, Berardo Museum, Lisbon, Portugal
NOLEFTOVERS, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
The Immediate Touch: German, Austrian, Swiss Drawings from St. Louis Collections 1946-2007, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO, USA
Whole Lotta Love, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
Bad Painting - good art, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
Inventur - Zeitgenössische Radierung in Deutschland, Kunstverein Reutlingen, Reutlingen, Germany
Paradies und zurück - Sammlung Rheingold Zeitgenössische Kunst, Stiftung Schloss Dyck, Jüchen, Germany
En perspective, Giacometti, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Caen, France
Living Landscapes: A Journey through German Art, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China
Blood on Paper - the Art of the Book, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, UK
Künstler Zeichnen - Sammler Stiften. 250 Jahre Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
MATRIX/REDUX, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA, USA
Zeichnungen aus dem Karl August Burckhardt-Koechlin-Fonds, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Baselitz bis Lassnig - Meisterhafte Bilder, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Collecció d'Art Contemporani Fundació "la Caixa", CaixaForum Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Blattgold - Meisterwerke der Grafischen Sammlung des Museum Morsbroich, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Auerbach, Soutine, Baselitz, Moholy Nagy, and Brandtner: Four Countries: Five Artists, McMaster Museum of Art, Hamilton, Canada
2007
Liebe auf den ersten Blick (Love at First Sight), Museum Würth, Künzelsau, Germany
Exposures: The Contemporary Self-Portrait, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Kunst nach 1970: Aus der Sammlung der Albertina, AlbertinaMuseum, Vienna, Austria
A tribute - 35 years of the ESSL Collection, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Multiplex: Directions in Art, 1970 to Now, Museum of Modern Art, NY, USA
1-2-3 -The Collection in Focus, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Die aufregende Kunst des 20 Jahrhunderts, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
Deutsche und Amerikanische Malerei - Aus der Sammlung Frieder Burda, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
Kunst nach 1970 - Aus der Sammlung der Albertina, Albertina Museum, Vienna, Austria
Georg Baselitz + Benjamin Katz - die Richtung stimmt, Kunstmuseum Bremerhaven, Bremerhaven, Germany
Weltempfänger - 10 Jahre Galerie der Gegenwart, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Shandismus, Kunsthaus Dresden, Dresden, Germany
Exposures, the contemporary self-portrait, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Aus dem Gesicht in Linol geschnitten - Linolschnitte aus der eigenen Sammlung, Städtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen, Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
See History 2007, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
What Is Painting?, Contemporary Art from the Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
Sichtwechsel - Die Städtische Kunstsammlung Wilhelmshaven 1904-2004, Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Wilhelmshaven, Germany
Klio - Eine kurze Geschichte der Kunst in Euramerika nach 1945, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
DLD Collection, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands
Die Kunst zu Sammeln, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
Schönwahnsinnig, Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen, Schloss Gottorf, Schleswig, Germany
Passion for Art - 35 Jahre ESSL Museum, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Paint it Blue - Werke aus der ACT Art Collection / Siegfried Loch, Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Shandyismus. Autorschaft als Genre, Wiener Secession, Vienna, Austria
2006
Deutsche Bilder aus der Sammlung Ludwig, Ludwiggalerie Schloss Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany
Der Schuh in der Kunst, Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria
Neue Malerei - Erwerbungen 2002-2005, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
Ich ergötze mich am Bunten, Ich erquicke mich im Blau, Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
Sammlung ESSL - Kunst der Gegenwart, Kunstverein Villa Wessel, Iserlohn, Germany
Eye on Europe - Prints, Books & Multiples, 1960 to Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
Faster! Bigger! Better!, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
All the Best -The Deutsche Bank Collection and Zaha Hadid, Singapore Art Museum, Singapore, Singapore
Review - 25 Jahre Österreichische Ludwig Stiftung, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig MUMOK, Vienna, Austria
Bucolica, the contemporary landscape, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Die Gesichter hinter den Bildern, The Columns, Seoul, South Korea
Mirada múltiple, Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
Neuerwerbungen - 36 Werke aus Mitteln einer privaten Spende, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
Once upon a Time in the West - Part One, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
German Art of the 1980s from the Heliod Spiekermann Collection, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, MA, USA
Freundschaftsspiel - Skulptur06, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Art'itudes, BOZAR Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Tokyo Blossoms, Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo, Japan
Der erste Blick - Die Sammlung GAG, Neues Museum Weimar, Weimar, Germany
Silent Power - Baselitz, Immendorff, Lupertz, Penck, Himalayas Art Museum (the former Zendai Museum of Modern Art), Shanghai, China
La collection permanente, Musée d'Art moderne de Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France
2005
The Figure In and Out of Space, Gagosian Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Contemporary Voices: Works from the UBS Art Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
Bilderwechsel and III, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
Professorinnen und Professoren der Fakultät Bildende Kunst, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Highlights, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
Stratification: An Installation of Works since 1960, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Cambridge, MA, USA
Pro Lindenau, Lindenau-Museum Altenburg, Altenburg, Germany
Sammlung Rainer Wild - Die Frucht in der Kunst, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany
Figur / Skulptur, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria
BIG BANG, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
The Theatre of Art - Masterpieces from the Collection of the Ludwig Museum, Colo - Villa Manin, Centro d'arte contemporanea, Codroipo, Italy
Blumenstück - Künstlers Glück, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Fünfundzwanzig Jahre Sammlung Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin, Germany
Private/Corporate III, Daimler Contemporary, Berlin, Germany
Highlights, Statens museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
Works on the Edge, A New Selection of the Collection of the Ludwig Múzeum 1, Ludwig Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Bilderwechsel, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
Von Spitzweg bis Baselitz - Streifzüge durch die Sammlung Würth, Museum Würth, Künzelsau, Germany
Contemporary Voices: Works from the UBS Art Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
« Munch Revisited » - Edvard Munch und die heutige Kunst, Museum Ostwall im Dortmunder U, Dortmund, Germany
EXIT- Ausstieg aus dem Bild, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Austrian Contemporary Art and Postwar Painting, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey, Monterrey, Mexico
2004
Berlin-Moskau / Moskau-Berlin 1950-2000, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
Friedrich Christian Flick Collection im Hamburger Bahnhof, Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum fur Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
Eröffnungsausstellung Sammlung Frieder Burda, Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
Forma perle il David, Galleria dell'Accademia di Firenze, Florence, Italy
Anselm Kiefer und Zeitgenossen - Neuankäufe der Sammlung ESSL, Ess; Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria
The Tom Bendhem Collection, Ben Uri Gallery, London, UK
Vision einer Sammlung, Museum der Moderne Salzburg Mönchsberg, Salzburg, Austria
Neue Räume in der Sammlung Moderne Kunst, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Neuerwerbungen Zeitgenössischer Kunst 1995-2004, Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam at Usce, Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
German Art - Deutsche Kunst aus amerikanischer Sicht, Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Modern Means: Continuity and Change in Art from 1880 to the Present, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
Taller Niels Borch Jensen, Museo Nacional de la Estampa, Mexico City, Mexico
El regreso de los Gigantes - Pintura alemana 1975-1985 ón Deutsche Bank, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Santiago Chile, Santiago, Chile
Multiple Räume (1): Seele - Konstruktionen des Innerlichen in der Kunst, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
Es Baluard any zero, Es Baluard Museu d'Art Modern, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
An International Legacy - Selections from Carnegie of Art, Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV, USA
Shanghai Art Museum: Encounters with Modernism, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Eigen Collectie, Groninger Museum, Groningen, Netherlands
2003
Embracing the Present - The UBS Art Collection, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ, USA
Aufgeschraubt und abgestaubt III - Die Sammlung im Prozess der Neupräsenation, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
Permanent 04, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Obsessive Malerei - Ein Rückblick auf die Neuen Wilden, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Soltanto un quadro al massimo: Cucchi-Baselitz - Deutsche Akademie Rom, Villa Massimo, Rome, Italy
Collection Display - Positions in Painting: 1970-1985, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Man in the Middle - Menschenbilder, Sammlung der Deutschen Bank, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
O Retorno dos Gigantes, Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Vincent van Gogh and the Contemporary Art, Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Meisterwerke der Graphik, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz, Austria
Un jardin secret - Collection Monique Dorsel et Emile Lanc, Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée, La Louvière, France
50th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Aufgeschraubt und abgestaubt I - Die Sammlung im Prozess der Neupräsenation, Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
From Broodthaers to Horn, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Obras seleccionadas - Colección de Arte Contemporáneo Fundación "la Caixa", Patio Herreriano, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Español, Valladolid, Spain
2002
Arteinmemoria Sinagogia di Stommln e Scavi di Ostia Antica, Centrale Montemartini Musei Capitolini, Rome, Italy
Frau im Bild - Inszenierte Weiblichkeit in der Sammlung Wurth, Kunsthalle Wurth, Schwäbisch Hall, Germany
Confronting Identities in German Art, Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL, USA
Meisterwerke Der Graphischen Sammlung, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Man in the Middle - From the Deutsche Bank Collection, The State Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
Time Space Motion, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
A Selection from the Erasmus Collection, Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, The Hague, Netherlands
Rough Cuts - European Figurative Prints from Gauguin to Paladino, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Pintura alemana tras la II Guerra Mundial, Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
2001
Man in the Middle - Sammlung Deutsche Bank, Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung Wörlen, Passau, Germany
The Modern Woodcut, Museum of Fine Arts Boston, Boston, MA, USA
Geometrie & Gestus, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Im Holz Geschnitten, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Von Macke bis Picasso - Meisterwerke der Moderne, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Austria
Corps à corps, Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée, La Louvière, France
Von Rodin bis Baselitz - Der Torso in der Skulptur der Moderne, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Vision, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota Aichi, Japan
A Journey Into Painting, Museo dell´Arredo Contemporanea, Russi, Italy
Mythic Proportions - Painting in the 1980's, Museum of Contemporary Art Miami, Miami, Florida, USA
Echoes of the Scream, ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishoj, Denmark
2000
Unvollendete Vergangenheit, Neues Museum, Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design in Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany
The Cities Collect, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Une Ville, Une Collection, Centre de la Gravure et de l'Image imprimée, La Louvière, France
Vom Sinn für das Wesentliche - Erwerbungen der Ära Baumann, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Zeit Wenden, Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Visage: Painting and the Human Face in 20th-Century Art, National Museum of Modern Art Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
Landschaften eines Jahrhunderts, Museum Moderner Kunst, Stiftung Wörlen, Passau, Germany
1999
Creacion y figura - Figuracion en el siglo XX, Fundacion Bancaja, Alicante, Spain
House of Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, Fort Worth, TX, USA
Kunst - Welten im Dialog. Von Gauguin zur globalen Gegenwart, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Gesammelte Raume, gesammelte Traume. Kunst aus Deutschland 1960-2000, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
Zeitwenden - Rückblick und Ausblick, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
The first view, ESSL Museum, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Lineamente International - Von der Linie zur Zeichnung, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, Linz, Austria
Examining Pictures - Exhibition of 56 artists links generations of painters, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, USA
1998
Magie der Bäume, Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland
The Hess Collection - New Works, Forum d'art contemporain Casiono Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Louisiana at 40 - The collection Today, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
1997
Menschenbilder, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Magasin 3 - Selection from the collection, ARKEN Museum for moderne Kunst, Ishoj, Denmark
La sculpture des peintres, Fondation Maeght, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France
Skulptur - Projekte in Münster 1997, Westfälisches Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster, Germany
1996
Gedächtnis der Vorstellung, Akademie der Künste und Hochschule der Künste Berlin, Neue Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Sammlung Garnatz, Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany
Sammlungsblöcke - Die Sammlung Froelhich, Tübingen Staatsgalerie, Tübingen, Germany; Stuttgart Kunsthalle, Stuttgart, Germany; Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Baselitz - Lüpertz, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
1995
Deutsche Kunst nach 1945 aus dem Ludwig Forum und anderen Sammlungen, Galerie der Stadt Aschaffenburg, Aschaffenburg, Germany
Unser Jahrhundert. Menschenbilder - Bilderwelten, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
The muse? Transforming the image of woman in Contemporary art, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Der Blick hinter den Spiegel - Bildnisse und Selbstbildnisse in der Sammlung Würth, Museum Würth, Kunzelsau, Germany
1994
The Essential Gesture, Newport Harbor Museum, Newport Beach, CA, USA
German Art - Aspekte deutscher Kunst 1964-1994, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Zimmer in denen die Zeit nicht zahlt, Museum fur Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland
The Romantic Spirit in German Art 1790-1990, Royal Scottish Academy and Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, UK; Hayward Gallery, London, UK; South Bank Centre, London, UK; and Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
1993
Am beispeil Plastik - Konzeption und Form, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany; Kunsthalle Mannheimm, Mannheim, Germany; and Städtisches Museum Leverkusen, Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Manahattan Breeze - Five contemporary artists, Takashimaya, Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka, Yokohama, Japan
Venice Biennale 1993, Venice, Italy
1992
Transform: BildObjektSkulptur im 20 Jahrhundert, Kunstmuseum und Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland
Documenta 9, Kassel, Germany
1991
La sculpture contemporaine après 1970, Musée temporaire, Fondation Daniel Templon, Fréjus, France
Paris-Bar, Centre d'Art Plastique Contemporain, Paris, France
Melankoli - nordisk romantisk Maleri, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus, Denmark
Ansichten von Figur in der Moderne : Skulptur exemplarisch I, Städtische Museen Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany
1989
Einleuchten - Will, Vorstel & Simul in HH, Hamburg Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Bilderstreit - Wiederspruch, Einheit und Fragment in der Kunst seit 1960, Museum Ludwig in den Rheinhallen der Köln Messe, Cologne, Germany
Skulptur, Centre national des arts plastiques, Rouen, France
1988
Arbeit in Geschichte, Geschichte in Arbeit, Kunsthaus, Hamburg, Germany
Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Documenta 8, Kassel, Germany
1987
L'époque, la mode, la morale, la passion, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Standing sculpture, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
Belden van schilders, Museum van Bommel van Dam, Venlo, Netherlands
1986
In tandem. The painter - sculptor in the 20th century, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, UK
Räume heutiger Zeichnung, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
1985
German Art in the 20th century - Painting and Sculpture, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
The European Iceberg - Creativity in Germany and Italy today, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Wild visionary spectral-new German Art, Art Gallery of South Australia, Adeleide; Australia; Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia; National Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Deutsche Kunst im 20 Jahrhundert - Malerei und Plastik 1905-1985, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
1984
Légendes - A Michel Montaigne, Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Skulptur im 20 Jahrhundert, Merian Park, Basel, Switzerland
Bella Figura - Eine Skulptur-Ausstellung, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
Von hier aus - Zwei Monate neue deutsche Kunst in Düsseldorf, Messegelände Halle 13, Düsseldorf, Germany
An International Survey of Recent Paintings and Sculpture, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
1983
Expressions: New Art from Germany, Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, MO, USA; The Institute for Art and Urban Resources, New York, NY, USA; The Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PA, USA; The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA; The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, USA; The Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA, USA; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., USA
Zur Geographie der Gegenwartskunst, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany
De statua, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Netherlands
1982
Zeitgeist, Martin-Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
1981
A New Spirit in Painting, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
Westkunst, Messehallen, Cologne, Germany
1980
Modell für eine Skulptur, parallel to Anselm Kiefer, Venice Biennale 1980, Venice, Italy
1982
Documenta 7, Kassel, Germany
1972
Documenta 5, Kassel, Germany
Austria
Albertina, Vienna
France
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Musée d'art moderne et contemporain, Strasbourg
Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris, Paris
Germany
Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
Hall Art Foundation, Holle
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Dresden
Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst Duisburg, Duisburg
Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz
Museum Würth, Künzelsau
Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
Siemens Art Collection, Munich
Greece
The George Economou Collection, Marousi
Hungary
Ludwig Museum, Budapest
Israel
Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Netherlands
Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Sweden
Magasin III, Stockholm
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Switzerland
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel
UK
Blenheim Art Foundation, Woodstock
British Museum, London
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Tate
USA
Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Hess Art Collection, Napa, CA
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Philadelphia Museum, Philadelphia, PA
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
UBS Art Collection, New York, NY
2021
Foreign associate member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Institut de France, Paris, France
2012
Chevalier de la Legion d'Honneur, France
2010
Honorary Citizenship of Castiglion, Fiorentino
2009
Full member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
Cologne Fine Art Prize by the Federal Association of German Art Publishers
2006
Honarary Citzenship of the City of Imperia, Italy
2005
Award Incontri-Encounters, ICIT, Imperia, Italy
Austria decoration of honor for science and art, Vienna, Austria
2004
Honorary Professorship at the Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence, Italy
Praemium Imperiale Award, Tokyo, Japan
2003
Niedersächsischer Staatspreis, Hannover, Germany
Best artwork at the First Beijing International Art Biennale, Beijing, China
2002
Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Paris, France
2001
Julio González International Prize, Valencia, Spain
2000
Honorary Professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts, Krakow, Poland
1999
Rhenus art prize, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Honorary membership at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK
1992
Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France
1987
Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, France
1986
NORD/LB Norddeutsche Landesbank artist award, Hannover, Germany
Kaiserring Preisträger der Stadt Goslar
1968
Kulturkreis im Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie Scholarship
1965
Scholarship of the Villa Romana, Florence, Italy