Further exhibitions to be announced
On view in 2025
Anselm Kiefer: Early Works
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14 February—15 June 2025
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, UK
Anselm Kiefer: Early Works is a landmark survey of the artist’s work produced between 1969 and 1982. Organised in collaboration with the Hall Art Foundation and drawn from the Hall Collection, the exhibition encompasses some 45 works rarely displayed in public before. Returning to Anselm Kiefer's roots, the works on view include important early paintings, photos, prints, artist books, watercolours and mixed-media work, including lesser-known, intimate pieces. The exhibition will also include three new paintings from Kiefer’s own collection, chosen by the artist especially for the Ashmolean show.
Anselm Kiefer — Sag mir wo die Blumen sind
7 March—9 June 2025
Van Gogh Museum and Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
For the first time in their history, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam and the Van Gogh Museum are joining forces to stage a major exhibition of works by Anselm Kiefer. Vincent van Gogh has had an enduring influence on Kiefer throughout his 60-year career. This exhibition spans two sites: at the Van Gogh Museum, key works by Van Gogh are on view alongside those of Kiefer. At the Stedelijk Museum, all the Kiefer works from the museum’s collection are on display together for the first time, including the beloved Innenraum (1981). Kiefer has a long, personal history with the Stedelijk: the museum has been acquiring and displaying his work since his beginnings as an artist, and has an impressive collection of earlier works. Alongside popular favourites from the collections of the two museums, both venues will show new, never-before-seen works created especially for the exhibition.
Kiefer / Van Gogh
28 June—26 October 2025
Royal Academy, London, UK
Anselm Kiefer has been inspired by Vincent van Gogh’s work ever since, aged seventeen, he received a travel grant to follow in Van Gogh’s footsteps, starting in the Netherlands, through to Belgium, Paris and Arles in the south of France. To this day, Kiefer’s admiration for the Dutch painter is palpable in his work. The pioneer of Post-Impressionism has profoundly informed the subjects and techniques of Kiefer’s monumental paintings and sculptures which draw on history, mythology, literature, philosophy and science. This exhibition, developed in close collaboration with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, retraces this lasting influence. It is a rare opportunity to see work by both artists side by side, including new pieces by Kiefer which have never been shown before.
Anselm Kiefer: Becoming the Ocean
October 2025—January 2026
Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO, USA
Anselm Kiefer: Becoming the Ocean will be the first comprehensive US exhibition of the renowned German artist in over two decades. The landmark exhibition presents works from the 1960s to the present across approximately 30,000 square feet of gallery space, making it Saint Louis Art Museum’s largest single exhibition in decades. In the words of Min Jung Kim, Barbara B. Taylor Director of the Saint Louis Art Museum and curator of the exhibition: ‘Since the 1990s, Anselm Kiefer’s work has continued to change while retaining its ability to plumb the most profound depths of human history, from the psychological and visceral to the political. This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to trace Kiefer’s artistic development, from mid-career works to the latest chapter of his continuing evolution.’ Showcasing a compelling blend of iconic works, including Brennstäbe (1984–87), an important work from the museum’s collection, and newer pieces, the exhibition draws from significant loans from museums across America as well as private collections.
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Credits: 1. Anselm Kiefer portrait, 2021. Photo: Georges Poncet. 2. The artist at work in his studio. Photo: Courtesy Barbara Klemm. 3. Anselm Kiefer, Wald, 1973/74. Watercolour on paper, 17 x 24 cm (6.69 x 9.45 in). Hall Collection. Courtesy of the Hall Art Foundation. © Anselm Kiefer. Photo: Adam Reich. 4. Anselm Kiefer, Margarethe - Sulamit, 1981. Watercolour on paper, 42 x 56 cm (16.54 x 22.05 in). Hall Collection. Courtesy of the Hall Art Foundation. © Anselm Kiefer. 5. Anselm Kiefer, Innenraum, 1981. Oil, acrylic and paper on canvas, 287.5 x 311 cm (113.19 x 122.44 in). Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam. © Anselm Kiefer. 6. Anselm Kiefer, Sag mir wo die Blumen sind, 2024, installation view at studio, Croissy, France. Emulsion, oil, acrylic, shellac, gold leaf, sediment of electrolysis, clay, dried flowers, straw, fabric, steel, charcoal and collage of canvas on canvas. © Anselm Kiefer. Photo: Nina Slavcheva. 7. Anselm Kiefer, Nevermore, 2014. Emulsion, oil, acrylic, shellac, gold leaf and sediment of electrolysis on canvas, 330 x 570 cm (129.92 x 224.41 in). © Anselm Kiefer. Courtesy Eschaton Foundation. Photo: Charles Duprat. 8. Anselm Kiefer, De sterrennacht, 2019. Emulsion, oil, acrylic, shellac, straw, gold leaf, wood, wire, sediment of an electrolysis on canvas, 470 x 840 cm (185.04 x 330.71 in). © Anselm Kiefer. Photo: Georges Poncet. 9. Anselm Kiefer, Brennstäbe, 1984/87. Oil, acrylic emulsion, and shellac on canvas with lead, copper wire, straw, iron, and ceramic, 330.84 x 556.26 cm (130.25 x 219 in). Saint Louis Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Pulitzer Jr., by exchange 108:1987a-c. © Anselm Kiefer. 10. Anselm Kiefer, Becoming the ocean, for Gregory Corso, 2024. Emulsion, oil, acrylic, shellac, sediment of electrolysis, gold leaf, stones, and annealed wire on canvas, 280.04 x 570.07 cm (110.25 x 224.44 in). © Anselm Kiefer. Private collection. Photo: Nina Slavcheva. 11. Anselm Kiefer portrait, 2021. Photo: Atelier Anselm Kiefer.
