Beuys 2021 Joseph Beuys Centenary Programme

Celebrating the Centenary of Joseph Beuys

Marking the centenary of Joseph Beuys' birth, 2021 will see over 30 museum exhibitions taking place internationally in Europe, America and Asia honouring his legacy. This year's centenary programme celebrates Joseph Beuys' life and work through curatorial approaches that consider his extensive oeuvre anew. We invite you to explore the centenary programme and learn more about the artist and his legacy through our overview of past and current exhibitions, as well as interviews with artists and curators for whom his work has been a source of inspiration.

Explore international exhibitions programme

Museum Exhibition

Belvedere 21, Vienna

Joseph Beuys. Think. Act. Convey.

4 March - 13 June 2021
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Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

Joseph Beuys. The Space Curator

26 March - 18 July 2021
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K20 Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf

Everyone Is an Artist

27 March - 15 August 2021
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Akademie-Galerie, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf

Mataré + Beuys + Immendorff

27 March - 20 June 2021
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Kaiser Wilhelm Museum - Kunstmuseen Krefeld

Art = Human

28 March - 1 August 2021
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Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal

Joseph Beuys. Perpetual Motion

28 March - 20 June 2021
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Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota

Beuys + Palermo

3 April - 20 June 2021
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Kenritsu Kindai Museum, Saitama

Beuys + Palermo

10 July - 5 September 2021
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National Museum of Art, Osaka

Beuys + Palermo

12 October 2021 - 16 January 2022
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St. Matthäus Kirche im Berliner Kulturforum, Berlin

The inventor of electricity. Joseph Beuys and the Christ Impulse

9 April - 12 September 2021
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Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover

Joseph Beuys/ 100!

18 April - 8 August 2021
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Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau

Joseph Beuys and the Shamans

2 May - 29 August 2021
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Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen

The Catalyst

2 May - 29 August 2021
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Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve

Joseph Beuys. Collection highlights for the 100th birthday

7 May - 6 September 2021
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Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach

Empty Boxes as a Plastic Theme in the Work of Joseph Beuys

7 May - 8 August 2021
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Kunsthalle der Sparkassenstiftung Lüneburg, Lüneburg

Joseph Beuys. Posters and multiples

9 May - 1 August 2021
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Stiftung Zollverein / Ruhr-Museum, UNESCO Welterbe Zollverein, Hall 8, Essen

Invisible Sculpture

10 May - 26 September 2021
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Fondazione Bonotto, Milan

Beuys. Poster ed edizioni. Collezione Bonotto

11 May - 19 December 2021
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Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt

Joseph Beuys. Ulysses

30 June - 26 September 2021
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Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach

Institutional Critique

3 June - 24 October 2021
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Franz Marc Museum, Kochel am See

Joseph Beuys and Franz Marc

15 June - 10 October 2021
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Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin

Starting From Language. The Centenary of Beuys's Birth

13 June - 19 September 2021
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Museum Kurhaus, Kleve

Intuition!

19 June - 3 October 2021
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Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich

I transmit. Joseph Beuys' 100th anniversary

25 June - 10 October 2021
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Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn

Beuys – Lehmbruck

25 June - 1 November 2021
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Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg

Lehmbruck – Beuys

26 June - 1 November 2021
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Kunsthalle Vogelmann, Heilbronn

A Woodstock of Ideas. Joseph Beuys, Achberg and the German South

28 August - 28 November 2021
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Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden

Joseph Beuys. Linie zu Linie, Blatt um Blatt

23 July - 17 October 2021
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Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin

Joseph Beuys: From the Secret Block to Rosc

14 July - 31 October 2021
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Museum Ostwall im Dortmunder U, Dortmund

Revolution Beuys

13 August - 17 October 2021
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Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal

Torn out of Time

19 September 2021 - 9 January 2022
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Kunstmuseum, Bonn

Ticket to the Future

7 October 2021 - 9 January 2022
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Kaiser Wilhelm Museum - Kunstmuseen Krefeld

Beuys & Duchamp

8 October 2021 - 16 January 2022
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Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund

Technoschamanism

9 October 2021 - 6 March 2022
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Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, Düsseldorf

Anyone who doesn't want to think will be thrown [throw themselves] out

28 October 2021 - 20 January 2022
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Museum Ulm, Ulm

A Woodstock of Ideas. Joseph Beuys, Achberg and the German South

23 January - 4 July 2021

Featured exhibition this month

Starting From Language. Joseph Beuys at 100

13 June — 19 September 2021 | Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin

On the 100th anniversary of Beuys’ birth the Hamburger Bahnhof is making language the focus of an exhibition that encompasses sculptures, drawings, installations, films, posters and documents from the collections of the Nationalgalerie, the Sammlung Marx, the Kupferstichkabinett and the Kunstbibliothek – including the cycle The secret block for a secret person in Ireland and the installation Das Kapital Raum 1970–1977.

Images: 1. IMAGO / Leemage. Portrait of Joseph Beuys (1921-1986) Photography, Paris, 1985. © Bildrecht, Wien 2021. Photo: Laurence Sudre 2. Joseph Beuys, The secret block for a secret person in Ireland, 1945–1976, verschiedene Techniken, - Installationsmaß variiert, Ausstellungsansicht Hamburger Bahnhof - Museum für Gegenwart - Berlin, 2014 © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021 / Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie, Sammlung Marx. Photo: Thomas Bruns. 3. Joseph Beuys portrait. © Gerd Ludwig.

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