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
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Belvedere 21, Vienna
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Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
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K20 Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf
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Akademie-Galerie, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
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Kaiser Wilhelm Museum - Kunstmuseen Krefeld
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Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal
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Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota
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Kenritsu Kindai Museum, Saitama
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National Museum of Art, Osaka
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Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau
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Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
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Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach
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Stiftung Zollverein / Ruhr-Museum, UNESCO Welterbe Zollverein, Hall 8, Essen
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Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt
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Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
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Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
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Museum Kurhaus, Kleve
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Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
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Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
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Kunsthalle Vogelmann, Heilbronn
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Belvedere 21, Vienna
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Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
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K20 Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf
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Akademie-Galerie, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
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Kaiser Wilhelm Museum - Kunstmuseen Krefeld
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Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal
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Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota
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Kenritsu Kindai Museum, Saitama
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National Museum of Art, Osaka
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Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau
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Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
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Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach
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Stiftung Zollverein / Ruhr-Museum, UNESCO Welterbe Zollverein, Hall 8, Essen
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Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt
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Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
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Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
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Museum Kurhaus, Kleve
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Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
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Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
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Kunsthalle Vogelmann, Heilbronn
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Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden
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Museum Ostwall im Dortmunder U, Dortmund
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Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal
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Kunstmuseum, Bonn
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Kaiser Wilhelm Museum - Kunstmuseen Krefeld
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Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund
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Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, Düsseldorf
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Museum Ulm
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Belvedere 21, Vienna
Joseph Beuys. Think. Act. Convey.4 March - 13 June 2021 -
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Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
Joseph Beuys. The Space Curator26 March - 18 July 2021 -
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K20 Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf
Everyone Is an Artist27 March - 15 August 2021 -
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Akademie-Galerie, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
Mataré + Beuys + Immendorff27 March - 20 June 2021 -
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Kaiser Wilhelm Museum - Kunstmuseen Krefeld
Art = Human28 March - 1 August 2021 -
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Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal
Joseph Beuys. Perpetual Motion28 March - 20 June 2021 -
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Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota
Beuys + Palermo3 April - 20 June 2021 -
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Kenritsu Kindai Museum, Saitama
Beuys + Palermo10 July - 5 September 2021 -
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National Museum of Art, Osaka
Beuys + Palermo12 October 2021 - 16 January 2022 -
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Museum Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau
Joseph Beuys and the Shamans2 May - 29 August 2021 -
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Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
The Catalyst2 May - 29 August 2021 -
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Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach
Empty Boxes as a Plastic Theme in the Work of Joseph Beuys7 May - 8 August 2021 -
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Stiftung Zollverein / Ruhr-Museum, UNESCO Welterbe Zollverein, Hall 8, Essen
Invisible Sculpture10 May - 26 September 2021 -
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Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt
Joseph Beuys. Ulysses13 May - 1 August 2021 -
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Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach
Institutional Critique3 June - 24 October 2021 -
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Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
Starting From Language. The Centenary of Beuys's Birth13 June - 3 October 2021 -
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Museum Kurhaus, Kleve
Intuition!19 June - 3 October 2021 -
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Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
Beuys – Lehmbruck25 June - 1 November 2021 -
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Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
Lehmbruck – Beuys26 June - 1 November 2021 -
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Kunsthalle Vogelmann, Heilbronn
A Woodstock of Ideas. Joseph Beuys, Achberg and the German South17 July - 31 October 2021 -
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Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden
Joseph Beuys. Linie zu Linie, Blatt um Blatt23 July - 17 October 2021 -
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Museum Ostwall im Dortmunder U, Dortmund
Revolution Beuys13 August - 17 October 2021 -
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Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal
Torn out of Time19 September 2021 - 9 January 2022 -
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Kunstmuseum, Bonn
Ticket to the Future7 October 2021 - 9 January 2022 -
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Kaiser Wilhelm Museum - Kunstmuseen Krefeld
Beuys & Duchamp8 October 2021 - 16 January 2022 -
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Hartware MedienKunstVerein, Dortmund
Technoschamanism9 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] out28 October 2021 - 20 January 2022 -
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Museum Ulm
A Woodstock of Ideas. Joseph Beuys, Achberg and the German South23 January - 4 July 2021
Featured exhibition this month
Every one is an artist. Cosmopolitan Exercises with Joseph Beuys
27 March—15 August 2021 | K20 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen
The exhibition provides profound insight into the cosmopolitical thinking of Joseph Beuys as manifested in his actions. For here – as an acting, speaking, and moving figure – Beuys examined the central and radical idea of his expanded concept of art: »Everyone is an artist«. The goal of his universalist approach was to renew society from the ground up. In the exhibition, contemporary artists, along with representatives from the most diverse areas of society, enter into a multi-layered, transcultural dialogue with Beuys. From today’s perspective, they confirm, question or expand his theses on the possibilities of a future conceived in terms of art.
