Anselm Kiefer was born in 1945 in Donaueschingen, Germany; he lives and works in Paris. Solo exhibition has been dedicated to Anselm Kiefer since the beginning of his carrier by prestigious museums among which:
Kunsthalle, Bern (1978); Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (1979); Groniger Museum, Gronigen (1980); Museum Folkwang, Essen (1981); Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf; Musée d’Art Contemporain, BordeauxARC/Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris and the Israel Museum, Jerusalem (1984); Stadelijk Museum, Amsterdam (1986); Art Institute of Chicago, Museum of Art of Philadelphia, MOCA in Los Angeles and MoMA in New York (1987); Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (1991); Sezon Museum of Art, Tokyo, Kyoto National Museum of Art (1993); Hiroshima Museum of Contemporay Art (1993); Museo di Capodimonte, Naples (1997); The Museum of Modern Art, Sao Paulo (1998); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1998); Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Boogna (1999); Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent (2000); The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (2005); Rijksmuseum Amsterdam, Amsterdam (2011); Ludwig Museum, Koblenz (2012); Royal Academy of Arts, London (2014).
In 1977 he was invited to Documenta in Kassel. In 1980 his work was presented at the XXIX Venice Biennale, in the German Pavilion, where received numerous accolades from critics. In 2007, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao has presented a major retrospective of him, and in the same year the Louvre in Paris has commissioned to the artist a work for its permanent collection.
On stage at the San Carlo Theater in Naples is the one-act tragedy “EleKtra” extracted from Hugo von Hofmannsthal’s libretto from Sophocles’ ‘Electra’. The sets and costumes are by artist Anselm Kiefer.
The exhibition ARCHIVIALE_001 will open at the Museo del ‘900 on 10 April and will be on show until 30 June 2024. Unfortunately, the Museo del ‘900 will be closed from 11 to 13 April due to the G7 meetings in Milan, and will reopen to the public on Sunday
Palazzo Strozzi is proud to host an exhibition conceived and realised in collaboration with Anselm Kiefer titled “Anselm Kiefer. Fallen Angels”. The exhibition provides an opportunity to engage with the German artist through a collection of historical works and new productions, including a large new work created in dialogue with
Anselm Kiefer is a tireless omnivore with endless interests. The artist is always looking for new insights and meanings. And you can see this clearly in his layered work. In it he weaves together Germanic mythology, history, poetry, literature and philosophy. He uses traditional and unconventional materials, such as gold,
The LAM Museum presents an exhibition dedicated to one of Germany’s greatest visual artists, Anselm Kiefer. Born in Germany two months before the Nazi capitulation, Kiefer never ceases to evoke in his work the memory of World War II in a cathartic way. Internationally known and recognized for his monumental
Lia Rumma Gallery is pleased to announce the prestigious award of the Accademia dei Lincei to Anselm Kiefer. Every year, since 1950, the Accademia dei Lincei has awarded the prestigious “Antonio Feltrinelli” Prizes to personalities who have distinguished themselves in the scientific or humanistic fields on a national and international
