short biography

Dan Flavin (b. 1933, Jamaica/Queens, New York City; d. 1996, Riverhead, New York) was a leading figure in the minimalist movement alongside Donald Judd, Robert Morris and Sol LeWitt. He began using fluorescent tubes in his works in 1963. Dan Flavin studied at the Hans Hofmann School of Fine Arts, New School for Social Research, and Columbia University.

Conceptual art, Minimal-Art, objects, installations, light installations, environments

http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/dan-flavin-1101

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collection/s

ACE GALLERY Los Angeles ARCO Foundation Collection CCS BARD Hessel Museum of Art, Annandale-on-Hudson Castello di Rivoli, Turin ° Collection Lambert, Avignon ° Crystal Bridges, Bentonville Daros Latinamerica, Zürich Denver Art Museum Dia Beacon Espace de l´Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux FRAC Grand Large - Hauts-de-France, Dunkerque Fondation Cartier, Paris Fondazione Prada, Milan Hallen für neue Kunst, Schaffhausen Hamburger Bahnhof – Nationalgalerie der Gegenwart, Berlin Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington KLASSIK STIFTUNG WEIMAR: Bauhaus-Museum / Neues Museum Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg Kunstmuseen Krefeld Kunstmuseum Basel / Museum für Gegenwartskunst Kunstpalais Erlangen Lenbachhaus, München Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk MCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge / MA ° MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles MUMOK Wien Menil Collection, Houston Modern, Fort Worth MuHKA - Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp ' Museo MADRE, Naples Museu Berardo, Lisbon Museum Brandhorst, München Museum Folkwang, Essen National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa Panza Collection, Mendrisio Pinault Collection - Bourse de Commerce, Paris Portland Art Museum Punta della Dogana, Venice RUBELL MUSEUM Miami Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels S.M.A.K. Ghent SCHAUWERK Sindelfingen Sammlung Deutsche Bank, Frankfurt Sammlung FER Collection, Ulm Situation Kunst (Für Max IMDAHL), Bochum Staatliche Graphische Sammlung München Staatliche Museen zu Berlin Tate Collection Tate Modern, London The Chinati Foundation, Marfa The Margulies Collection at the WAREhOUSE, Miami Weserburg Bremen kunsthalle weishaupt, Ulm macLYON
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  • 13. Oct 25. Nov
    konkret zehn Kunsthalle Nürnberg
  • 02. Sep 28. Oct
    Dan Flavin Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach