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Richard Avedon

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Richard Avedon (b. 1923, New York City; d. 2004 San Antonio, Texas) was born and lived in New York City. He was one of the most significant fashion and portrait photographer of the last half-century and a chronicler of the New York Society, revolutionizing the fashion aesthetics of his time - he also made documentation photo series of the American depression. He worked for Harper's Bazaar, Vogue, New Yorker, Vanity Fair, amongst others.

https://www.avedonfoundation.org

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collection/s

CCP Center for Creative Photography, Tucson Cantor Arts Center, Stanford Cincinnati Art Museum Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, New York DZ BANK Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt Fondation Francès, Senlis Fotomuseum Winterthur Fundacio Sunol, Barcelona International Center of Photography, New York LACMA - Los Angeles County Museum of Art MUNTREF Museo de Artes Visuales, Buenos Aires . Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg / Florida Musée de l´Elysée, Lausanne National Museum of Photography Copenhagen National Portrait Gallery, London Sammlung F.C. Gundlach Smithsonian Institution, Washington Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona Beach UMMA - The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor Vancouver Art Gallery
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galleries

Corkin Gallery, Toronto Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco ° Johannes Faber, Wien Sho, Tokyo Westwood Gallery, New York
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  • exhibition archive
  • 16. Oct 17. Mar 2021
    Masculinities: Liberation through Photography Gropius Bau, Berlin
  • 01. Oct 31. Oct
    European Month of Photography 2020 EMOP European Month of Photography Berlin
  • 10. Mar 28. Jun
    Photography’s Last Century The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • 13. Jun 08. Sep
    Avedon's America Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Hovikodden
  • 24. May 19. Jul 2020
    Forever Young Museum Brandhorst, München
  • 18. Oct 17. Mar 2019
    68. Pop und Protest Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
  • 15. Oct 21. Jan 2018
    Resident Alien. The Marin Karmitz Collection La Maison Rouge, Paris
  • 25. Nov 17. Dec
    American Classics PACE LONDON
  • 27. Apr 12. Feb 2017
    Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection Whitney Museum, New York
  • 27. Feb 16. May
    TOTAL RECORDS – VINYL & FOTOGRAFIE Fotomuseum Winterthur
  • 07. Nov 10. Apr 2016
    Walkers: Hollywood Afterlives in Art and Artifact Museum of the Moving Image, Astoria
  • 11. Jul 11. Oct
    Patrice Chéreau. Un Musée imaginaire Collection Lambert, Avignon °
  • 20. Jun 06. Sep
    TRIENNIAL SHOW: THE DAY WILL COME WHEN MAN FALLS Deichtorhallen Hamburg & Sammlung Falckenberg
  • 20. May 25. Jul
    AVEDON Gagosian Gallery Athens
  • 26. Feb 09. Jun
    Paparazzi! Photographers, stars and artists Centre Pompidou-Metz
  • 03. Oct 20. Jan 2013
    Gaze - The Changing Face of Portrait Photography ISTANBUL MODERN
  • 18. Sep 31. Dec
    Regarding Warhol. Sixty Artists; Fifty Years The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • 14. Sep 16. Dec
    Body Language CCS Centre culturel suisse, Paris
  • 13. Jul 21. Oct
    Ichundichundich. Picasso im Fotoporträt Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg
  • 25. Feb 29. Apr
    Der Mensch und seine Objekte Museum Folkwang, Essen
  • 17. Feb 20. May
    Behind The Curtain - The Aesthetics Of The Photobooth Musée de l´Elysée, Lausanne
  • 21. Oct 12. Feb 2012
    Vanity Kunsthalle Wien
  • 24. Sep 15. Jan 2012
    Ichundichundich. Picasso im Fotoporträt Museum Ludwig Köln
  • 08. Jun 28. Jul
    Richard Avedon: Writers Gagosian Gallery Paris
  • 21. May 18. Sep
    EXPOSED - Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera since 1870 Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
  • 12. Mar 31. Jul
    The Missing Peace. Artists consider the Dalai Lama San Antonio Museum of Art
  • 02. Feb 04. Sep
    Sternstunden des Glamour Museum Ludwig Köln
  • 01. Feb 15. May
    Zeitgeist und Glamour NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf
  • 30. Oct 17. Apr 2011
    EXPOSED - Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera since 1870 SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  • 06. Oct 09. Jan 2011
    THE PRIVATE MUSEUM GAMeC Bergamo
  • 11. Sep 08. May 2011
    Arbeit/ Labour Fotomuseum Winterthur
  • 03. Jul 28. Aug
    Nudes - Positionen der Aktophotographie CAMERA WORK Berlin
  • 02. Jul 10. Oct
    A Star is Born. Fotografie und Rock seit Elvis Presley Museum Folkwang, Essen
  • 28. May 03. Oct
    EXPOSED - Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera since 1870 Tate Modern, London
  • 25. Oct 05. Apr 2010
    1969 MoMA PS1, Long Island City
  • 18. Oct 17. Jan 2010
    Avedon Fashion Photographs 1944-2000 DIA Detroit Institute of Arts
  • 11. Jul 29. Nov
    Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946-2004 SFMOMA San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
  • 19. Jun 19. Jul
    Isabelle Huppert: Woman of Many Faces UCCA - Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
  • 24. Oct 01. Feb 2009
    The Philippe de Montebello Years The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • 19. Oct 19. Jan 2009
    Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946-2004 Gropius Bau, Berlin
  • 01. Jul 28. Sep
    Richard Avedon: Photographs 1946-2004 Jeu de Paume, Paris
  • 22. May 31. Aug
    Street & Studio: An Urban History of Photography Tate Modern, London
  • 12. Apr 29. Jun
    The implications of image MUAC Mexico City
  • 15. Dec 17. Feb 2008
    Life as a Legend: Marilyn Monroe Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax
  • 01. Dec 16. Mar 2008
    The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
  • 17. Nov 24. Mar 2008
    MODE:BILDER Sammlung F.C. Gundlach NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf
  • 20. Oct 26. Jan 2008
    Making a Photograph CCP Center for Creative Photography, Tucson
  • 12. Jul 22. Aug
    The Missing Peace SVA - School of VISUAL ARTS New York
  • 06. Jun 02. Sep
    The Naked Portrait Scottish National Galleries, Edinburgh
  • 24. May 16. Sep
    SUMMER OF LOVE Art of the Psychedelic Era Whitney Museum, New York
  • 28. Apr 24. Jun
    Life as a Legend: Marilyn Monroe Dayton Art Institute
  • 02. Mar 04. Sep
    The Missing Peace Rubin Museum of Art, New York
  • 22. Feb 01. May
    Igor Strawinsky Museum der Moderne / Rupertinum, Salzburg
  • 22. Dec 04. Mar 2007
    Speaking with Hands MMOMA Moscow
  • 06. Dec 01. Apr 2007
    Life as a Legend: Marilyn Monroe Boca Raton Museum of Art
  • 03. Nov 30. Dec
    From Fair to Fine Stephen Daiter Gallery, Chicago
  • 03. Nov 04. Feb 2007
    Americans Kunsthalle Wien
  • 28. Oct 15. Jan 2007
    The Missing Peace Loyola University Museum, Chicago
  • 21. Oct 14. Jan 2007
    Richard Avedon CCP Center for Creative Photography, Tucson
  • 06. Oct 29. Oct
    BPB 2006 Brighton Photo Biennial
  • 05. Oct 25. Nov
    Richard Avedon Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco °
  • 27. Sep 07. Jan 2007
    The Heartbeat of Fashion Deichtorhallen Hamburg & Sammlung Falckenberg
  • 20. Sep 25. Oct
    Life as a Legend: Marilyn Monroe National Women´s History Museum, Dallas
  • 11. Jun 10. Sep
    The Missing Peace Fowler Museum at UCLA, Los Angeles
  • 20. May 30. Jul
    Speaking with Hands Museum Folkwang, Essen
  • 12. May 03. Sep
    SUMMER OF LOVE Kunsthalle Wien
  • 24. Mar 01. May
    Life as a Legend: Marilyn Monroe Kunsthaus Hamburg
  • 18. Feb 19. Apr
    Senza di loro, nemmeno io Palazzo Magnani, Reggio Emilia
  • 11. Jan 11. May
    Portrait und Menschenbild Die Photographische Sammlung / SK Stiftung Kultur, Köln
  • 07. Jan 04. Feb
    Portraits of Artists Luhring Augustine, New York
  • 11. Dec 12. Mar 2006
    Keeping Shadows: Photography from the Worcester Art Museum Phoenix Art Museum
  • 02. Dec 22. Jan 2006
    Its Only Rock n Roll ! CAMH Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
  • 29. Nov 19. Dec
    De la comtesse De Castiglione a Cindy Sherman Galerie de France
  • 25. Nov 27. Mar 2006
    Speaking with Hands Guggenheim Bilbao
  • 02. Nov 12. Feb 2006
    SUMMER OF LOVE Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
  • 18. Sep 30. Dec
    The American Dream Kunsthalle Mannheim
  • 17. Sep 08. Jan 2006
    In the American West: Photographs by Richard Avedon Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth
  • 10. Sep 22. Oct
    From the Source, Fashion Photographs Corkin Gallery, Toronto
  • 10. Sep 04. Dec
    SUJETO MUSAC Leon
  • 02. Jun 16. Jul
    Nine Portraits Stephen Wirtz Gallery, San Francisco
  • 27. May 25. Sep
    SUMMER OF LOVE Tate Liverpool
  • 14. Mar 14. May
    Fashion and Style in Photography 2005 MAMM - Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow
  • 09. Oct 16. Jan 2005
    About Face The Art Institute Chicago
  • 10. Jul 26. Sep
    Das Wunder Mensch Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Wörlen
  • 04. Jun 08. Sep
    Speaking with Hands Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
  • 30. Nov 20. Mar 2005
    I Wanna Be Loved By You Brooklyn Museum
  • 29. Oct 04. Jan 2004
    A Clear Vision. Photographische Werke aus der Sammlung F. C. Gundlach Deichtorhallen Hamburg & Sammlung Falckenberg
  • 08. Aug 05. Oct
    Women of Our Time - Photographic Mobile Museum of Art
  • 07. Jun 24. Aug
    L. Fritz Gruber Museum Ludwig Köln
  • 22. Mar 19. Apr
    VANITY FAIR Torch Gallery, Amsterdam
  • 07. Mar 19. Apr
    Flesh Tones Robert Mann Gallery, New York
  • 26. Sep 05. Jan 2003
    Richard Avedon: Portraits The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
  • 28. Sep 13. Jan 2002
    The Contemporary Face Deichtorhallen Hamburg & Sammlung Falckenberg
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