Exhibitions
2024
Légèreté des ombres, Transfo Emmaüs Solidarité, Paris, France
Animitas (Chili), Marian Goodman Gallery, Los Angeles, United States
2023
Souffle et Tintement, Espace F, Matane, Quebec, Canada
2022
Départ Arrivée, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, United States
Les Regards. Les Esprits, Mémorial de la Shoah, Paris, France
Tode Zum Lachen, Valentin Karlstadt Museum, Munich, Germany
2021
Hommage à Christian Boltanski, Un parcours entre le Château de Versailles, le musée du Louvre et le Centre Pompidou, avec l’Opéra Comique, Paris, France
4.4, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, South Korea
Despuès, Galeria Albarran Bourdais, Minorque, Spain
Animitas, The Noguchi Museum, New York, United States
Danach, Kewenig, Berlin, Germany
Après, Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris, France

2020
Chance, Festival Images, Vevey, Switzerland
2019
Faire son temps, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Animitas, Hellbrunn Sculpture Park, Salzbourg, Austria
Animitas, Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo, Japan
Lifetime, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan ; National Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan ; The Prefectural Art Museum, Nagasaki, Japan

2018
The Memorial The Forced Labourers, Völklinger Hütte World Heritage Site, European Centre for Art and Industrial Culture, Völklingen, Germany
Lifetime, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Storage Memory, The Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China
Sombras Blancas, Galleria Solo, Madrid, Spain
Ephémères, Marian Goodman Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Saynètes Comiques, Librairie Marian Goodman, Paris, France
2017
NA, Oude Kerk, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Animitas, Espace Louis Vuitton, Munich, Germany
Misterios, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Anime. Di luogo in luogo, MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Les Registres du Grand Hornu, Christian Boltanski, El Instante Fundacion, Madrid, Spain
Works, Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, Germany

2016
Animitas, The Museum of Contemporary Art of Monterrey (MARCO), Monterrey, Mexico
One collection, one artework, Fundação Arpad Szenes – Vieira da Silva, Lisbon, Portugal
Départ- Arrivée, Instituto Valenciano Arte Moderno (IVAM), Valencia, Spain
Christian Boltanski, Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Animitas – Les âmes qui murmurent, Tokyo Metropolitan Teien Art Museum, Japan
2015
Sombras, La Lonja – Palma de Mallorca, Spain
La salle des pendus, MAC’S (Grand Hornu), Belgium
Les Archives du Cœur, MAMbo – Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Christian Boltanski, Cricoteka, The Centre for the Documentation of the Art of Tadeusz Kantor, Krakow, Poland
Faire-part, Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris, France
Christian Boltanski, Hirose Collection, Japan
DOPO, Fondazione Merz, Turin, Italy
2014
19.924.458 +/-, SESC Pompeia, São Paulo, Brazil
Chance, Sydney Festival 2014, Sydney, Australia
Heart Beat Archive, Latvian National Museum of Art, Arsenals Exhibition Hall, Riga, Lithuania
Almas, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Inventory of the Objects Belonging to a Young Man of Oxford, Modern Art Oxford, United Kingdom
2013
Grosse Hamburger Strasse, Kewenig, Berlin, Germany
Moved, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
Eyes, Onassis Cultural Center, Athens, Greece
2012
Heartbeats, Nahum Gutman Art Museum, Tel Aviv, Israel
Chance, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Migrantes, Museo de la Universidad Nacional de Tres de Febrero (MUNTREF); Hotel of Immigrants; Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dança Macabra, Fabrica Asa, Guimaraes, Portugal
Chance, Casa França Brasil, Rio do Janeiro, Brazil
The Heart Archive, Helsinki, Rovaniemi, Vaasa and Joensuu, Finland

2011
Chance, French Pavilion, Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Sans Fin, Fondazione VOLUME!, Roma, Italy
Christian Boltanski, Signatures, Es Baluard, Palma de Mallorca, Spain

2010
No Man’s Land, Park Avenue Armory, New York, United States
Personnes, Hangar Bicocca, Milan, Italy
Les Archives du Coeur (Heartbeat), Serpentine Gallery Summer Pavilion, London, United Kingdom
Personnes, Monumenta, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Après, MAC VAL, Musée d’art contemporain du Val de Marne, Vitry-sur-Seine, France

2009
La vie possible, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz, Switzerland
2008
Christian Boltanski, Magasin 3, Stockholm, Sweden
Les archives du cœur, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
Questions-réponses, Le consortium, Dijon, France
Monuments Noirs, Kewenig, Cologne, Germany
Serce (Heart), Galeria Foksal, Warsaw, Poland
2007
6 septembres, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, United States
Christian Boltanski, Herzschlag, Pfefferberg, Berlin, Germany
2006
Christian Boltanski, Institut Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt, Germany
Christian Boltanski, CAPC – Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
2005
6 Septembres, Société d’Encouragement pour l’Industrie Nationale, Paris, France
Ultime Notizie, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
A.V. Shusev State Museum of Architecture, Moscow, Russia
Prendre la Parole, Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris, France
2004
Les Regards: Sculpture for Bremen, Rolandpreis für Kunst im öffentlichen Raum, Bremen, Germany
Théâtre d’ombres 1984-1997, Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme, Paris, France
The Last Picture Show: Artists Using Photography 1960-1982, Fotomuseum, Winterthur, Switzerland
Zeit (Time), Kewenig, Cologne, Germany
2003
Entre Temps, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
2002
Faire-Part, Palazzo delle Papesse, Sienne, Italy
La Vie Impossible de Christian Boltanski, Jule Kewenig Galerie, Frechen, Germany
Les Abonnés du Téléphone, South London Gallery, London, United States
Sombras, Museo de Santa Rosa, Puebla, Mexico
2001
Coming & Going, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, United States
Facets of Memory, The Jewish Museum San Francisco, San Francisco, United States
Christian Boltanski, Ujaztowski Castel, Varsaw, Poland
La vie impossible, Kunstmuseum Dessao, Dessao, Germany
St. Peter Church, Cologne, Germany
La Réserve de Christian Boltanski, Skulpturemuseum, Marl, Germany
Christian Boltanski, Foksal Galerie, Warsaw, Poland
2000
Reflexion, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, United Kingdom
Monte Pieta, Palermo, Italy
Le Regard Égoïste 1, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
1999
Christian Boltanski, Museum of Modern Art, Caracas, Venezuela
Les Enfants de Dijon, Galerie des Franciscains, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, France
L’Album Photographique de Christian Boltanski 1948-1956, Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany
Gymnasium Chases, Künstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral, Bad Ems, Germany
Christian Boltanski, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
1998
Disappearance, Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst, Copenhague, Denmark
Night in August, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Dernières Années, ARC/Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
So Far, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art & Design, Kansas City, United States
Compra/Venta, Alumudin, Valencia, Spain
Nightfall, Anthony d’Offay Gallery, Londres, United States
1997
Pentimenti, Villa delle Rose, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologne, Italy
Los Justos, Museu d’Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain
Les Registres, Espace du Grand Hornu, Mons, Belgium
Le Voyage d’Hiver, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
Derniers Jours, Chateau de Plieux, Plieux, France
Lost, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
1996
Christian Boltanski, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
Sterblich, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany
Alltag, avec Jean Kalman, theater der Welt, Dresde, Germany
Les Concessions, Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, France
Glück auf!, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich, Germany
Christian Boltanski, Galerie Jule Kewenig, Frechen, Germany

1995
Passie, DePont Foundation for Contemporary Art, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Villa Medecis, Roma, Italy
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, United States
Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Lost: New York Projects, Public Art Fund, New York, United States
Gymnasium Chases, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany; Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg, Germany
The Work People of Halifax 1877–1982, Henry Moore Studio, Halifax, United Kingdom
Advento and other times, CGAC – Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain


1993
Karl Valentin Museum and Städtmuseum, Munich, Germany
Jule Kewenig, Cologne, Germany
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Galleria Lucio Amelio, Naples, Italy
Les Suisses Morts, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
New York Public Library, New York, United States
Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Städtische Galerie in Städelschen Kunstinstitut, Graphische Sammlung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1992
La Fundación Cultura Televisa and Centro Cultural/Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico
Photographer, Lisson Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Galerie Durand-Dessert, Paris, France
Les livres, Stiftsbibliothek, Saint-Gall, Switzerland
Galerie Jule and Michael Kewenig, Frechen-Bachem, Cologne, Germany
1991
La Réserve des Suisses morts, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
Inventar, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hambourg, Germany
Réconstitution, Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France; Stedelijk van Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, United States
Archives, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Canada
Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany
Memento Mori und Schattenspiel, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfort, Germany
Conversation Pieces, Lisson Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Les Bougies, Queens Museum of Art, New York, United States

1990
Reconstitution, The Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Réserve, Galerie Elisabeth Kaufmann, Basel, Switzerland
Boltanski, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Nagoya, Japan
ATM Contemporary Art Gallery, Mito, Japan
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Musée Départemental de Rochechouart, Haute-Vienne, France
Archives, Galerie du Cloitre, Rennes, France
Abbe Museum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands; Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
The Dead Swiss, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, USA
Meurtres, Galerie des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Invitation à … Christian Boltanski, Chapelle de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, France

1989
Archives, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
Lessons of Darkness, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada; The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
La Fête du Pourim, Museum of Contemporary Art, Basel, Switzerland
University Art Museum, Berkeley, The Netherlands
Lessons of Darkness, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Odessa, Galerie Jean Bernier, Athens, Greece
Galerie Marika Malacorda, Genève, Switzerland
Galerie Foksal, Warsow, Poland
Shoshanna Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, Los Angeles, United States
1988
Lessons of Darkness, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, United States; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, United States; The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, United States
Galerie Pablo and Pandora van Dijk, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation, Toronto, Canada
El Caso, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, United States
Galerie Wanda Reiff, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Galerie Bébert, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
El Caso, Galerie Crousel-Hussenot, Paris, France
1987
Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Classe terminale du lycée Chases en 1931, Castelgasse-Vienne, Vienna, Austria
Le Lycée Chases, Maison de la Culture et de la Communication, Saint-Etienne, France
Œuvres inédites, Galerie Roger Pailhas, Marseille, France
Monuments, Galerie Chantal Boulanger, Montréal, Canada
1986
Leçon des Ténèbres, Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany
Peindre photographier, Musée de Nice, Galerie des Ponchettes, Nice, France
Monuments – Leçons de ténèbres, Festival d’automne, Chapelle de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France
Carré d’art, Galerie des Arènes, Nîmes, France
Monuments, Galerie Crousel-Hussenot, Paris, France
Monuments, Galerie Elisabeth Kaufmann, Zurich, Switzerland
1985
Monuments, organisé par Le Coin du miroir, Dijon, France
Ombres, Ex Stalloni, Reggio nell’Emilia, Italy
1984
Filme von Christian Boltanski, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Suisse
Galerie Croussel-Hussenot, Paris, France
Boltanski, Musée National d’Art Moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Kunsthaus Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany
Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
Shadows, Galerie t’Venster, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

1983
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, United States
1982
Nouveau Musée, De Vleeshal, Middelburg, The Netherlands
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, United States
1981
Carpenter Center, Harvard Univerity, Cambridge, United States
Compositions, ARC/Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Compositions initiatiques, Galerie Marika Malacorda, Genève, Switzerland
Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris, France
The Archives, Art Information Centre Peter van Beveren, Hasselt, Belgium
1980
Compositions, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Calais, France
Compositions, Galerie Sonnabend, Paris, France
1979
Les Modèles, Maison de la Culture Chalon-sur-Saône, France
Veir japanische Bilder, Galerie Erwin Tegentritt, Dudweier, Germany
The Kitchen (performance), New York, United States
Œuvres de 1974–1975, Centre Culturel Communal, Saint Pierre-des-Corps, France
Sonnabend Gallery, New York, NY, United States
1978
Show de Nöel, Le Coin du miroir, Dijon, France
Arbeiten 1968-1978, Karlsruhe, Germany
P.S.1 – Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, United States
Compositions photographiques, Galerie Jöllenbeck, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Marika Malacorda, Genève, Switzerland
Les images-stimuli, Galerie Foksal – PSP, Warsaw, Poland
Kronika Wypadkow, Salon Krytykow, Lublin, Poland
1977
Modellbilder, Galerie Seriaal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Stories and Posters, La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, United States
Galerie art actuel, Nancy, France
Les Vacances, Centrum für Kunst, Vaduz, Liechtenstein
Galleria Bruno Soletti, Milan, Italy
1976
Modellbilder, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany
Photographies couleurs-Images modèles, Musée National d’Art Moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Photographies, Galerie Sonnabend, Paris
Galerie Seriaal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Paris zeigt Filme, Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe, Germany
1975
Centre d’Art Contemporain, Genève, Switzerland
Komische Eenakters, Galerie Seriaal, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Zum Totlachen, Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
Tolkar Minnen Fran Barndomen, Kunsthalle, Malmö, Sweden
Galerie St. Petri, Lund, Sweden
Saynettes Comiques, Galleria Enzo Cannaviello, Roma, Italy
Muzej Suvremene Umjetnosti, Zagreb, Croatia
1974
Stichting de Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Le Musée de Christian Boltanski 1966-1974, Dijon, France
Les Inventaires, Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Denmark
Posters – props – sets, photographic documents), Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany; Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany; CNAC/Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France; Galleria Forma, Genoa, Italy
Fascicules et divers documents, Galerie Sankt-Pétri, Lund, Sweden
Sammlung Lustiger Einakter, dargestellt von Christian Boltanski, Kunsthalle, Kiel, Germany
1973
Modern Art Agency, Naples, Italy
Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, United Kingdom
Les Inventaires, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Les Inventaires, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany
Galerie Toni Gerber, Berlin, Germany
1972
Studio Santandrea, Milan, Italy
Dispersions à l’Amiable, Musée Social, Paris, France
Studio Sant’Andrea, Milan, Italy
Règles et techniques, Galerie Folker Skulima, Berlin, Germany
Musée Municipal du Costume Militaire, Fontainebleau; Musée d’Art et d’Industrie, Saint-Étienne; Musée Municipal des Ursulines, Macon; Musée de Cognac, Cognac; Biennale des Nuits de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
1971
Galerie M. E. Thelen, Cologne, Germany
1970
ARC/Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris, France
Galerie Ben Dout de Tout, Nice, France
1969
Galerie Claude Givaudan, Paris, France
1968
La vie impossible de Christian Boltanski, Cinéma Le Ranelagh, Paris, France
Group Exhibitions
2025
Le grenier du château, Musée d’art contemporain de Haute-Vienne – Château de Rochechouart, Rochechouart, France
Des choses pour Jacques Roubaud, Galerie Martine Aboucaya, Paris, France
No Boundaries, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
2024
La voix des fleuves, 17e Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France
40ans du Méjan, exposition rétrospective, Chapelle du Méjan, Arles, France
Rien de trop beau pour les dieux, Fondation Opale, Lens, Switzerland
The Possibilities of Linear Expression, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
Your Patience is Appreciated: Inaugural Show, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, United States
Engaging with History: Works from the Collection, The Jewish Museum, New York, United States
Passions partagées, De Basquiat à Edith Piaf, La Collection Lambert au Mucem, Marseille, France
The Grid. Trame. Grille. Maille, Musée Universitaire de Louvain, Belgium
PARADE, une scène française, Moco Montpellier, France
Hommage à Alain Crombecque, Festival d’Avignon/Festival d’Automne Paris, Maison Jean Vilar, Avignon, France
2023
A Partir d’elle. Les artistes et leur mère, Le Bal, Paris, France
Corps à Corps, Histoire(s) de la photographie, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
PERFORMING PAC. Dance Me To The End Of Love, PAC Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea Milan, Italy
2022
What’s Going On, Rubell Museum DC, Washington, DC, United States
Les Choses. Une histoire de la nature morte, Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
The Echigo – Tsumari Art Triennale 2022, Japan
The 13th Kaunas Biennial: Once Upon Another Time, Kaunas, Lithuania
Rencontrons-nous à la gare, MUDAC, Lausanne, Switzerland
Le Théâtre des Emotions, Musée Marmottan – Monet, Paris, France
2021
Corpus Domini, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy
Drôles de convergences, The Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia
Monument, Co-curated by K11 Kollection x Q Contemporary, K11 MUSEA L6, Art & Cultural Centre, Hong Kong
Wilde Kindheit, Lentos Museum, Linz, Austria
2020
(Not) a Good Time for Love. Love Stories of the Holocaust Survivors, Jewish Museum and Tolerance Center, Moscow, Russia
Le Mauvais Oeil, FRAC – Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
2019
The Dark Side – Who is afraid of the Dark?, Musja, Roma, Italy
Ombres de la Renaissance à nos jours, Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne, Switzerland
Souvenirs de Voyage, Collection Antoine de Galbert, Musée de Grenoble, France
Rothko at Lampedusa, UNHCR, Palazzo Querini, Venice, Italy
Vergessen – Warum wir nicht alles erinnern, Historisches Museum Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Licht. Schatten. Spuren, 100 Jahre Bauhaus, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
2018
Le Violon d’Ingres, Académie de France à Rome -Villa Medicis, Roma, Italy
Soundlines of Contemporary Art, International exhibition of contemporary art, Yerevan, Armenia
Take Me (I’m Yours), Académie de France à Rome -Villa Medicis, Roma, Italy
Au diapason du monde, Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, France
Melancholia, Fondation Boghossian -Villa Empain, Brussels, Belgium
Das letzte Bild. Fotografie und Tod, C/O Berlin Foundation, Berlin, Germany
1914–1918 Damals nicht, jetzt nicht, niemals!, Deutscher Bundestag, Berlin, Germany
2017
Ouvert la nuit, festival des lumières, Académie de France à Rome, Villa Medicis, Roma, Italy
Etranger résident, La collection Marin Karmitz, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
Manif d’art 8, la Biennale de Québec, Canada
2016
De toi à la surface, Le Plateau, Frac Ile-de-France, Paris, France
Carambolages, Grand Palais, Galeries nationales, Paris, France
Loss. In memory of Babi Yar, Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev, Ukraine
Refugees, Casula Powerhouse Art Centre, Liverpool, United Kingdom
Behold The Man, Museum de Fondatie, Zwolle, The Netherlands
From Generation to Generation, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, United States
Take Me (I’m Yours), The Jewish Museum, New York, United States
Tant de Temps ! 50 artistes contemporains au musée Soulages, Musée Soulages, Rodez, France
2015
Go –Betweens: Children who Cross the Borders, Okinawa Prefectural Museum and Art Museum, Japan
Pliure, Centre Cultural Calouste Gulbenkian, Paris, France
All the World’s Futures, Arsenale, 56th Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Construire une collection, Villa Sauber, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Monaco
Phantom Bodies: The Human Aura in Art, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, United States
Do it (Adelaide), Samstag Museum, Adelaide, Australia
Tres Narrativas. Memoria, Fundación La Caixa, Barcelona, Spain
Fondazione Volume! – Passaggi, Musée d’Art Moderne Saint-Étienne Métropole, Saint-Étienne, France
2014
I’m Still Here, Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Sweden
Crime in Art, MOCAK, Krakow, Poland
Go –Betweens: Children who Cross the Borders, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan
On the Road/En el camino, curated by Gloria Moure, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
The Collection of the IVAM XXV Anniversary, Institut Valencia d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
The Disappearance of the Fireflies, Yvon Lambert Collection, Prison Sainte Anne, Avignon, France
The Hidden Picture – Collecting Art at ING, Cobra Museum, Amstelveen, The Netherlands
Symétrique Exotique, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse, France
A History. Art, Architecture and Design, From the Eighties to the Present Day, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
One Million Years- System and Symptom, Museum für Gengenwartskunst- Emanuel Hoffman-Stiftung, Basel, Switzerland
Inside, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
2013
The Last Laugh, Apexart, New York, United States
Manchester International Festival MIF 2013, Manchester, United States
Setouchi Triennale 2013, Takamatsu, Japan
Critique and Crisis: Art in Europe since 1945, Kumu Art Museum, Estonia Mart, Tallinn, Estonia
L’altro ritratto, Museo di arte moderna e contemporánea di Trento e Roverto (MART), Italy
Ileana Sonnabend: Ambassador for the New, Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
Butterfly Effect, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Saint Louis, United States
2012
Manifesta 9 European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Genk, Belgium
Tour de France/Florida: Contemporary Artists from France in Florida’s Private Collections, The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum, Miami, United States
Selecciones de la Colección del Museo Guggenheim Bilbao II, Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao, Spain
Art and Press, ZKM, Museum of Contemporary Art, Karlsruhe, Germany
Beyond Memory, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, Israel
Die subtile Gewalt der Dinge – Bilder gesellschaftlichen Wandels 11, Hessisches, Landesmuseum Darmstadt, Germany
Utopie Gesamtkunstwerk, Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
Questions d’images (visages de sable), Carré d’Art, Nîmes, France
Verführung Freiheit : Kunst in Europa seit 1945. XXX. Europaratsausstellung, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin, Germany
2011
Selecciones de la Colección del Museo Guggenheim Bilbao II, Museo Guggenheim de Arte Moderno y Contemporáneo, Bilbao, Spain
Tour de France/Florida: Contemporary Artists from France in Florida’s Private Collections – Frost Art Museum, Miami, United States
Remix – Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA, United States
Atlas. How To Carry The World On One’s Back?, Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg ; Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg ; ZKM Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Cambio de paradigma – Colección Serralves años 60-70, Musac – Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, Léon, Spain
Staging the Archive, MACE Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Elvas, Elvas, Portugal
MMK 1991-2011: 20 Jahre Gegenwart, Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Le Château, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Objects of Devotion and Desire, Medieval Relic to Contemporary Art, Leubsdorf Art Gallery – Hunter College, New York, United States
Absolute Installation, The Museum of Contemporary Art Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Masterpieces Of The 20th Century From The Collection Of The Valencia Institute Of Modern Art, Moscow Museum of Modern Art – MMOMA, Moscow, Russia
Out of Storage: Provisoire & Définitif, Marres – Centre for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Eroe, GAM – Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Torino, Turin, Italy
2010
Hinterlassenschaft, Kolumba, Cologne, Germany
Collection / Porto: Museu Serralves, Domaine de Kerguéhennec – Centre d’Art Contemporain, Bignan, France
Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum, Solomon Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States
Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance, Solomon Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States
En mai, fais ce qu’il te plait!, Musée Bourdelle, Paris, France
Never The Same River (Possible Futures, Probable Pasts), Camden Arts Centre, London, United Kingdom
Thrice upon a time, Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Modèles modèles 2, Mamco – musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Genève, Switzerland
Ruptures and Continuities: Photography Made after 1960 from the MFAH Collection, MFAH – Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, United States
The first Haifa Mediterranean Biennale, The Haifa Mediterranean Biennale, Haïfa, Israel
Biennale für Internationale Lichtkunst, Unna, Germany
Sprengel Museum, Hanovre, Germany
Photography and Everyday Life, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Lebenslust und Totentanz, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Austria
C’est la Vie ! Vanités – de Pompéi à Damien Hirst, Musée Maillol, Paris, France
Intensif-Station, K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
2009
Spazio Libro d’Artista, Palazzo Manganelli, Catania, Italy
A mancha humana / the human stain, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea (CGAC), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Silences : un choix d’oeuvres de Marin Karmitz, Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Museu Colecçao Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal
Family Ties, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Serralves 2009, The Collection, 1st Part – Museu Serralves – Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto, Portugal
15_Jahre Sammlung Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Gegen den Strich –Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Die verborgene Spur. Jüdische Wege durch die Moderne, Felix-Nußbaum-Haus, Osnabrück, Germany
Dispositivos Opticos. la Arquitectura Como Trayectorias de la Mirada, Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Sevilla, Spain
Shadows, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
Die große Unschuld, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
Kunst und Öffentlichkeit, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin, Germany
Tierperspektiven Teil 1 und 2/ Tier-Werden Mensch-Werden, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin, Germany
Gestern oder im 2. Stock – Karl Valentin, Komik und Kunst seit 1948, Münchner Stadtmuseum, Munich, Germany
Sehnsucht nach dem Abbild – das Porträt im Wandel der Zeit, Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Austria
Dark Side 2 – Fotografische macht und fotografierte Gewalt, Krankheit und Tod, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
2008
A Theatre Without Theatre, Berardo Museum, Collection of Modern and Contemporary Art, Lisbon, Portugal
Archive Fever, International Center of Photography, New York, United States
Traces du Sacré, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Tales of Time and Space, Folkestone Triennial, Folkestone, United Kingdom
Von Kunst und Politik, Kunst-Raum im Deutschen Bundestag, Berlin, Germany
Bildpolitiken, Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria
Made in Munich, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Manifesto Marathon, Serpentine Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2007
A Theatre Without Theatre, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
The Shadow, Compton Verney, Warwickshire, United Kingdom
Artempo – Where Time Becomes Art, Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy
La Chaine, BankArt, Yokohama, Japan
Luce di Pietra, Ambassade de France, Roma, Italy
Phantasmogaria: Specters of Absence, Luis Angel Arango Library, Banco de la Republica, Bogota, Columbia
Ombras, Palazzo delle Papesse Centro Arte Contemporanea, Siena, Italie ; Museu d’Arte Provincia di Nuoro, Italie
Eyes, Lies, and Illusions, Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, Australia
Mapas, Cosmogonias e Puntos de Referencia, CGAC – Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Ateliers – L’artiste et ses lieux de création, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Kopf an Kopf – Serielle Portraitfotografie, Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Beyond the Wall. Berlin – Freihafen der Künste, Stiftung Brandenburger Tor, Max Liebermann Haus, Berlin, Germany
2006
Collection Automne – Hiver, 2ème Partie, CAPC, Museé d’art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Echigo-Tsumari Triennale, Japan
The Grand Promenade, National Museum of Contemporary Art (EMST), Athens, Greece
Spurensuche. Vergessen und Erinnern in der Gegenwartskunst, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Marc Quinn e Christian Boltanski, MACRO – Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Roma, Italy
The Expanded Eye. Sehen – entgrenzt und verflüssigt, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Dis-assembly, Serpentine Gallery in cooperation with North Westminter Community School, London, United Kingdom
Surprise, Surprise, ICA – Institute of Contemporary Arts, Londres, United Kingdom
2005
Big Bang: Creation and Destruction in 20th Century Art¸ Centre Georges, Pompidou, Paris, France
Centre of Gravity, curated by Rosa Martinez, Istanbul Modern, Istanbul, Turkey
Faces in the Crowd: Picturing Modern Life from Manet to Today, Whitechapel Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Künstler. Archiv, Archiv der Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
War is over. 1945–2005. La Libertà dell’arte, GAMEC – Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo, Italy
2004
Continental Breakfast, Biennale de Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Les enfants terribles: Il linguaggio dell’infanzia nell’arte, 1909-2004, Museo Cantonale d’arte, Lugano, Switzerland
Contrepoint, Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Collective Perspectives: New Acquisitions Celebrate the Centennial, The Jewish Museum, New York, United States
La grande parade – Portrait de l’artiste en clown, Grand Palais, Paris, France
After Images; Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
Schrift Bilder Denken: Walter Benjamin und die Kunst der Gegenwart, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany
2003
Gegenwartig: Field Research, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
It Happened Tomorrow, Lyon Biennale, Lyon, France
The Disembodied Spirit, Bowdoin College, Bowdoin, Maine; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, St. Louis ; Austin Museum of Art, Austin, Texas, United States
The Last Picture Show: Artists Using Photography, 1960-1982, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; UCLA Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, United States
A Sculpture Show, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, United States
Echigo-Tsumari Triennale, Japan
Writing Identity, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
Independence, South London Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Aveugles et Invisibles, FRAC – Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
In Faccia al Mondo, Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Villa Croce, Genoa, Italy
2002
Facets of Memory, The Jewish Museum, San Francisco, California, United States
In the Shadow of the Holocaust, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, United States
Moving Pictures, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, United States
Conceptes de l’Espai, Fundacío Joan Míro, Barcelona, Spain
Iconoclash, ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany
Ars Photographica – Photographie und Künstlerbücher, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
Tableaux Vivants-Living Pictures and Attitudes in Photographie, Film and Video, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienne, Austria
From Pop to Now, Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, New York, United States
L’Herbier et le nuage, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Hornu, Belgium
Life Death Love Hate Pleasure Pain, MCA – Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, United States
Les Années 70 l’art en cause, CAPC – Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Zwischenzeit, MMK – Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
L’Art mol et raide…, MAC – Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, France
Histoire d’en vivre, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Marseille, France
Œil pour œil, Le Rectangle – Centre d’Art Contemporain de la Ville de Lyon, Lyon, France
2001
Ghost, Ciocca Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
Dialogue Ininterrompu, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Nantes, France
Kinderblicke. Kindheit und Moderne von Klee bis Boltanski, Städtische Galerie, Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
Schatten Risse – Silhouetten und Cutouts, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Vision, Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Aichi, Japan
Black Box, Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland
Voici cent ans d’art contemporain, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
The Return of the Real, Museum of Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
Facets of Memory, Jewish Museum, San Francisco, United States
Do It, Museo Carrillo Gil de Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico
2000
World Without End: Aspects of 20th Century Photography, Art Gallery of South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Diary, ICA – Institute of Contemporary Art, Corner House, Manchester, United Kingdom
Quotidiana. Immagini della vita di ogni giorno nell’arte del XX secolo, Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli, Italy
Ich ist etwas Anderes, K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany
L’Empire du Temps, Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
Présumés innocents, CAPC – Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Auf Leben und Tod: Ein Ausstellungs- und Dialogprojekt der Diözese Rottenburg, Pragfriedhof und Forum St. Georg, Stuttgart, Germany
Le Temps, vite, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
L’Ombra della ragione, GAM – Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
Amnesia, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
Beautiful Productions, Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom
The Dark, Update #4, Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg, Germany
Voilà-le monde dans la tête, ARC – Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
How you look at it, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
Kinder des XX. Jahrhunderts, Galerie der Stadt, Aschaffenburg, Germany
1999
Vanitas: Meditations on Life and Death in Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, United States
Echigo-Tsumari Triennale, Japan
The Self is Something Else. Art at the End of the 20th Century, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Zeitwenden, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Diary, Cornerhouse, Manchester, United Kingdom
Circa 1968, The Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art, Porto, Portugal
Mémoire – Présent, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Chile, Chile
The Museum as Muse, MOMA – Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
Das XX. Jahrhundert. Ein Jahrhundert Kunst in Deutschland, Altes Museum and Neue Nationalgalerie – Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Face to Face to Cyberspace, Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland
La Mémoire-99, Académie de France à Rome, Villa Médicis, Rome, Italy
Private Eye – Crimes & Cases, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany
1998
The Museum as Muse: Artists Reflect, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
La Ville, le Jardin, la Mémoire, Villa Medici, Roma, Italy
Sans Reserve 1, Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, France
Breaking Ground, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, United States
Premises: Invested Spaces in Visual Arts and Architecture from France, 1958-1998, Guggenheim SoHo, New York, United States
Tableaux aux murs, Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Bourgogne, Dijon, France
Dijon/le consortium. coll tout contre l’art contemporain, Musée National d’Art Moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Christian Boltanski, Rebecca Horn, Wharf – Centre d’art contemporain de Basse-Normandie, Hérouville-Saint-Clair, France
Adieu, ex chiesa di S. Giovanni degli Almadiani, Viterbo, Italy
Presumed Innocence, Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, United States
L’Œuvre au sens large, La Criée – Centre d’Art Contemporain, Rennes, France
Face au Silence, FRAC – Fonds Régional d’art Contemporain Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Paradoxes of the Reality, the Reality of Utopia, The Zacheta Gallery of Contemporary Art, Zacheta, Poland
Artist’s Proof, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany; travelled to Kunsthalle, Nuremberg, Germany
1997
In Visible Light, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, United Kingdom
Veronica’s Revenge, (Oeuvres photographiques de la Lambert Collection), Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Dialogues de l’Ombre, Espace Electra, Paris, France
Havana Biennial, Havana, Cuba
Made in France, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Rencontres d’Arles. Devoir de mémoire, Chapelle Saint-Anne, Arles, France
For Heiner Müller, Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugual; travelled to Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Engel, Engel, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
In Visible Light. Photography and Classification in Art, Science and The Everyday, Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, United Kingdom
Die Epoche der Moderne – Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert, Zeitgeist-Gesellschaft, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
Dadaismo Dadaismi. Da Duchamp a Warhol. Da Picasso a Warhol. Da Dada a Dada. Le grandi provocazioni dell’Arte Moderna, Galleria d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Palazzo Forti, Verona, Italy
Deep Storage – Arsenale der Erinnerung, Haus der Kunst, Munich; Nationalgalerie, Berlin; Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, Germany
1996
Beyond Recognition, Contemporary International Photography, A National Gallery of Australia Travelling Exhibition
Collections, Collection, Caisse des dépôts et consignations, Musée d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne, France
Photocollages, Le Consortium, Dijon, France
Portraits, Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation, Toronto, Canada
D’une Œuvre l’autre, Musée Royal de Mariemont, Morlanwelz, Belgium
By night, Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, Paris, France
Islands, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Some Grids, LACMA – Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States
Thinking Print. Books to Billboards, 1980-95, MOMA – Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
Rudiments 5, MAMCO – Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Genève, Switzerland
1995
The New Museum, New York, United States
Public Art Project on Rochdale Canal, Manchester, United Kingdom
XLVI Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida, United States
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Photography and Beyond: New Expressions in France, The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago, United States
CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
Zacheta Gallery, National Gallery of Contemporary Art, Warsaw, Poland
Hisa v Casu, Moderna Galeria, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Take me (I‘m yours), Kunsthalle Nuremberg, Nuremberg, Germany
Unser Jahrhundert – Menschenbilder, Bilderwelten, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Ensayo general, Museo de Arte Carillo, Mexico City, Mexico; Biblioteca Luis Arango, Bogota, Colombia ; Museo de Arte, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Europe: Création et Récréation, Mücsarnok, Budapest, Hungary
Corpus Delicti. Twe privé-verzamelingen, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gand, Belgium
La Sculpture de soi, Carré Musée Bonnat, Bayonne, France
Living with Contemporary Art, Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, United Kingdom
Els limits del museu, Fudacío Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona, Spain
Photocollages, Le Consortium, Dijon, France
Take me (I’m yours), Serpentine Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Of the Human Condition, Spiral Wacaol Art Center, Tokyo, Japan
Identités et Affinités, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
Passions Privées, ARC, Paris, France
Art as Witness, Kwangu Biennial, Seoul, South Korea
The Body and the Lens, Spencer Museum of Art, Lawrence, United States
1994
Burnt Whole: Contemporary Artists Reflect on the Holocaust, Washington, United States
Project for the Arts, Washington, D.C.; Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Ugo Ferranti, Rome, Italy
Hors Limites, L’Art et la Vie, Musée National d’Art Moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Face à Face, Cabinet d’Art Graphique, Musée National d’Art Moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Do It, Kunsthalle Ritter, Klagenfurt, Austria
Palau del Scala, Valencia, Spain
Ansel Adams Center for Photography, San Francisco, California, United States
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, United States
Tuning up, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
Cloaca Maxima, Museum der Stadtentwässerung, Zurich, Switzerland
Maison Centrale des artistes, Moscow, Russia
Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, United States
Espace des Arts, Chalon-sur-Saône, France
Institut of the Netherlands, Paris, France
Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France
Cabinet d’Estampe du Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Genève, Switzerland
Institut Français de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Goethe Institut, Montréal, Québec, Canada
The Gallery at Takashimaya, New York, United States
Wilhelm Lembruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
Arts, Chalon-sur-Saône; CAPC – Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Même si c’est la nuit, CAPC – Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Le Saut dans le vide, Künstlerhaus, Moscow Russia
..ou les oiseaux selon Schopenhauer, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Agen, France
Arte in Francia. 1970–1993, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
Artist as Shaman – Shaman as artist, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, United States
Johannesburg Biennial, Johannesburg, South Africa
Trace / Fragments / Ellipses, Galerie d’Art Moderne, New Delhi, India
Image Makers, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, United States
Beyond Recognition, National Gallery, Canberra, Australia
1993
A Group Show, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, United States
From the Insight out, Jewish Museum, New York, United States
Venice Biennial, Venice, Italy
L’Autre à Montevideo. Hommage à Isidore Ducasse, Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales, Montevideo, Uruguay
Hotel Carlton Palace, Paris, France
Autoportraits contemporain – Here’s looking at me, Espace Lyonnais d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, France
III Biennale d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, France
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Gli anni 70 lo sguardo, la foto, Palazzina die Giardini Moderna, Bologne, Italy
Frischluft, Wilhelm- Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg, Germany
Konstruktion Zitat – kollektive Bilder in der Fotografie, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
Da Brancusi a Boltanski, Castello di Rivoli, Rivoli, Italy
Aanwinsten 1989–1993, Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Widerstand, Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Danse Macabre, Abbaye aux Dames, FRAC – Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Basse Normandie, Caen, France
1992
Tesoros de la edad del oscurantismo en Europa, Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City, Mexico
Pour la suite du monde, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
La mémoire des formes, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Domaine de Kerguehennec, France
International Center of Photography, New York, United States
The Jewish Museum, New York, United States
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
À visage découvert, Fondation Cartier pour l’Art Contemporain, Jouy-en-Josas, France
Visions – Révisions, Denver Art Museum, Denver, United States
Atelier de France – Kunst in Frankreich seit 1950, Ludwig Museum, Koblenz, Germany
Francia Közelmut, Magyar Nemzeti Galeria, Budapest, Hungary
Manifeste, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
1991
Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
A Group Show, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, United States
Individualités: 14 Contemporary Artists from France, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Places with a Past: New Site-Specific Art in Charleston, Spoleto Festival, Charleston, United States
Une scène parisienne 1968–1972, Galerie d’Art et d’Essai-Criée Halle d’Art Contemporain, Rennes, France
Musée Rêvé, Musée Picasso, Antibes, France
Constructive images: Synapse between photography and sculpture, Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa; Center for Creative photography, San José, United States
Toward a new museum, Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, United States
Figur, Ansichten von Figur in der Moderne, Städtische Museen, Heilbronn, Germany
Zomeropstelling, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
The Interrupted Life, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, United States
Fotografia. Individualne pozicije, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, United States
1990
A Group Show, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, United States
Assembled, The University Art Gallery, Wright State University Creative Art Center, Dayton, United States
Reorienting: Looking East, Third Eye Center, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Francja Dzisiaj, Museum Narodowe, Varsovie ; Museum Narodowe, Krakow, Poland
Die Endlichkeit der Freiheit, Gewerbemuseum, Berlin, Germany
Christian Boltanski, Daniel Buren, Gilbert & George, Jannis Kounellis, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Mario Merz, CAPC – Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Sydney Biennial, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Nature Artificielle, Fondation Electricité de France, Paris, France
Paradox of Process, MOCA – Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, United States
L’Art en France. 1945–1990, Fondation Daniel Templon, Fréjus, France
1989
Les Magiciens de la Terre, Grande Halle de la Villette et Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Histoire de Musée, ARC/Musée National d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
On the Art of Fixing a Shadow, National Gallery, Washington, D.C.; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, United States
The Art of Photography, The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, United States; Australian National Gallery, Camberra, Australia; The Royal Academy of Art, London, United Kingdom
Christian Boltanski and Annette Messager, Eglise Saint Martin du Méjan, Arles, France
2000 Years – The Presence of Time Past, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
L’invention d’un art, Centre National d’Art et de la Culture Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Einleuchten: Will, Vorstel und Simul in HH, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Szeem, Germany
Simplon Express, Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelle Paris-Ile de France, Paris, France
L’art sacré, Beaux-Arts Galerij, Bruxelles, Belgium
Dimension Jouet, Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille; Maison du Jouet de Moirans, Moirans-en-Montagne, France
Une autre affaire, Dijon, France
L’art en France: un siècle d’invention, Union des Peintres, Moscow, Russia; Hermitage, St. Petersburg, Russia
Sub Limine Burgundiae, Halle Sud, Genève, Switzerland
Passé/Présent-Récits et Méandres, Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Provence-Alpes, Côte d’Azur; Ecole d’Art de Toulon, Toulon; Ecole d’Art d’Avignon, Avignon, France
Vive le Nouveau Musée!, Palais des Beaux-Arts de Charleroi, Belgium
Departures: Photography 1924-1989, Hirschl & Adler Modern, New York, United States
80’s International, Langer & Co., New York, United States
Ut Poesis Museum, Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland
Pasado Presente, Palacio de Sastago, Zaragosse, Spain
Peinture Cinéma Peinture, Centre de la Vielle Charité, Marseille, France
Prospect Photographie, Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
Kunst der letzten 10 Jahre, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna, Austria
1988
Nightfire, Stichting de Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, United States
Clareté, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Denmark
Zeitlos, Berlin, Germany
Golem! Danger, Deliverance and Art, The Jewish Museum, New York, United States
Maison de Caractère, Château Coquelle, Ecole Régionale des Beaux-Arts Georges Pompidou, Dunkerque, France
Saturne en Europe, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Ancienne Douane and Musée de l’Oeuvre Notre Dame, Strasbourg, France
Rot Gelb Blau, Kunstmuseum St. Gallen; Kunstverein St. Gallen, Switzerland
Ansichten, Westfälischer Kunstverein, Münster, Germany
Farbe Bekennen, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland
Collection Sonnabend, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain; CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
From the Southern Cross. A View of World Art, Sydney Biennial, Sydney, Australia
Balkon mit Fächer, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany ; Du Mont Kunsthalle, Cologne, Germany
Art or Nature – 20th Century French Photography, Barbican Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Photographie Art – Art Photographie, Centre Culturel d’Amiens, Amiens, France
Die Rache der Erinnerung, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, Austria
1987
Vit hed oude Europa; From the Europe of Old, (organized by Europalia, Brussels), The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Century ’87: Kunst van nu ontmoet Amsterdam, The Netherlands verleden, (Today’s Art Face to Face with Amsterdam’s Past), Torensluiskerker, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Die Gleischzeitigkeit des Anderen, Kunstmuseum, Bern, Switzerland
Le Carré-Choix d’oeuvres du Fonds Régional d’art Contemporain de Bourgogne, Dijon, France
Les Années 70: Les Années mémoires. Archéologie du savoir et d’être, Abbaye Saint-André Centre d’Art Contemporain, Meynac, France
Terrae Motus-Naples-Tremblement de Terre, Le Grand Palais, Paris, France
De la Photo comme peinture, Galerie Municipale d’Art Contemporain, Saint-Priest, France
Documenta 8, Fridericianum, Cassel, Germany
Venice Biennial, Venise, Italy
Blow up, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
Kunst heute in Frankreich, Haus Metternich, Koblenz, Germany; Leopold Hoesch Museum, Düren, Germany
Wien Fluss, Wiener Secession, Vienne, Austria
Leçons de Ténèbres, Kunstverein, Munich, Germany
La Nouvelle Biennale de Paris, Nouvelles Halles de la Villette, Paris, France
Dialog, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Alles und noch viel mehr. Das poetische ABC, Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland
La Bande dessinée, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium
Biennale des Friedens, Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany
Atelier Polaroid, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Self-portrait in the age of photography, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland; Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
1986
XLII Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
Un choix, Exhibition Catalogue, KunstRAI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Collections du Fonds Régional d’art Contemporain des Pays de la Loire: Images Fabriquées, Angers, France
Turning Over the Pages, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, United Kingdom
The Mirror and the Lamp, The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Collection. L’Art contemporain au Musée Départemental des Vosges, Epinal, France
Chambre d’Amis, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Terrae Motus 2, Villa Campolieto, Herculaneum, Italy
Lumières: Perception-Projection, CIAC/Centre International d’Art Contemporain, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Anciens et nouveaux, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Märchen Mythen Monster, Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun, Switzerland
Christian Boltanski and Annette Messager, Artspace, Sydney, Australia
1985
18th Biennale de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
1983
Alles und noch viel mehr–das poetische ABC, Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland
La Bande dessinée, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium
Biennale des Friedens, Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Ceci n’est pas une photographe, Mont-de-Marsan, France
Atelier Polaroid, Musée National d’Art Moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Dialogue, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Märchen Mythen Monster, Rheinisches Landes Museum, Bonn, Germany
L’Art et le temps, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles, Belgium
Histoire de sculpture, Château des Ducs d’Epernon, Cadillac Gironde, France
Lumières et sons 84, Château de Biron, Dordogne, France
Deux régions en France: L’Art international d’aujourd’hui, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium
Collection, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Palais Saint Pierre, Lyon, France
Ecritures dans la peinture, Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Villa Arson, Nice, France
Qu’est ce qu’un FRAC? 100 oeuvres de 75 artistes acquises en Rhône-Alpes, Fondation Nationale des Arts Graphiques et Plastiques, Paris, France
Echanges, Goethe Institute, Paris, France
Mur blanc pour chambre noire, Maison de la Culture et de la Communication, Saint-Etienne, France; L’Arleri, Centre Niçois de Photographie Documentaire, Nice, France; Musée des Beaux-Arts, Valence, France
Individualités: Artisti francesi d’oggi, Galleria Nazionale d’Arte Moderna, Roma, Italy
Kunst mit Photographie, Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
Présence discrète, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon, France
Fotosymposium V, Forum Stadpark, Graz, Austria
Images fabriquées, Musée National d’Art Moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Douceur de l’avant garde, Rennes, France
New Media II, Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
1982
60’80: Attitudes/Concepts/Images, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Kunst i Frankrike, Bergens Kunsforening, Bergen, Norway
Préfiguration pour le centre contemporain de Buisson-Rond, Chambéry, France
Medium Photographie-Künstler mit Fotos, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Choix pour aujourd’hui, Musée National d’Art Moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Vergangenheit Gegenwart Zukunft, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
Paris 1960-1980, Museum des 20 Jahrhunderts, Vienna, Austria; Musée National d’Art Moderne-Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
4 Années d’acquisition, Musée de Toulon, Toulon, France
Au Travers d’une collection, petite promenade dans la contemporanité, Centre Culturel de Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, Saint-Pierre-des-Corps, France
Le Nouveau Musée-Institut d’Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, France
Statements New York ’82. Leading Contemporary Artists From France, (various locations), New York, United States
Twelve Contemporary French Artists, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, United States
1981
Façons de peindre, Maison de la Culture, Chalon-sur-Saône, France ; Musée Rath, Genève, Suisse ; Musée Savoisie, Chambéry, France
Westkunst, Museen der Stadt Köln, Cologne, Germany
Les Genevois collectionnent. Aspects de l’Art l’aujourd’hui 1970-1980, Musée Rath, Geneva, Switzerland
Trigon 81, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum, Graz, Austria
The Archives, Art Information Centre Peter van Beveren, Hasselt, Belgium
Avantgarden-Retrospektiv, Westfälicher Kunstverein, Münster, Germany
37 Aktuelle Kunstnarer fran Frankrike, Lijevalchs Konsthall, Stockholm, Sweden
Situations et Mutations de place en place, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
1980
Artist and Camera, Mappin Art Gallery, Sheffield; City Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent; D.L.I. Museum and Arts Centre, Durham; Cartwright Hall, Bradford, United Kingdom
Photographische Sammlung, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Allemagne
Kunst in Europa na ’68, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Camera obscura, Palazzo Real, Milan, Italy
Ils se disent peintres. Ils se disent photographes, ARC/Musée d’Art Moderne de Ville de Paris, Paris, France
L’Espace 13, Paris, France
41st Biennale de Venise, Venice, Italy
Il neo di Venere: sotto i veli del linguaggio, Centro Cantoni, Legnano, Italy
1979
Text-Foto-Geschichten. Story Art/Narrative Art, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn; Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg; Krefelder Kunstverein, Krefeld, Germany
Eremit? Forscher? Sozialarbeiter? Das veränderte Selbstverständnis von Künstlern, Kunstverein und Kunsthaus, Hamburg, Germany
Photographies, Tiroler Landesmuseum, Kunstverein, Innsbruck, Austria
Over wanderlingen en reizen, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Partis pris autres, ARC/Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
European Dialogue, 3rd Sydney Biennial, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Tendances de l’art en France, ARC – Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris; Festival d’Automne, ARC, Paris, France
French Art 1979. An English Selection, Serpentine Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Ferdinandeum, Linz; Neue Galerie, Graz, Austria
Words, Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany; Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy
1978
Aspekte der 60er Jahre. Aus der Sammlung Reinhard Onnasch, Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
Das Bild des Künstlers-Selbstdarstellungen, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Couples, P.S.1/Institute for Art and Urban Resources, Long Island City, New York, United States
1977
Beethoven, Music for the Millions, Stichting Festival, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Jardin, Jardin Botanique, Bruxelles, Belgium
Illusion and Reality, Australian National Gallery, Canberra, Australia; ROSC77, Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art and National Museum of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Documenta 6, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Bookworks, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
Malerei und Photographie im Dialog von 1840 bis heute, Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland
Sequenzen. Fotofolgen zeitgenössischer Künstler, Hamburger Kunstverein, Hamburg, Germany
L’Avant-Garde 1960-1976, Musée Cantini, Marseille; Musée de Peinture et de Sculpture, Grenoble; Musée d’Art et d’Industrie, Saint-Étienne; Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Le Sentiment du paysage à la fin du XXe siècle, Musée d’Art et d’Industrie, Saint Étienne, France
1976
Identité/Identification, CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
The Artist and the Photograph Il Triennale of Photography, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
Selbsporträt& Selbstdarstellung, Kunsthaus Pischinger, Stuttgart, Germany
Foto & Idea, Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Parme, Italie
New York: Downtown Manhattan, SoHo, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
Boites, ARC 2 – Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris; travelled to Maison de la Culture, Rennes, France
Oferty Labiryntu, Galeria Sztuki Miejskiego Domu Kultury, Ljubljana, Slovenia
1975
Tendenser i Moderne Kunst, Nordjyllands Kunst Museum, Aalborg, Denmark
Art contemporain et photographie, Musée Réattu, Arles, France
Artists’ Video Tapes, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Europalia, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Fotografie als Kunst-Kunst als Fotografie, Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Chalon-sur-Saône, France
Mémoire d’un pays noir, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium
Arnold Bode zum 75. Geburtstag, Kassel, Germany
Lives, Fine Arts Building, New York, United States
9e Biennale de Paris, Paris, France
Narrative Art 2, Cannaviello Studio d’Arte, Rome, Italy
A proposito del Mulino Stucky, Venise Biennale, Venice, Italy
New Media 1, Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
Je / Nous, Musée d’Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium
12 x 1, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Empirica: l’arte tradizione e sottrazione, Museo di Castelveccio, Verona, Italy
1974
Demonstrative Fotografie, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, Germany
Spurensicherung. Archäologie und Erinnerung, Kunstverein, Hamburg; Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Kunst bleibt Kunst, Kunsthalle, Cologne, Germany
Identität. Versuche bildhafter Selbstdefinition, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin; Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
Stilkunde an Beispielen. Ein Lehrspiel, Städtisches Museum Abteiberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Die verlorene Identität, Städtisches Museum, Leverkusen, Germany
Pour mémoires, CAPC – Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux; ARC – Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris; Musée d’Histoire Naturelle, La Rochelle; Maison de la Culture, Rennes, France
Idea and Image in Recent Art, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, United States
Photokina, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
Ars 74, Ateneum, Helsinki, Finland
1973
Eine fast zufällige : MonumentE, Städtische Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, Germany
Kunst aus Fotografie, Kunstverein, Hannover, Germany
Medium Fotografie, Städtisches Museum, Leverkusen, Germany
Christian Boltanski, Jean Le Gac, Annette Messager, Musée Rude, Dijon, France
Réalité, Réalités, Musée d’Art et d’Industrie, Saint-Étienne, France
14 mal 14, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany
Cinq musées personnels, Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
L’Estampe contemporaine, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, France
1972
Documenta 5, Kassel, Germany
Biennale de Venise, Venise, Italy
Amsterdam, Paris, Düsseldorf, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Pasadena Art Museum, Pasadena; Texas Art Museum, Dallas, United States
Kunst um 1970, Neue Galerie der Stadt, Aachen, Germany
1971
Prospect 71. Projection, Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf, Germany
Arte de sistemas, Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires, Argentina
12 Ans d’art contemporain en France, Grand Palais, Paris, France
Paris Biennial, Paris, France
1970
100 Artistes dans la ville, Gare, Palavas-les-Flots, France
Jeune artistes à Paris, Musée Galliera, Paris, France
1965
Biennale de Paris, France











