Roni Horn — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works433

Museum Acquisitions

Whitney

MoMA

Previous Sales 73

Sotheby's

The VIII, 1988

$12,000

Dec 2024

Sotheby's

Brooklyn Green, 1986

Christie's

Sotheby's

Doubt by Water (Why)

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Untitled (Hamilton), 1984

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Untitled (Three Stones), 1987

£23,750 ($31k USD)

Feb 2014

Christie's

For Beat Object, 1983

Christie's

Christie's

Pair Object II: Spheres, 1986

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Untitled, 1996-1998

$3,750

Mar 2008

Phillips

An Essential Vacancy

$7,740

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

Becoming a Landscape; Haraldsdòttir; Index Cixous Cix Pax; Lava (four works)

Wright

Wright

Begin with Palm Trees

Phillips

Phillips

Still Water (The River Thames, For Example), 1999

$34,642

Oct 2025

For Sale 1

Hauser & Wirth · Artsy

BEST WITCHCRAFT IS GEOMETRY, 1994

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Solid aluminium and cast black plastic

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Market387 auction results

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$3.0K – $389K

33 of 38 works on paper lots with prices

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$30.2K

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$17.1K

33 priced works on paper lots

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Apr 2026 · $17.4K

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Works on paper: $17.1K medianPhotographs: $12.0K medianSculpture/objects: $139K medianPaintings: $36.3K medianUnclassified lots: $6.6K medianPosters/ephemera: $23.9K medianEditioned photos: $75.6K median

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Galleries2

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Prizes & Awards2

Joan Miró Prize

Winner 2013

Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize

Shortlisted 2001

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Podcast Interviews3

podcasts Roni Horn - Season 9 - Episode 4 Talk Art · Mar 19, 2021

Season 9 continues! Russell & Robert meet LEGENDARY artist Roni Horn!!!! We discuss Iceland, cameras, drawing, androgyny, memory, British weather, words, Emily Dickinson, Missy Elliott, John Waters, Maria Bamford and SO …

podcasts A brush with... Roni Horn A brush with... · Dec 16, 2020

An in-depth podcast conversation on the artist's big influences, from Icelandic glaciers to Emily Dickinson

podcasts No. 294: Roni Horn The Modern Art Notes Podcast · Jun 22, 2017

Episode No. 294 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Roni Horn. The Nasher Sculpture Center in Dallas is showing the first American museum exhibition devoted to Horn’s cast glass sculptures. Eight of them are …

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Education3

1975 at age 19

BFA

Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)

Providence, RI, USA

Yale School of Art

New Haven, CT, USA

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Publications31

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Monograph 6

Angelika Platen: Meine Frauen

Hatje Cantz · 2021

Roni Horn Author

Steidl · 2017

Hack Wit Author

Steidl · 2015

Island Author

Steidl · 2012

Roni Horn. PI

Hatje Cantz · 1999

Weather reports you: a project o VATNA-SAFN/Library of Water, Stykkisholmur, Iceland Author

Steidl

Exhibition Catalog 15

Roni Horn Author

Prestel · 2025

Roni Horn

Yale University Press · 2019

Roni Horn - Remembered Words Author

Steidl · 2019

Roni Horn

Hatje Cantz · 2016

Roni Horn

Hatje Cantz · 2013

Subliming Vessel: The Drawings of Matthew Barney Author

Rizzoli · 2013

Tell It To My Heart: Collected by Julie Ault

Hatje Cantz · 2013

Roni Horn aka Roni Horn Author

Steidl · 2009

Vatnasafn Library Of Water Stykkishlmur Iceland Author

Steidl · 2009

Bird Author

Steidl · 2008

Roni Horn Author

Steidl · 2007

Rings of Lispector (Agua Viva) Author

Steidl · 2006

If on a Winter's Night...Roni Horn Author

Steidl · 2003

Moving Pictures - Fotografie und Film in der zeitgenössischen Kunst

Hatje Cantz · 2001

Roni Horn Zeichnungen

Hatje Cantz · 1995

Group Catalog 3

Fondation Beyeler. Die Sammlung

Hatje Cantz · 2026

Fondation Beyeler. La Collection

Hatje Cantz · 2026

Xl Photography 2 Author

Hatje Cantz · 2004

Survey 3

The Pursuit of Art: Travels, Encounters and Revelations

Thames & Hudson · 2019

Roni Horn

Phaidon Press

Vitamin Txt: Words in Contemporary Art

Phaidon Press

Artist Book 4

Roni Horn : LOG Author

Steidl · 2023

Roni Horn

Steidl · 2019

Index Cixous Author

Steidl · 2005

Wonderwater (Alice Offshore) Author

Steidl · 2004

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Current Exhibitions3

#3 Hauser & Wirth

Roni Horn. Seizure of Hope

Roni Horn

23 Savile Row, London W1S 2ET, United Kingdom

May 21, 2026 — Aug 1, 2026

Details Website

#2,292 Flowers

Roni Horn. Seizure of Hope

Roni Horn

21 Cork St, London W1S 3LZ, UK

May 21, 2026 — Aug 1, 2026

Details Website

#5,819 Fascicle Contemporary

Roni Horn. Seizure of Hope

Roni Horn

7 Denbigh St, Pimlico, London SW1V 2HF, UK

May 21, 2026 — Aug 1, 2026

Details Website

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#6,952 Culterim Gallery

The Visitors

Roni Horn

27 Zhongshan Dong Yi Lu

Jan 1, 2027 — Mar 1, 2027

Details Website

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What Does a ‘Queer’ Art Collection Look Like? Here Are 10 Answers.

Cultured magazine's Pride month feature profiles 17 queer collectors, highlighting how their personal collections—ranging from art and fashion to foun…

cultureJun 12, 2026

A City in Fragments: London Gallery Weekend 2026

London Gallery Weekend returned for its sixth edition in 2026, establishing itself as a key event on the international art calendar. The article follo…

exhibitionsJun 8, 2026

Cave paintings, a galleon and a wild Frenchman: London Gallery Weekend’s 10 must-see shows

London Gallery Weekend returns for its sixth year, bringing together hundreds of galleries across the city for a weekend of free exhibitions, talks, p…

exhibitionsJun 3, 2026

London is open for art lovers! Ten shows to see at Gallery Weekend 2026

London Gallery Weekend returns for its sixth edition from 5-7 June 2026, featuring over 120 participating galleries across the city. The article highl…

exhibitionsJun 3, 2026

London Gallery Weekend Charts the Evolving Coordinates of the British Art Scene

London Gallery Weekend returns for its sixth edition from June 5-7, 2026, with over 120 participating galleries, including nine first-timers and sever…

exhibitionsJun 2, 2026

‘An endless silent scream feeling’: artist Roni Horn on horror, hope and landing in a lake in Iceland

Artist Roni Horn, 70, recounts being removed from a US-to-Germany flight after a dispute with a steward over her seat position, an incident she shares…

exhibitionsJun 2, 2026

An insider’s guide to London Gallery Weekend

London Gallery Weekend returns for its sixth edition from June 5 to 7, transforming the city into a free, city-wide contemporary art fair. Over 120 ga…

exhibitionsJun 1, 2026

Once the Bevilacqua La Masa Foundation of Venice had international appeal. And now?

The article examines the historical and current state of the Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa in Venice, an institution founded in 1898 through the will …

cultureMay 28, 2026

London Gallery Weekend 2026 Highlights And Recommendations

London Gallery Weekend 2026 will take place from June 5 to 7, featuring over 120 galleries across the city, including nine first-time participants and…

exhibitionsMay 27, 2026

The Top 5 Art Exhibitions to see in London right now

Tabish Khan, the @LondonArtCritic, selects five current exhibitions in London. These include Aleksandra Karpowicz's 'Remember What You Forgot' at Fels…

exhibitionsMay 24, 2026

South London Gallery marks its 135th anniversary with SLG Forever exhibition at Christie’s

The South London Gallery (SLG) is celebrating its 135th anniversary with 'SLG Forever,' a special fundraising exhibition in partnership with Christie’…

exhibitionsMay 22, 2026

Roni Horn Returns to London with Seizure of Hope at Hauser & Wirth

Roni Horn returns to London for her first solo exhibition in a decade, titled *Seizure of Hope*, at Hauser & Wirth. The show features over 45 works on…

exhibitionsMay 22, 2026

Who’s The Next Obsession? 12 European Collectors Reveal How They Discover New Talent

Cultured magazine asked 12 European collectors how they discover new talent, timed to the 61st Venice Biennale. Collectors like Nicole Saikalis Bay, A…

cultureMay 8, 2026

Midea Group scion’s Shunde art museum shifts focus to amplify local voices

The He Art Museum (HEM) in Shunde, China, a private institution founded by the family behind appliance giant Midea Group, is shifting its programming …

policyApr 21, 2026

LACMA’s New Building Invites You to Chart Your Own Path

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is set to open its long-awaited and highly debated new building, the David Geffen Galleries. Designed by …

exhibitionsApr 16, 2026

Sea change: inside LACMA’s new curatorial strategy

The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is debuting a radical curatorial overhaul within its new David Geffen Galleries, moving away from traditi…

exhibitionsApr 16, 2026

Glenstone Is Celebrating 20 Years Of Art, Architecture, & Nature

Glenstone Museum in Potomac, Maryland, is celebrating its 20th anniversary as one of the largest private contemporary art museums in the United States…

exhibitionsApr 14, 2026

Gagosian to open new ground-floor space at 980 Madison Avenue with major Duchamp presentation

Gagosian is set to expand its footprint at 980 Madison Avenue by opening a new ground-floor gallery space on April 25, 2026. The inaugural exhibition …

exhibitionsApr 13, 2026

At Art Basel Hong Kong, Blue-Chips Report Flurry of 7-Figure Deals, While Others Lament ‘Slower Than Usual’ Sales

Major galleries reported significant seven-figure sales on the opening day of Art Basel Hong Kong. Hauser & Wirth sold works by Louise Bourgeois and G…

marketMar 25, 2026

London art exhibitions to see in April

London’s cultural landscape sees a significant surge of activity this April with a diverse array of exhibitions spanning major institutions and commer…

exhibitionsMar 25, 2026

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