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Selected Works92

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Met
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Princeton University Art Museum
Princeton University Art Museum
Pompidou
MCA Chicago
Yale University Art Gallery
Yale University Art Gallery
Guggenheim Bilbao
Museum of Arts and Design
High Museum of Art
Tate Britain
Tate Britain
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The Broad
The Broad
Vatican Museums
Hood Museum of Art
Blanton Museum
Allen Memorial Art Museum
Chazen Museum of Art

Previous Sales 64

For Sale 3

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Market212 auction results

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$1.3M
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$1.4M
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Nov 2025 · $1.5M
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Sculpture/objects: $1.4M medianPaintings: $76.2K medianPhotographs: $18.1K medianUnclassified lots: $71.4K medianEditioned prints: $12.5K medianPosters/ephemera: — median
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Galleries2

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Prizes & Awards1

Praemium Imperiale
Winner 2017
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Education1

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Publications6

Monograph 2

Prestel · 2020
Prestel · 2012

Exhibition Catalog 2

Hatje Cantz · 2024
Yale University Press · 2020

Survey 2

Phaidon Press · 2024
Phaidon Press · 2024
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Current Exhibitions0

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New York Art Week 2026 featured major art fairs including Frieze New York at The Shed, which drew 25,000 visitors from 75 countries and launched the S…
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Frieze New York closed its 15th edition at The Shed with strong sales, major museum acquisitions, and 25,000 visitors from 75 countries. The fair feat…
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Past Exhibitions18

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El Anatsui | MivEvi

El Anatsui

7 Rue Charlot, 75003 Paris, France

Mar 25, 2026 — May 9, 2026

El Anatsui, Solo exhibition

El Anatsui

Stokerijstraat 19, 2110 Wijnegem, Belgium

Mar 15, 2025 — Jun 13, 2025

EL ANATSUI: TimeSpace

El Anatsui

24 Old Gloucester St, London WC1N 3AL, United Kingdom

Oct 11, 2023 — Jan 9, 2024

El Anatsui: Day after Night

El Anatsui

58-4 Samcheong–ro Jongno–gu

Nov 29, 2022 — Jan 29, 2023

Part I, 2013 - 2022

El Anatsui

16 Rue des Quatre-Fils, 75003 Paris, France

Oct 15, 2022 — Nov 26, 2022

FOCUS ON EL ANATSUI

El Anatsui

24 Old Gloucester St, London WC1N 3AL, United Kingdom

Jul 15, 2020 — Aug 29, 2020

El Anatsui: Triumphant Scale

El Anatsui

945 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10021, USA

Mar 8, 2019 — Jun 6, 2019

The School, Kinderhook, NY

El Anatsui

46 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013, United States

Jan 10, 2019 — Feb 16, 2019

Currents

El Anatsui

46 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013, United States

Jan 10, 2019 — Feb 16, 2019

El Anatsui: Topology of Generosity

El Anatsui

58-4 Samcheong–ro Jongno–gu

Sep 27, 2017 — Nov 26, 2017

BENCHMARKS: New Prints by EL ANATSUI

El Anatsui

24 Old Gloucester St, London WC1N 3AL, United Kingdom

Apr 6, 2017 — May 13, 2017

EL ANATSUI: 'Go Back and Pick'

24 Old Gloucester St, London WC1N 3AL, United Kingdom

Feb 12, 2015 — Mar 28, 2015

El Anatsui

El Anatsui

45 E 78th St, New York, NY 10075, USA

Oct 28, 2014 — Dec 13, 2014

Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui

El Anatsui

1 S High St, Akron, OH 44308, USA

Jun 17, 2012 — Sep 15, 2012

Stitch in Time

El Anatsui

Stokerijstraat 19, 2110 Wijnegem, Belgium

May 10, 2012 — Jun 30, 2012

The Mind of the Maker

El Anatsui

46 Lafayette St, New York, NY 10013, United States

Sep 11, 2008 — Oct 25, 2008

EL ANATSUI: New Works

El Anatsui

24 Old Gloucester St, London WC1N 3AL, United Kingdom

EL ANATSUI: Material Wonder

El Anatsui

24 Old Gloucester St, London WC1N 3AL, United Kingdom

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Art Fair Appearances14

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Art Basel Hong Kong — Hong Kong
2026
Art Basel Paris — Paris
2026
Art Basel Qatar — Doha
2026
Frieze New York — New York
2026
Art Basel — Basel
2025
Art Basel Hong Kong — Hong Kong
2025
Art Basel Paris — Paris
2025
Art Basel — Basel
2024
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2024
Art Basel Hong Kong — Hong Kong
2023
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2023
Frieze London — London
2022
EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
2018
Frieze New York — New York
2017
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