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Previous Sales 82

Sotheby's
Untitled (Love for Sale)
Untitled (Love for Sale), 1989
$787,400
May 2025
Christie's
Untitled (You Are Not Yourself)
Untitled (You Are Not Yourself), 1983
$756,000
May 2025
Christie's
Untitled (Only the unborn have your right to life)
Untitled (Only the unborn have your right to life), 1986
Bought In
Mar 2025
Christie's
Untitled (Wish you were here)
Untitled (Wish you were here), 1988
Bought In
Oct 2024
Sotheby's
Heart (Do I have to give up me to be loved by you)
Heart (Do I have to give up me to be loved by you), 1988
Unknown
Nov 2023
Christie's
Untitled (We Won't Be Our Own Best Enemy)
Untitled (We Won't Be Our Own Best Enemy), 1986
£327,600 ($432k USD)
Jun 2023
Sotheby's
Untitled (Thwart the Law)
Untitled (Thwart the Law), 1987
$508,000
May 2023
Christie's
Untitled (We will no longer be your favorite disappearing act)
Untitled (We will no longer be your favorite disappearing act), 1984
$655,200
May 2023
Sotheby's
Untitled (My face is your fortune)
Untitled (My face is your fortune), 1982
$1,562,500
Nov 2022
Sotheby's
Untitled (Speak For Yourself)
Untitled (Speak For Yourself), 1988
$315,000
Sep 2022
Christie's
Untitled (The Brutal, Relentless, Joyful, Fearful, End of it All)
Untitled (The Brutal, Relentless, Joyful, Fearful, End of it All), 2014
£22,680 ($30k USD)
Mar 2022
Sotheby's
Untitled (My hero!/You can dress him up but you can't take him out)
Untitled (My hero!/You can dress him up but you can't take him out), 1986
$38,000
Dec 2021
Christie's
Untitled (Your Manias Become Science)
Untitled (Your Manias Become Science), 1981
$1,170,000
Nov 2021
Christie's
Sans titre (Talk to me)
Sans titre (Talk to me), 2000
€375,000 ($413k USD)
Oct 2021
Christie's
Untitled (Questions)
Untitled (Questions), 1989
£275,000 ($363k USD)
Mar 2021
Christie's
Untitled (Raw Material)
Untitled (Raw Material), 1988
£100,000 ($132k USD)
Feb 2020
Christie's
Untitled (Who Will Write the History of Tears?)
Untitled (Who Will Write the History of Tears?), 1987
£40,000 ($53k USD)
Jun 2019
Christie's
Untitled (When I hear the word culture I take out my checkbook)
Untitled (When I hear the word culture I take out my checkbook), 1999
$519,000
May 2019
Christie's
Untitled (Keep us at a distance)
Untitled (Keep us at a distance), 1983
$350,000
May 2019
Christie's
Untitled (What you see is what you get)
Untitled (What you see is what you get), 1996
$456,500
Nov 2018
Christie's
Untitled (Who follows orders?)
Untitled (Who follows orders?), 1990
£224,750 ($297k USD)
Oct 2018
Christie's
Untitled (We are not made for each other)
Untitled (We are not made for each other), 1983
$47,500
May 2018
Christie's
Untitled (I will not become what I mean to you)
Untitled (I will not become what I mean to you), 1983
$307,500
May 2017
Christie's
Untitled (Seeing through you)
Untitled (Seeing through you), 2004
$75,000
Mar 2017
Christie's
Barbara Kruger (b. 1945)
Barbara Kruger (b. 1945), 2007
$150,000
Nov 2016

For Sale 1

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Untitled (Are there animals in heaven?)
Untitled (Are there animals in heaven?), 2011
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Photographs: $315K medianWorks on paper: $16.3K medianSculpture/objects: $23.0K medianPaintings: $28.8K medianEditioned prints: $3.5K medianUnclassified lots: $12.0K medianPosters/ephemera: $2.5K medianBooks/portfolios: $2.6K median
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Prizes & Awards1

Goslarer Kaiserring
Winner 2019
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Podcast Interviews2

podcasts No. 521: Barbara Kruger, Samantha Nye The Modern Art Notes Podcast · Oct 28, 2021
Episode No. 521 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artists Barbara Kruger and Samantha Nye. The Art Institute of Chicago is presenting “THINKING OF YOU . I MEAN ME . I MEAN YOU.,” a survey spanning Kruger’s career.…
 podcasts No. 36: Barbara Kruger, Karen Wilkin The Modern Art Notes Podcast · Oct 24, 2014
Episode No. 36 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Barbara Kruger and curator Karen Wilkin. Kruger’s most recent commission, Belief + Doubt , is on view at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden . (The wor…
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Education2

Parsons School of Design (New School)
New York, NY, USA
University Florida Syracuse University
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Publications7

Monograph 3

Barbara Kruger Author
Rizzoli · 2021
Remote control Author
MIT Press · 1994
Remote Control
MIT Press · 1993

Survey 4

Elevated: Art on the High Line
Phaidon Press · 2024
Dazed : 30 Years Confused Author
Rizzoli · 2021
Shopping: A Century of Art and Consumer Culture
Hatje Cantz · 2002
Vitamin Txt: Words in Contemporary Art
Phaidon Press
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Performa, the New York City-based nonprofit dedicated to performance art, is hosting a one-night-only variety show fundraiser on June 10 at Midtown's …
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Past Exhibitions12

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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Barbara Kruger

Barbara Kruger

Abandoibarra Etorb., 2, Abando, 48009 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

Jun 24, 2025 — Nov 9, 2025

Barbara Kruger24.06.2025 - 09.11.2025

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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Barbara Kruger: Another day. Another night.

Barbara Kruger

Abandoibarra Etorb., 2, Abando, 48009 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

Jun 24, 2025 — Nov 9, 2025

Barbara Kruger: Another day. Another night.24.06.2025 - 09.11.2025

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#13 Sprüth Magers

Barbara Kruger: Thinking of You. I Mean Me. I Mean You.

Oranienburger Str. 18, 10178 Berlin, Germany

Sep 14, 2024 — Nov 23, 2024

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Glenstone Museum

Barbara Kruger

Barbara Kruger

Jul 27, 2023 — Mar 17, 2024

Barbara Kruger Jul 27, 2023 - Mar 17, 2024 The Pavilions, Room 9

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Art Institute of Chicago

BARBARA KRUGER

Barbara Kruger

111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603, USA

Sep 19, 2021 — Jan 24, 2022

Exhibition Closing Soon BARBARA KRUGER Sep 19, 2021–Jan 24, 2022

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Vancouver Art Gallery

Barbara Kruger: Untitled (SmashUp)

Barbara Kruger

750 Hornby St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 2H7, Canada

Jan 1, 2016

Barbara Kruger: Untitled (SmashUp) February 20–September 5, 2016 Learn More

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#203 Skarstedt

Barbara Kruger Pre-digital 1980 - 1992

Barbara Kruger

2 Av. Matignon, 75008 Paris, France

Mar 18, 2009 — Apr 18, 2009

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#203 Skarstedt

Barbara Kruger Early Works

Barbara Kruger

2 Av. Matignon, 75008 Paris, France

Nov 10, 2003 — Dec 22, 2003

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#169 Rhona Hoffman Gallery

Barbara Kruger

Barbara Kruger

Apr 6, 1990 — Apr 28, 1990

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#169 Rhona Hoffman Gallery

Barbara Kruger New Work

Barbara Kruger

Oct 17, 1986 — Nov 15, 1986

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Guggenheim Museum Bilbao

Barbara Kruger

Barbara Kruger

Abandoibarra Etorb., 2, Abando, 48009 Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain

Sep 11, 2025

Barbara Kruger06.24.2025 - 11.09.2025

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#1,410 The Brick

Barbara Kruger: Untitled (It)

Barbara Kruger

518 N Western Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90004, USA

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Art Fair Appearances7

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Art Basel — Basel
2026
Art Basel Paris — Paris
2025
Art Basel Paris — Paris
2024
Seattle Art Fair — Seattle
2019
Art Basel — Basel
2018
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2018
The Armory Show — New York
2015
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Apr 30, 2026
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