Alberto Giacometti — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works1047

Museum Acquisitions

MoMA

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Market3,467 auction results

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$880 – $1.6M

208 of 245 works on paper lots with prices

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$87.0K

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$38.1K

208 priced works on paper lots

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May 2026 · $165K

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Works on paper: $38.1K medianSculpture/objects: $589K medianPaintings: $727K medianPhotographs: $829K medianEditioned prints: $6.0K medianUnclassified lots: $50.1K medianBooks/portfolios: $20.1K medianEditioned objects: $31.6K median

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Prizes & Awards1

Guggenheim International Award

Winner 1964

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Education1

École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts (ENSBA)

Paris, France

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Publications36

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Catalogue Raisonné 1

Kunsthaus Zürich Gesamtkatalog der Gemälde und Skulpturen

Hatje Cantz · 2007

Monograph 9

Alberto Giacometti

Yale University Press · 2022

Out of the Cage: The Art of Isabel Rawsthorne

Thames & Hudson · 2021

Alberto Giacometti and the Perception of Reality

Hatje Cantz · 2019

Antony Gormley on Sculpture

Thames & Hudson · 2019

Antony Gormley on Sculpture

Thames & Hudson · 2015

Alberto Giacometti: Space, Figure, Time

Hatje Cantz · 2009

Alberto Giacometti A Biography in Pictures

Hatje Cantz · 1998

Alberto Giacometti: Eine Bildbiographie

Hatje Cantz · 1998

Kunst zum Hören: Giacometti

Hatje Cantz

Exhibition Catalog 19

Alberto Giacometti Author

Hatje Cantz · 2021

Picasso-Giacometti

Rizzoli · 2021

Bacon / Giacometti

Hatje Cantz · 2018

Alberto Giacometti, Yves Klein

Rizzoli · 2017

Sculpture on the Move 1946-2016

Hatje Cantz · 2016

Giacometti Author

Skira · 2014

Alberto Giacometti: Der Ursprung des Raumes

Hatje Cantz · 2010

Giacometti

Hatje Cantz · 2009

Cézanne & Giacometti Paths of Doubt

Hatje Cantz · 2008

Cézanne & Giacometti: Wege des Zweifels

Hatje Cantz · 2008

Swiss Made. Präzision und Wahnsinn: Positionen der Schweizer Kunst von Hodler bis Hirschhorn

Hatje Cantz · 2007

Alberto Giacometti Author

Skira · 2004

ArchiSculpture: Dialogues between Architecture and Sculpture from the 18th Century to the Present Day

Hatje Cantz · 2004

ArchiSkulptur: Dialoge zwischen Architektur und Plastik vom 18. Jahrhundert bis heute

Hatje Cantz · 2004

Giacometti in Postwar Paris

Yale University Press · 2002

Alberto Giacometti

MoMA Publications · 2001

Von Rodin bis Baselitz: Der Torso in der Skulptur der Moderne

Hatje Cantz · 2001

Yves Tanguy und der Surrealismus

Hatje Cantz · 2000

Joseph Marioni: Private Icons

Hatje Cantz · 1995

Group Catalog 3

La Magie des Arbres

Hatje Cantz · 1998

Magie der Bäume

Hatje Cantz · 1998

The Magic of Trees

Hatje Cantz · 1998

Survey 4

Artists' Lives

Thames & Hudson · 2024

Kunstmuseum Basel Die Meisterwerke

Hatje Cantz · 2011

Kunstmuseum Basel Les chefs-d'oeuvre

Hatje Cantz · 2011

Kunst zum Hören: Meisterwerke aus dem Kunsthaus Zürich

Hatje Cantz · 2009

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Current Exhibitions1

Cloisters Museum and Gardens

Giacometti in the Temple of Dendur

Alberto Giacometti

99 Margaret Corbin Dr, New York, NY 10040, USA

Jun 12, 2026 — Sep 8, 2026

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Recent News20

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Murdoch’s Basel Squeeze & Sotheby’s Takes Zurich

The article reports on two major developments in the art world: the impact of Rupert Murdoch's media empire on the Art Basel fair in Switzerland, and …

marketJun 12, 2026

This Summer, Rare Giacometti Sculptures Take Up Residence in The Met’s Temple of Dendur

Seventeen rare bronze and plaster sculptures by Swiss artist Alberto Giacometti are now on display at the Temple of Dendur in New York's Metropolitan …

exhibitionsJun 12, 2026

Art Basel strives to maintain its prestige

Art Basel has announced details for its 2026 edition in Basel, featuring 290 galleries from 43 countries. The fair introduces a new "Basel Exclusive" …

exhibitionsJun 11, 2026

Former director of Rio’s Museu de Arte Moderna ordered to pay breach-of-contract fine

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18 must-see exhibitions for a European art road trip this summer

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The Arts Council Collection: 80 years of the ‘museum without walls’

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Lisson at Art Basel 2026

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painting | Drawings & Notes

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17 New Artist Auction Records Set in May 2026

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Behind Christie’s $1 B. Blockbuster Result, the Market Still Looks Uneven

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24 Hours with Jewel at the 2026 Venice Biennale Festival

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Sotheby’s $304M Modern Evening Auction Confirms the Market Has Found Its Footing

Sotheby's Modern Evening Auction on May 19 achieved $304 million with a 98% sell-through rate across 45 lots, more than doubling the total from the eq…

marketMay 20, 2026

Sotheby’s Pulls In $303.9 M. in a Solid but Subdued Modern Evening Sale Led by $48 M. Matisse

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marketMay 20, 2026

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Nicole Kidman's Billion-Dollar Breakfast at Christie's

Christie's held a record-setting evening sale on May 18, 2025, that generated over $1 billion, featuring a promotional video starring Nicole Kidman. J…

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Past Exhibitions16

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#6,194 National Gallery of Denmark

Alberto Giacometti – What Meets the Eye

Alberto Giacometti

Sølvgade 48-50, 1307 Indre By, Denmark

Feb 10, 2024 — May 10, 2024

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Art Gallery of NSW

From Here, for Now

Rosemary Laing, Charlene Carrington, Robert Macpherson, Richard Prince, Kaylene Whiskey, Ghada Amer, Tracey Emin, Sally M Nangala Mulda, Jenny Watson, Louise Bourgeois, Alberto Giacometti, Antony Gormley

Jan 1, 2023

Art Gallery of NSW South Building From Here, for Now Art Gallery of NSW collection Until 12 February 2023 Free

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Art Gallery of NSW

From Here, for Now

Rosemary Laing, Charlene Carrington, Robert Macpherson, Richard Prince, Kaylene Whiskey, Ghada Amer, Tracey Emin, Sally M Nangala Mulda, Jenny Watson, Louise Bourgeois, Alberto Giacometti, Antony Gormley

Nov 5, 2022 — Feb 3, 2023

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Leopold Museum

JOSEF PILLHOFER

JOSEF PILLHOFER, Fritz Wotruba, Herbert Boeckl, Paul Cézanne, Ossip Zadkine, Jacques Lipchitz, Alexander Archipenko, Henri Laurens, Constantin Brâncuși, Germaine Richier, Alberto Giacometti, Aristide Maillol

Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien, Austria

Jan 1, 2021

JOSEF PILLHOFER In a dialogue with Cézanne, Giacometti, Picasso, Rodin ... 18.06. – 10.10.2021

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California Palace of the Legion of Honor

Iliazd: Publishing as an Art Form

Naum Granovsky, Ilia Zdanevich, Pablo Picasso, Georges Braque, Alberto Giacometti, Max Ernst, Joan Miró

100 34th Ave, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA

Jan 1, 2021

Iliazd: Publishing as an Art Form Jun 12 – Oct 17, 2021 Legion of Honor Exhibition

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Vancouver Art Gallery

Alberto Giacometti: A Line Through Time

Alberto Giacometti

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

Jan 1, 2019

Alberto Giacometti: A Line Through Time June 16–September 29, 2019 Learn More

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#83 Luxembourg + Co.

Alberto Giacometti : Intimate Immensity, Sculptures, 1935-1945

Alberto Giacometti

2 Savile Row, London W1S 3PA, United Kingdom

Nov 11, 2018 — Jan 12, 2019

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Beyeler Foundation

Bacon–Giacometti

Francis Bacon, Alberto Giacometti

Baselstrasse 101, 4125 Riehen, Switzerland

Apr 29, 2018 — Sep 2, 2018

Francis Bacon, Alberto Giacometti — APRIL 29, 2018 – SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

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Leopold Museum

Alberto Giacometti

Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien, Austria

Jan 1, 2014

Alberto Giacometti Modernist Pioneer 17th of October 2014 to 26th of January 2015

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Leopold Museum

Cézanne - Picasso - Giacometti

Paul Cézanne, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Vincent van Gogh, Francis Bacon, Jackson Pollock, Roy Lichtenstein, Andy Warhol, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Fernand Leger, Alberto Giacometti

Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Wien, Austria

Jan 1, 2010

Cézanne - Picasso - Giacometti Masterpieces from the Fondation Beyeler 17 September 2010 - 17 January 2011 extended until 2 February 2011

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