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Selected Works73

Museum Acquisitions

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Moderna Museet
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MOCA Los Angeles
Stedelijk Museum
Stedelijk Museum
Stedelijk Museum
High Museum
Kiasma
Kiasma
Kiasma
Kiasma
Moderna Museet Malmö
Moderna Museet Malmö
Astrup Fearnley Museet
Astrup Fearnley Museet
Astrup Fearnley Museet
Astrup Fearnley Museet
Astrup Fearnley Museet
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Previous Sales 40

Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 2007
£13,750 ($18k USD)
Mar 2019
Christie's
Untitled (Daddy... Daddy...)
Untitled (Daddy... Daddy...), 2007
£22,500 ($30k USD)
Jun 2018
Christie's
Untitled (Fear of Les Super)
Untitled (Fear of Les Super), 2007
£27,500 ($36k USD)
Sep 2017
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled
€20,000 ($22k USD)
Oct 2012
Christie's
Untitled (Dogi Cyclop)
Untitled (Dogi Cyclop), 1998
£17,500 ($23k USD)
Oct 2012
Christie's
Ben-Zedrine
Ben-Zedrine, 2007
£39,650 ($52k USD)
Feb 2012
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 2007
£16,250 ($21k USD)
Feb 2012
Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 2005
£18,000 ($24k USD)
Jun 2007
Christie's
An Excuse for a Reflection
An Excuse for a Reflection, 1998
£14,400 ($19k USD)
Oct 2006
Christie's
Arrivées Jack Smith
Arrivées Jack Smith, 1997
£9,600 ($13k USD)
Oct 2006
Phillips
Untitled
Untitled
$3,612
Christie's
Untitled (homme à genoux devant une potence) (Untitled (Man Kneeling Before the Gallows))
Untitled (homme à genoux devant une potence) (Untitled (Man Kneeling Before the Gallows)), 2001
$2,045
Mar 2026
Phillips
Untitled (Mary Theresa)
Untitled (Mary Theresa), 2013
$77,400
Dec 2025
Phillips
Untitled
Untitled, 2006
$8,716
Jun 2025
Christie's
Sans titre
Sans titre, 2011
$21,278
Dec 2024
Bonhams
I Just Make it up
I Just Make it up, 1997
$13,524
Dec 2024
Christie's
Untitled (White Iron Cross)
Untitled (White Iron Cross), 2001
$1,811
Oct 2024
Phillips
Untitled (Big Fat Black Cock, Inc.)
Untitled (Big Fat Black Cock, Inc.), 2011
$2,540
Jun 2024
Christie's
Untitled (Dead Goat Getting Fake Eyelashes)
Untitled (Dead Goat Getting Fake Eyelashes), 1998
$9,492
Apr 2024
Phillips
Untitled
Untitled, 2007
$8,890
Mar 2024
Christie's
Theresa in bed listening to a small electronic sound passing out
Theresa in bed listening to a small electronic sound passing out, 2013
$6,300
Jul 2023
Phillips
Outergaze Violent Group Disco Version
Outergaze Violent Group Disco Version, 2012
$11,430
Mar 2023
Bonhams
Untitled (Canvas Piece)
Untitled (Canvas Piece), 2010
$3,830
Mar 2022
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 2014
$2,016
Mar 2022
Sotheby's
Untitled
Untitled, 2011
$8,820
Dec 2021

For Sale 3

Thaddaeus Ropac · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled , 2015
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Oil on canvas and mixed media (synthetic hair)
Anna Bohman Gallery · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 2025
US$6,000
Mixed media on canvas
Anna Bohman Gallery · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 2025
Price on request
Patinated bronze
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Market389 auction results

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$1.8K – $77.4K
28 of 32 paintings lots with prices
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$17.6K
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$8.9K
28 priced paintings lots
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Dec 2025 · $77.4K
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Paintings: $8.9K medianWorks on paper: $2.0K medianSculpture/objects: — medianPosters/ephemera: $25.2K medianBooks/portfolios: $12.6K medianUnclassified lots: — median
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Galleries2

#9 Thaddaeus Ropac
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#83 Luxembourg + Co.
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Publications3

Monograph 1

Bjarne Melgaard Author
Rizzoli · 2016

Exhibition Catalog 2

Melgaard + Munch Author
Hatje Cantz · 2015
Bjarne Melgaard
Rizzoli · 2010
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Current Exhibitions0

No current exhibitions found.

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Past Exhibitions16

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#6,607 VI, VII

Midnight Ride (Oribe Paintings)

Bjarne Melgaard

Operagata 75 A

Oct 2, 2025 — Nov 28, 2025

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#66 Patricia Low Contemporary

Lion Sluts

Bjarne Melgaard

Promenade 55, 3780 Gstaad, Switzerland

Feb 11, 2025 — May 3, 2025

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#9 Thaddaeus Ropac

Elisabeth and Me

Bjarne Melgaard

7 Rue Debelleyme, 75003 Paris, France

Dec 9, 2020 — Feb 18, 2021

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#66 Patricia Low Contemporary

NO FISTING TONIGHT

Bjarne Melgaard

Aug 9, 2019 — Oct 10, 2019

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#9 Thaddaeus Ropac

Bjarne Melgaard Bodyparty (Substance Paintings)

Bjarne Melgaard

Ely House, 37 Dover St, London W1S 4NJ, United Kingdom

Feb 23, 2018 — Apr 6, 2018

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#9 Thaddaeus Ropac

Bjarne Melgaard The Casual Pleasure of Disappointment

Bjarne Melgaard

7 Rue Debelleyme, 75003 Paris, France

Feb 5, 2015 — Mar 14, 2015

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#83 Luxembourg + Co.

A NEW NOVEL BY BJARNE MELGAARD

BJARNE MELGAARD

2 Savile Row, London W1S 3PA, United Kingdom

Nov 9, 2012 — Jan 19, 2013

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#39 Karma

Bjarne Melgaard No More Chinotto Forever, Again…

Bjarne Melgaard

188 E 2nd St, New York, NY 10009, United States

Sep 15, 2012 — Sep 27, 2012

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#649 Galerie Guido W. Baudach

The Night Within Us!

Bjarne Melgaard

Pohlstraße 67, 10785 Berlin, Germany

Nov 26, 2011 — Feb 24, 2012

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#66 Patricia Low Contemporary

Inside Patricia

Bjarne Melgaard

Sep 16, 2010 — Nov 11, 2010

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#649 Galerie Guido W. Baudach

A Kidwhore In Manhattan – A Novel

Bjarne Melgaard

Pohlstraße 67, 10785 Berlin, Germany

Nov 1, 2008 — Jan 30, 2009

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#66 Patricia Low Contemporary

Mommys Boy And Daddys Girl

Bjarne Melgaard

Sep 1, 2007 — Oct 3, 2007

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#649 Galerie Guido W. Baudach

Bjarne Melgaard Les Super

Pohlstraße 67, 10785 Berlin, Germany

Oct 31, 2006 — Dec 16, 2006

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#4,536 Annette De Keyser Gallery

COWBOYS WHO ARE POETS KNOW IT - (GUEST STARRING RAOUL, - BERNARD ST. SUMMIERRE AND ROD BO´BEL)

Bjarne Melgaard

Generaal Belliardstraat 19, 2000 Antwerpen, Belgium

Sep 11, 1997 — Nov 8, 1997

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Faurschou Foundation

Bjarne Melgaard Bitter Angel

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Faurschou Foundation

Bjarne Melgaard Barney Does It All

148 Green St, Brooklyn, NY 11222, USA

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critical reduction the 2014 whitney biennial 5409
Mar 13, 2026
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Exhibition
Midnight Ride (Oribe Paintings)
Oct 2, 2025
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Exhibition
Lion Sluts
Feb 11, 2025
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Exhibition
Elisabeth and Me
Dec 9, 2020
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Exhibition
NO FISTING TONIGHT
Aug 9, 2019
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Exhibition
Bjarne Melgaard Bodyparty (Substance Paintings)
Feb 23, 2018
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Exhibition
Bjarne Melgaard The Casual Pleasure of Disappointment
Feb 5, 2015
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A NEW NOVEL BY BJARNE MELGAARD
Nov 9, 2012
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Exhibition
Bjarne Melgaard No More Chinotto Forever, Again…
Sep 15, 2012
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Exhibition
The Night Within Us!
Nov 26, 2011
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Exhibition
Inside Patricia
Sep 16, 2010
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Exhibition
A Kidwhore In Manhattan – A Novel
Nov 1, 2008
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Mommys Boy And Daddys Girl
Sep 1, 2007
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Bjarne Melgaard Les Super
Oct 31, 2006
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COWBOYS WHO ARE POETS KNOW IT - (GUEST STARRING RAOUL, - BERNARD ST. SUMMIERRE AND ROD BO´BEL)
Sep 11, 1997
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Bjarne Melgaard born
Jan 1, 1967
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