Ellen Gallagher — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works180

Museum Acquisitions

Whitney

MoMA

Previous Sales 12

Christie's

Hydropoly Spores, 2017

Sotheby's

Christie's

Christie's

Watery Ecstatic, 2003

Christie's

Christie's

Bouffant Pride, 2003

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Swann Auction Galleries

Phillips · Artsy

Oil, ink and paper on linen

Phillips · Artsy

Untitled, 1997

Bidding closed

Monoprint in colors, comprised of watercolor and ink, on Misu paper, the full sheet,

For Sale 4

Dranoff Fine Art · Artsy

Untitled, 1996

For sale

Ink, pencil, and paper collage on misu paper

Gagosian · Artsy

Lips Sink, 2016

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Lithograph

Two Palms · Artsy

Don-Don, 2011

US$50,000

Photogravure with plasticine mounted on black velvet in custom designed frame by the artist and wrapped in boxer's tape

Hauser & Wirth · Artsy

Watery Ecstatic, 2005

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Watercolour and cut paper on paper

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Galleries4

#7 Galerie Max Hetzler

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#38 Two Palms

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Podcast Interviews1

podcasts A brush with... Ellen Gallagher A brush with... · Jun 30, 2021

An in-depth conversation on the artist's big influences, from Keith Haring to Moby Dick

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Biennial Selections1

São Paulo Biennial — São Paulo

2023 · choreographies of the impossible · curated by Diane Lima, Grada Kilomba, Hélio Menezes, Manuel Borja-Villel

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Publications3

Exhibition Catalog 1

Comic abstraction Author

MoMA Publications · 2007

Survey 2

MOMA, highlights since 1980 Author

MoMA Publications · 2007

Vitamin C+: Collage in Contemporary Art

Phaidon Press

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Current Exhibitions1

#4,882 PalaisPopulaire

Seeing Words, Reading Images: The Written Art Collection in dialogue with the Deutsche Bank Collection

Etel Adnan, Mounira Al Solh, Joseph Beuys, Osman Bozkurt, Hoy Wong Cheong, Natalie Czech, Claudia Comte, Marcel Dzama, Larissa Fassler, Meschac Gaba, Ellen Gallagher, Jenny Holzer, Annette Kelm, William Kentridge, Imi Knoebel, Ahmed Mater, Ahmad Moualla, Farhad Moshiri, Herta Müller, Shiryû Morita, Shirin Neshat, Zhijie Qiu, Karin Sander, Viviane Sassen, Yinka Shonibare, Slavs and Tatars, Agathe Snow, Evelyn Taocheng Wang, Lawrence Weiner, Yang Jiechang, Inoue Yū-ichi, Charles Hossein Zenderoudi

Unter den Linden 5, 10117 Berlin, Germany

Mar 20, 2026 — Jun 18, 2026

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