Hans Haacke — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

George's Sampler, 1992

Embroidery on cloth

Greetings from Aachen, 1981

Embossed silkscreened photograph

Checking, 2008

UV matte laminated color inkjet photo mounted on aluminum

From Here to There, 2014

UV matte laminated color inkjet photo mounted on aluminum

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Photoetching on handmade paper

Tiffany Cares, 1978

US$10,000–US$15,000

Mission Accomplished, 2005

US$10,000–US$15,000

Embossed vegetable dye digital capture on Somerset textural paper

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#47 Paula Cooper Gallery

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Winner 2020

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Podcast Interviews2

podcasts No. 178: Easter clips: Hans Haacke The Modern Art Notes Podcast · Apr 2, 2015

The Easter weekend Episode No. 178 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Hans Haacke. The program was recorded in April, 2014. Haacke and program host Tyler Green spoke just after Haacke was awarded the Fourth …

podcasts No. 129: Hans Haacke The Modern Art Notes Podcast · Nov 28, 2014

Episode No. 129 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Hans Haacke. Haacke’s work is included in two ongoing exhibitions: “Art of Its Own Making,” which is on view at the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts through…

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documenta — Kassel

2017 · documenta 14 · curated by Adam Szymczyk

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Publications11

Monograph 5

Dissolve into Comprehension Author

MIT Press · 2023

Working Conditions Author

MIT Press · 2016

MIT Press · 2015

Phaidon Press · 2004

Hans Haacke: Bodenlos

Hatje Cantz · 1993

Exhibition Catalog 3

Phaidon Press · 2019

No art=no city! Author

Hatje Cantz · 2004

How to explain the dynamics of power at the top of society through art and culture

MIT Press · 1987

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Institutional Critique Author

MIT Press · 2011

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Hatje Cantz · 2004

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Hatje Cantz · 2001

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Past Exhibitions14

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Österreichische Galerie Belvedere

Prinz-Eugen-Straße 27, 1030 Wien, Austria

Jan 1, 2025

Exhibition • Belvedere 21 Hans Haacke Retrospective 1 March 2025 - 9 June 2025 Hans Haacke , 1 March 2025 to 9 June 2025 , Belvedere 21

Belvedere 21

Jan 1, 2025

Exhibition • Belvedere 21 Hans Haacke Retrospective 1 March 2025 - 9 June 2025 Hans Haacke , 1 March 2025 to 9 June 2025 , Belvedere 21

21er Haus

Jan 1, 2025

Exhibition • Belvedere 21 Hans Haacke Retrospective 1 March 2025 - 9 June 2025 Hans Haacke , 1 March 2025 to 9 June 2025 , Belvedere 21

Upper Belvedere

1030 Vienna, Austria

Jan 1, 2025

Exhibition • Belvedere 21 Hans Haacke Retrospective 1 March 2025 - 9 June 2025 Hans Haacke , 1 March 2025 to 9 June 2025 , Belvedere 21

Hans Haacke Taking Stock, 1975 – 1985

#47 Paula Cooper Gallery

Hans Haacke

534 W 21st St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Jan 21, 2023 — Mar 4, 2023

Hans Haacke Helmsboro Country

#47 Paula Cooper Gallery

534 W 21st St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Dec 8, 2019 — Feb 29, 2020

Art Institute of Chicago

Hans Haacke: Gift Horse

Hans Haacke

111 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60603, USA

Oct 5, 2018 — Jul 14, 2019

Exhibition Hans Haacke: Gift Horse Oct 5, 2018–Jul 14, 2019

#47 Paula Cooper Gallery

534 W 21st St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Oct 25, 2014 — Dec 13, 2014

#318 Delaye Saltoun

HANS HAACKE: Blue Sail

Hans Haacke

41 Dover St, London W1S 4NS, UK

Dec 5, 2011 — Feb 3, 2012

Sammlung Ludwig: Art of the Sixties & Hans Haacke: The Chocolate Master

#6,791 Mumbai Art Room

Hans Haacke

Devashree Park, C - 501, Kolshet Rd, opp. Canara Bank, Kolshet Industrial Area, Thane West, Mumbai, Thane, Maharashtra 400607, India

Sep 30, 2011 — Nov 5, 2011

#47 Paula Cooper Gallery

534 W 21st St, New York, NY 10011, USA

Jan 11, 2008 — Feb 17, 2008

#47 Paula Cooper Gallery

State of the Union

Hans Haacke

Nov 5, 2005 — Dec 23, 2005

#6 Lisson Gallery

27 Bell St, London NW1 5BY, United Kingdom

Apr 6, 1976 — Apr 24, 1976

Hans Haacke, Louise Lawler

#1,424 Maxwell Graham

55 Hester St, New York, NY 10002, United States