Joe Brainard — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works96

Museum Acquisitions

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Market47 auction results

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$1.4K – $94.5K

16 of 25 works on paper lots with prices

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$17.8K

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$5.6K

16 priced works on paper lots

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May 2025 · $1.4K

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Works on paper: $5.6K medianPaintings: $6.9K medianPosters/ephemera: $3.3K median

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SwannDoyle New YorkThomaston Place Auction GalleriesPhillipsLos Angeles Modern Auctions

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Dayton Art Institute

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Current Exhibitions2

#3,267 Bookstein Projects

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Jane Freilicher, Diana Horowitz, Amy Weiskopf, Joshua Marsh, Louise Kruger, Jan Müller (1922-1958), Susannah Phillips, Paul Resika, Alfred H. Maurer, Arnold Friedman, Fred Tomaselli, Julie Heffernan, Olive Ayhens, Polly Apfelbaum, Joe Brainard, Hiroyuki Hamada, Glenn Goldberg, Jimmy Wright, Susan Jane Walp, Nell Blaine, Elena Sisto, Daisy Craddock, Matt Magee, Robert Kulicke, Francie Bishop Good, Katherine Bradford, Ezra Johnson, Gregory Botts, Eric Holzman, Ron Milewicz, Lois Dodd, Sarah Lutz, Dave Walsh, Ying Li, Louis Fratino, Tracy Miller, Antone Könst, Elizabeth O'Reilly, Alix Bailey, Xico Greenwald, Donna Moylan, Deborah Wasserman, Haidee Becker, Ruth Miller, Sutton Allen, Jack Ceglic

39 E 78th St 4th Floor, New York, NY 10075, USA

Jun 11, 2026 — Jul 24, 2026

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Alpha 137 Gallery

Landscapes, Cityscapes, Waterscapes and Skyscapes: paintings, works on paper and prints

Helen Frankenthaler, Damien Hirst, Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Wolf Kahn, Ai Weiwei, Peter Saul, Marsden Hartley, Paul Resika, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, Alex Katz, Richard Estes, Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, FAILE, Mark di Suvero, Allan D'Arcangelo, Jennifer Losch Bartlett, Peter Blake, Christo, Peter Max, Sonia Gechtoff, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Martin Creed, Jonas Wood, Gregory Amenoff, Joe Brainard, Red Grooms, Billy Al Bengston, April Gornik, Gerald Laing, Paula Scher, Michael Lekakis, Paul Feeley, William T. Wiley, John Button, Hyde Solomon, Howard Kanovitz, George Trakas, Asa Cheffetz, Lynton Wells, Melissa Miller, Milton Glaser, Bob Stanley, Walter Darby Bannard, Katherine Porter, Lois Dodd, Richard Haas, Thelma Appel, Alan Cote, Norman Carton, Ben Wilson, Edward Giobbi, Franz Eggenschwiler, Javacheff Christo, David Shapiro (b. 1922), Kathan Brown, William Waitzman, Helen Siegl

Showplace Design and Antique Center, 40 W 25th St 2nd floor, New York, NY 10010, United States

Jun 12, 2026 — Sep 10, 2026

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Joe Brainard at Chris Sharp Gallery

Joe Brainard's work is currently on view at Chris Sharp Gallery in an exhibition documented with 68 images and no videos. The show presents the artist…

exhibitionsMay 20, 2026

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exhibitionsMay 5, 2026

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reviewMay 4, 2026

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April in Los Angeles features a diverse array of art exhibitions, from major institutional retrospectives to politically charged group shows. Highligh…

exhibitionsApr 2, 2026

Beacons in a Grim World

Two concurrent solo exhibitions at Alexander Berggruen Gallery feature the work of artists Kevin McNamee-Tweed and Tajh Rust. McNamee-Tweed presents e…

reviewMar 26, 2026

art bunker artspace queer exhibition

The Bunker Artspace in Palm Beach, Florida, has opened "Beyond the Rainbow," a major exhibition of LGBTQ+ art curated by Laura Dvorkin and Maynard Mon…

exhibitionsDec 4, 2025

dolce and gabbana exhibition ica miami february

Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana announced that its exhibition “From the Heart to the Hands” will travel to the Institute of Contemporary Art, Mi…

exhibitionsNov 12, 2025

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Past Exhibitions8

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#349 Chris Sharp Gallery

Joe Brainard. Matchbook Miniatures

Joe Brainard

5538 Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90038, United States

Apr 25, 2026 — May 23, 2026

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Alpha 137 Gallery

Landscapes, Cityscapes, Waterscapes and Skyscapes: paintings, works on paper and prints

Helen Frankenthaler, Damien Hirst, Roy Lichtenstein, Ed Ruscha, David Hockney, Wolf Kahn, Peter Saul, Marsden Hartley, Paul Resika, Andy Warhol, Jeff Koons, Richard Serra, Cy Twombly, Alex Katz, Richard Estes, Robert Rauschenberg, Claes Oldenburg, FAILE, Mark di Suvero, Allan D'Arcangelo, Jennifer Losch Bartlett, Peter Blake, Christo, Peter Max, Sonia Gechtoff, Christo and Jeanne-Claude, Martin Creed, Jonas Wood, Gregory Amenoff, Joe Brainard, Red Grooms, Billy Al Bengston, April Gornik, Gerald Laing, Paula Scher, Michael Lekakis, Paul Feeley, William T. Wiley, John Button, Hyde Solomon, Howard Kanovitz, George Trakas, Asa Cheffetz, Lynton Wells, Milton Glaser, Bob Stanley, Walter Darby Bannard, Katherine Porter, Lois Dodd, Richard Haas, Thelma Appel, Alan Cote, Norman Carton, Ben Wilson, Edward Giobbi, Franz Eggenschwiler, Javacheff Christo, David Shapiro (b. 1922), Kathan Brown, William Waitzman, Helen Siegl

Showplace Design and Antique Center, 40 W 25th St 2nd floor, New York, NY 10010, United States

Mar 12, 2026 — May 27, 2026

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