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Previous Sales 5

Heritage Auctions · Artsy
Macaw, from Guyana Series
Macaw, from Guyana Series, 1994
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Feather and text
American Folk Art Museum Benefit Auction · Artsy
Some Everyday Plagues
Some Everyday Plagues, 2020
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Colored pencil on paper
Heritage Auctions · Artsy
The Hall of the Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes Migratories)
The Hall of the Passenger Pigeon (Ectopistes Migratories), 1996
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Collage on paper
Storm King Art Center Benefit Auction · Artsy
Some Notable Beaks of Storm King Art Center
Some Notable Beaks of Storm King Art Center, 2023
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White Ink on black paper
MASS MoCA Benefit Auction · Artsy
Anatomy Theater (David Lang/Mark Dion)
Anatomy Theater (David Lang/Mark Dion)
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Colored pencil on paper

For Sale 3

Obee Editions · Artsy
The Right Hand - Skeleton
The Right Hand - Skeleton, 2022
US$1,200
One-color stone lithograph on Soft-white Somerset satin
In Situ - Fabienne Leclerc · Artsy
Medecine cabinet of mysteries
Medecine cabinet of mysteries, 2013
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Small cabinet and various objects
Obee Editions · Artsy
Morbid Anatomy
Morbid Anatomy, 2024
US$800
One-color lithograph on White Somerset satin
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Galleries3

#29 Tanya Bonakdar Gallery
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#565 Pinksummer Contemporary Art
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#826 In Situ - Fabienne Leclerc
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Podcast Interviews3

podcasts No. 447: Holiday clips: Mark Dion The Modern Art Notes Podcast · May 28, 2020
Episode No. 447 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast is a post-holiday weekend clips episode featuring artist Mark Dion. This week, Amazon Prime Video debuted “The Perilous Texas Adventures of Mark Dion,” an hour-long documen…
 podcasts No. 431: Mark Dion, Nancy Lupo The Modern Art Notes Podcast · Feb 6, 2020
Episode No. 431 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artists Mark Dion and Nancy Lupo. This weekend, the Amon Carter Museum opens “The Perilous Texas Adventures of Mark Dion.” For the exhibition, Dion retraced the st…
 podcasts No. 309: Mark Dion, Anicka Yi The Modern Art Notes Podcast · Oct 5, 2017
Episode No. 309 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artists Mark Dion and Anicka Yi . This weekend, the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston opens “Mark Dion: Misadventures of a 21st-Century Naturalist,” a survey o…
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Biennial Selections1

documenta — Kassel
2012 · documenta (13) · curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev
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Education1

Hartford Art School (U of Hartford)
BFA, 1986 · Hartford, CT, USA
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Publications9

Monograph 2

Mark Dion: Concerning Hunting
Hatje Cantz · 2008
Mark Dion Author
Phaidon Press · 1997

Exhibition Catalog 5

Perilous Texas Adventures of Mark Dion Author
Yale University Press · 2020
Mark Dion Author
Thames & Hudson · 2019
Mark Dion Author
Yale University Press · 2017
Oceanomania Author
MACK Books · 2011
Mapping a City
Hatje Cantz · 2004

Survey 2

Zeitgenössische Skulptur: Künstlertexte und Interviews
Hatje Cantz · 2019
Institutional Critique Author
MIT Press · 2011
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Current Exhibitions0

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Why Contemporary Artists Are Raiding the Renaissance Toolkit
Three contemporary artists—Alison Elizabeth Taylor, Michael Bühler-Rose, and Nick Doyle—are reviving the Renaissance woodworking techniques of intarsi…
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Nordic Art Week: Stockholm is the European art capital for a week. The interview
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Objekt/Object—An Order of Things and the Construction of the World
Malmö Konstmuseum has announced its annual seminar, "Objekt/Object: An Order of Things and the Construction of the World," scheduled for April 16, 202…
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The Nevada Museum of Art has launched 'Into the Time Horizon,' a massive, multi-year exhibition occupying its entire 120,000-square-foot building. Fea…
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Frieze Los Angeles returns to a city landscape significantly altered by both commercial development and recent environmental tragedy. While blue-chip …
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Epic Palmer Museum exhibition explores 30 years of ecology and art
The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State is opening "Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman: Journey to Nature’s Underworld" on August 30, the first survey of the…
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The magic of Troy Hill—a series of unique whole house art installations in Pittsburgh
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Past Exhibitions21

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#826 In Situ - Fabienne Leclerc

The Memory Box

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43 Rue de la Commune de Paris, 93230 Romainville, France

Mar 15, 2026 — May 16, 2026

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#826 In Situ - Fabienne Leclerc

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43 Rue de la Commune de Paris, 93230 Romainville, France

Feb 17, 2026 — Apr 18, 2026

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#29 Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

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521 W 21st St #1, New York, NY 10011, USA

Jan 8, 2026 — Feb 12, 2026

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#826 In Situ - Fabienne Leclerc

Excavations

Mark Dion

43 Rue de la Commune de Paris, 93230 Romainville, France

Jan 1, 2026

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#29 Tanya Bonakdar Gallery

Mark Dion: New Prints and Drawings

Mark Dion

521 W 21st St #1, New York, NY 10011, USA

Jul 10, 2025 — Jul 31, 2025

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#565 Pinksummer Contemporary Art

Mark Dion – The Melancholy Entomologist and of Tales of Ecological Despair

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Palazzo Ducale

May 9, 2025 — Aug 7, 2025

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#826 In Situ - Fabienne Leclerc

Mark Dion: Investigations, Inquiries and a Few Good Jokes

Mark Dion

43 Rue de la Commune de Paris, 93230 Romainville, France

Jan 1, 2024 — Feb 26, 2024

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Bruce Museum

Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman: Journey to Nature’s Underworld

Mark Dion, Alexis Rockman

1 Museum Dr, Greenwich, CT 06830, USA

Jan 1, 2023

Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman: Journey to Nature’s Underworld June 24, 2023 – Aug. 27, 2023

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#210 Barakat Contemporary

Mark Dion: The Sea Life of South Korea and Other Curious Tales

Mark Dion

58-4 Samcheong–ro Jongno–gu

Sep 8, 2021 — Nov 7, 2021

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#565 Pinksummer Contemporary Art

Mark Dion – By the Sea

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Palazzo Ducale

Jun 3, 2021 — Sep 1, 2021

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#826 In Situ - Fabienne Leclerc

Retour à l'école

Mark Dion

43 Rue de la Commune de Paris, 93230 Romainville, France

Jan 1, 2021 — Feb 26, 2021

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Et maintenant, le dessin...

Mark Dion

43 Rue de la Commune de Paris, 93230 Romainville, France

Jan 1, 2020 — Feb 26, 2020

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Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston

Mark Dion: Misadventures of a 21st-Century Naturalist

Mark Dion

25 Harbor Shore Dr, Boston, MA 02210, USA

Jan 1, 2017

Mark Dion: Misadventures of a 21st-Century Naturalist Oct 4 – Dec 31, 2017 Mark Dion: Misadventures of a 21st-Century Naturalist, the artist’s first U.S. sur...

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Wadsworth Atheneum

Mark Dion/MATRIX 173 The Wadsworth Atheneum’s Great Chain of Being

Mark Dion

600 Main St, Hartford, CT 06103, USA

Oct 1, 2015 — Jan 3, 2016

Mark Dion — October 1, 2015 – January 3, 2016

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#826 In Situ - Fabienne Leclerc

Cosmographia: Selected works on paper, 1991-2014

Mark Dion

43 Rue de la Commune de Paris, 93230 Romainville, France

Jan 1, 2014 — Feb 26, 2014

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#826 In Situ - Fabienne Leclerc

A World for the spoiling

Mark Dion

43 Rue de la Commune de Paris, 93230 Romainville, France

Jan 1, 2010 — Feb 26, 2010

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#826 In Situ - Fabienne Leclerc

Neotropic

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43 Rue de la Commune de Paris, 93230 Romainville, France

Jan 1, 2006 — Feb 26, 2006

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#212 Skarstedt

Mark Dion Toys'R'U.S. (When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth)

Mark Dion

2 Av. Matignon, 75008 Paris, France

Nov 19, 2005 — Dec 21, 2005

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#826 In Situ - Fabienne Leclerc

Theatrum Mundi : Armarium

Mark Dion

43 Rue de la Commune de Paris, 93230 Romainville, France

Jan 1, 2001 — Feb 26, 2001

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Lowe Art Museum

Mark Dion and Alexis Rockman: Journey to Nature’s Underworld

Mark Dion, Alexis Rockman

1301 Stanford Dr, Miami, FL 33146, USA

Jul 20, 2025

Mark Dion, Alexis Rockman — February 13 – July 20, 2025

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#7,275 Ephraim-Palais

Die Berliner Spielzeug-Wunderkammer

Mark Dion

Poststraße 16, 10178 Berlin, Germany

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Art Fair Appearances12

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The Armory Show — New York
2025
artgenève — Geneva
2019
artgenève — Geneva
2018
artmonte-carlo — Monaco
2018
artgenève — Geneva
2017
artmonte-carlo — Monaco
2017
Art Basel — Basel
2016
EXPO CHICAGO — Chicago
2016
ARCOmadrid — Madrid
2015
Frieze London — London
2015
ARCOmadrid — Madrid
2014
Art Basel — Basel
2014
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Apr 28, 2026
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Apr 24, 2026
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Art Week nordiche: Stoccolma è capitale dell’arte europea per una settimana. L’intervista
Apr 21, 2026
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Art Paris, un bilan meilleur que prévu
Apr 16, 2026
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Objekt/Object—An Order of Things and the Construction of the World
Apr 6, 2026
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Mar 15, 2026
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Feb 25, 2026
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Feb 17, 2026
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Excavations
Jan 1, 2026
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Dec 2, 2025
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Sixteen must-see exhibitions in South Florida during Miami Art Week
Dec 1, 2025
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Sep 10, 2025
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The Armory Show 2025
Sep 4, 2025
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Epic Palmer Museum exhibition explores 30 years of ecology and art
Aug 26, 2025
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