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MacArthur Fellowship
Winner 1989
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New Haven, CT, USA
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Martin Puryear Author
MoMA Publications · 2019
Hatje Cantz · 2019
Group Catalog 1
Phaidon Press · 2024
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The Obama Presidential Center (OPC) in Chicago, designed by architects Billie Tsien and Todd Williams with landscape architect Michael van Valkenburgh…
Belgian artist Mark Manders, known for his monumental half-bust sculptures that evoke classical art while appearing unfinished, opens a new exhibition…
On Tuesday night, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) held its annual Party in the Garden benefit, honoring artists Betye Saar and Martin Puryear alongsid…
Artist Sanford Biggers presents "The Gift of Tongues," an immersive multimedia exhibition at Marianne Boesky Gallery in New York City, running through…
The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has announced a major survey exhibition titled 'MATRIX: 50 Years of Experimentation,' schedu…
The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) celebrates its 110th birthday on June 6 with a weekend of freebies and special events. Founded in 1916 with the miss…
The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) celebrates its 110th anniversary in 2026, having been founded in 1916. It houses over 68,000 works spanning 6,000 ye…
Christopher Knight retired as art critic at the Los Angeles Times at the end of 2025, marking the departure of the last of three major U.S. critics of…
The Cleveland Museum of Art has opened "Nexus," a major retrospective of Martin Puryear featuring over 50 works, the first comprehensive survey of the…
The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) has opened a free companion exhibition titled "France in the Time of Manet and Morisot," running through August 23 i…
Alma Allen represents the United States at the 2026 Venice Biennale with a subdued, apolitical exhibition inside the US Pavilion. The show features ro…
Hyperallergic has published its guide to the 2026 Venice Biennale, detailing what to see and do at this year's edition. The guide covers the three mai…
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The article reviews the exhibition "MONUMENTS" at the Geffen Contemporary at MOCA and the Brick in Los Angeles, which addresses the legacy of Confeder…
Melissa Chiu has been appointed as the new director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, departing her long-standing role at the Hirshhorn…
President Donald Trump’s return to office has triggered a sweeping overhaul of the American cultural landscape through executive orders and the newly …
The Cleveland Museum of Art has launched "Martin Puryear: Nexus," the first comprehensive survey of the influential American sculptor’s work in nearly…
The Obama Presidential Center in Chicago has unveiled its final cohort of artist commissions ahead of its scheduled opening in June. This group includ…
The Cleveland Museum of Art has launched "Martin Puryear: Nexus," the most comprehensive survey of the 84-year-old American sculptor’s work in nearly …
The Cleveland Museum of Art has launched "Martin Puryear: Nexus," a major career-spanning exhibition featuring 50 works by the acclaimed American scul…
The Obama Foundation has unveiled the final group of artists commissioned to create site-specific works for the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago. …
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Past Exhibitions4
expand_moreMartin Puryear
465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Sep 27, 2025 — Dec 26, 2025
Martin Puryear: Multiple Dimensions
Martin Puryear
225 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10016, USA
Oct 9, 2015 — Jan 10, 2016
Martin Puryear: Multiple Dimensions October 9, 2015 through January 10, 2016One of the most important contemporary American sculptors, Martin Puryear (b. 194...
Martin Puryear
May 21, 1982 — Jul 6, 1982
Martin Puryear
May 1, 1980 — May 31, 1980
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Art Fair Appearances5
expand_moreArt Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2019
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2018
Art Basel — Basel
2017
Art Basel — Basel
2016
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2016
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Martin Puryear: Nexus
Mar 7, 2026
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