Robert Gober — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Untitled (Trees), 1987

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Untitled (for Parkett no. 27)

$3,000

Jul 2022

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Gemini G.E.L. at Joni Moisant Weyl · Artsy

Untitled, 2002

US$22,000

4-color lithograph

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#7 Galerie Max Hetzler

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Podcast Interviews1

podcasts No. 155: Robert Gober The Modern Art Notes Podcast · Dec 1, 2014

Episode No. 155 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Robert Gober. The Museum of Modern Art, New York is now presenting “Robert Gober: The Heart Is Not a Metaphor,” a retrospective of Gober’s 40-year career. T…

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Publications5

Exhibition Catalog 4

Vija Celmins Author

Hatje Cantz · 2025

Post Human

Phaidon Press · 2024

Sculpture on the Move 1946-2016

Hatje Cantz · 2016

Robert Gober Author

Steidl · 2007

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Making It Modern: Essays on the Art of the Now

Thames & Hudson · 2022

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Glenstone at 20

Glenstone, the sprawling 300-acre art museum and landscape in Potomac, Maryland, is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Founded by Mitchell Rales and Em…

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Marcel Duchamp's 1917 readymade *Fountain* and its radical questioning of art's definition are the focus of a new retrospective at the Museum of Moder…

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Glenstone Is Celebrating 20 Years Of Art, Architecture, & Nature

Glenstone Museum in Potomac, Maryland, is celebrating its 20th anniversary as one of the largest private contemporary art museums in the United States…

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Christie’s concluded its Spring auction series in New York with a historic total of $1.79 billion, bolstered by the landmark sale of the Peggy and Dav…

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A year after lamenting the dominance of safe, decorative painting in New York galleries, art critic Andrew Russel observes a decisive shift toward scu…

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This podcast episode features an in-depth conversation with artist Rudolf Stingel, who discusses his irreverent approach to painting, his influences i…

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The Paula Cooper Effect

Cecily Brown, Elizabeth Murray, Claes Oldenburg, Mark di Suvero, Jonathan Borofsky, Sophie Calle, Robert Gober

535 W 24th St, New York, NY 10011, United States

Mar 5, 2026 — May 22, 2026

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Kunstmuseum Basel

Robert Gober Collection presentation

Robert Gober

St. Alban-Graben 16, 4051 Basel, Switzerland

Oct 8, 2022 — Apr 9, 2023

Robert Gober — 08.10.2022 – 09.04.2023

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Another World Zwölf Bettgeschichten

Louise Bourgeois, Eric Fischl, Robert Gober, Mona Hatoum, Ferdinand Hodler, Rebecca Horn, Ilona Németh, Yoko Ono, John Lennon, David Reed, Pipilotti Rist, Chiharu Shiota

Jan 1, 2002

15.06.29.09.2002 Another World Zwölf Bettgeschichten

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