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Selected Works48

Museum Acquisitions

MoMA
MoMA
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MoMA
MoMA
NGA Washington
LACMA
LACMA
Harvard Art Museums
Pompidou
Guggenheim
Orlando Museum of Art
Studio Museum
Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris
Rose Art Museum
Rose Art Museum
Rose Art Museum
Nasher Museum of Art

Previous Sales 23

Sotheby's
Untitled, Bucket
Untitled, Bucket
$15,000
Oct 2022
Sotheby's
White Walls
White Walls
$38,000
Sep 2021
Phillips
Piano Chair
Piano Chair
$30,960
Phillips
Nigerian Sands
Nigerian Sands
$29,210
Phillips
Empty Pockets
Empty Pockets
$19,350
Phillips
Red Door
Red Door
$10,965
Sotheby's
White Walls
White Walls, 2002
$19,200
Sep 2024
Phillips
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
$33,020
Apr 2024
Christie's
Throw Away
Throw Away, 2010
Bought In
Jul 2023
Phillips
Pushing the Square
Pushing the Square, 2004
$4,085
May 2023
Phillips
Board
Board, 2003
$11,430
Mar 2023
Sotheby's
Ballad to Ballet
Ballad to Ballet, 2008
Bought In
Mar 2023
Phillips
Individual
Individual, 2012
Bought In
Nov 2022
Christie's
Untitled, Basin
Untitled, Basin, 2005
$15,386
Oct 2022
Phillips
Descending a Bridge
Descending a Bridge
$5,040
Oct 2022
Sotheby's
Untitled, Bucket
Untitled, Bucket
$18,900
Sep 2022
Sotheby's
Untitled (Sticks)
Untitled (Sticks), 2005
$14,027
Mar 2022
Sotheby's
Untitled (Bucket)
Untitled (Bucket), 2005
Bought In
Dec 2021
Christie's
Keys
Keys, 2008
$20,591
Oct 2021
Bonhams
'Expression of Joy'
'Expression of Joy', 2009
$6,932
Oct 2021
Sotheby's
White Walls
White Walls, 2002
$47,880
Sep 2021
Phillips
Street Gym
Street Gym, 2004
Bought In
Phillips · Artsy
Marongrong
Marongrong, 2002
Bidding closed
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For Sale 7

Lehmann Maupin · Artsy
David
David, 2017
Inquire about availability
C-print
Prospect New Orleans · Artsy
St. Bernard Parish
St. Bernard Parish, 2008
US$3,000
Digital Pigment Print
Lehmann Maupin · Artsy
Black Friday - 1 Billion
Black Friday - 1 Billion, 2016
€55,000
C-print
Lehmann Maupin · Artsy
Evergreen
Evergreen, 2016
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C-print
Tucci Russo Gallery · Artsy
Chalk piano
Chalk piano, 2009
Price on request
16 Lambda prints face-mounted with diasec plexiglas on aluminium panels
Lehmann Maupin · Artsy
Proteus
Proteus, 2020
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C-print
Lehmann Maupin · Artsy
Paper Planes
Paper Planes, 2022
€65,000
C-print
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Market77 auction results

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$4.1K – $47.9K
13 of 20 photographs lots with prices
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$20.5K
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$18.9K
13 priced photographs lots
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Sep 2024 · $19.2K
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Photographs: $18.9K medianPaintings: $6.9K medianEditioned photos: $47.9K medianUnclassified lots: $14.0K median
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Galleries2

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Prizes & Awards2

Prix Pictet
Shortlisted 2019
ars viva
Shortlisted 2005
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Education2

South African School Motion Picture Medium Live Performance
Technikon Witwatersrand;
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Publications7

Monograph 1

Tension Author
Hatje Cantz · 2016

Exhibition Catalog 6

Robin Rhode Author
Hatje Cantz · 2021
Robin Rhode : Memory Is the Weapon
Hatje Cantz · 2019
Street Life & Home Stories: Fotografien aus der Sammlung Goetz
Hatje Cantz · 2011
Street Life & Home Stories: Photographs from the Goetz Collection
Hatje Cantz · 2011
Robin Rhode: Walk Off
Hatje Cantz · 2007
Walk off Author
Hatje Cantz · 2007
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Current Exhibitions0

No current exhibitions found.

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Recent News4

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At this art show, kids make the rules
The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery in Toronto is hosting 'Colourful Parachutes: Imagining Alternative Futures Through the Power of Play,' a grou…
exhibitionsMay 8, 2026
Toronto art gallery hosting free party ahead of new exhibit
The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery in Toronto is hosting a free opening party on April 24 for its new exhibition, 'Colourful Parachutes: Imagini…
exhibitionsApr 22, 2026
stevenson gallery closing johannesburg branch
Stevenson Gallery is closing its Johannesburg branch after 17 years, with the last day on December 12. The final exhibition, Tofo Bardi's "Underground…
newsDec 5, 2025
koyo kouoh remembered
Koyo Kouoh, the acclaimed Cameroonian-born curator and director of the Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) in Cape Town, has died at…
obituaryMay 15, 2025
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Past Exhibitions14

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#15 Lehmann Maupin

Robin Rhode African Dream Root

Robin Rhode

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

Jan 12, 2023 — Feb 11, 2023

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Robin Rhode The Geometry of Colour

Robin Rhode

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

Jan 18, 2018 — Feb 24, 2018

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Robin Rhode Borne Frieze

Robin Rhode

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

Jun 25, 2015 — Aug 21, 2015

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Robin Rhode having been there

Robin Rhode

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

Sep 17, 2014 — Nov 1, 2014

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Paries Pictus

Robin Rhode

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

Jan 10, 2013 — Mar 16, 2013

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#15 Lehmann Maupin

Take Your Mind Off The Street

Robin Rhode

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

Jan 10, 2013 — Feb 23, 2013

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#2,320 Everard Read

Joburg Hymn

Robin Rhode

2 & 6 Jellicoe Avenue

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Memory is The Weapon

Robin Rhode

Steiner Landstraße 3/2.OG, 3500 Krems an der Donau, Austria

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Robin Rhode - Wolfsburg

Robin Rhode

47 Rue Saint-André des Arts, 75006 Paris, France

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a plan of the soul

Robin Rhode

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The Broken Wall

Robin Rhode

47 Rue Saint-André des Arts, 75006 Paris, France

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Under the sun

Robin Rhode

Shvil HaMeretz 4, 2nd floor, Tel Aviv-Yafo, 6653520, Israel

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Robin Rhode Force of Circumstance

Robin Rhode

47 Rue Saint-André des Arts, 75006 Paris, France

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A Proteas Is Not a Flower

Robin Rhode

Shop 2, Cristy Centre, Kendal Rd, Diep River, Cape Town, 7800, South Africa

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Art Fair Appearances11

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Art Basel — Basel
2025
Art Basel — Basel
2024
Art Basel — Basel
2023
Art Basel Hong Kong — Hong Kong
2023
Frieze London — London
2023
Taipei Dangdai — Taipei
2023
Frieze London — London
2022
Frieze Seoul — Seoul
2022
Art Basel Miami Beach — Miami Beach
2021
Art Basel — Basel
2018
Frieze New York — New York
2018
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Recent Activity20

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Robin Rhode - Wolfsburg
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Robin Rhode Force of Circumstance
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Under the sun
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a plan of the soul
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The Broken Wall
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Memory is The Weapon
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Joburg Hymn
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A Proteas Is Not a Flower
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News
At this art show, kids make the rules
May 8, 2026
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News
Toronto art gallery hosting free party ahead of new exhibit
Apr 22, 2026
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News
stevenson gallery closing johannesburg branch
Dec 5, 2025
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Art Fair
Art Basel 2025
Jun 19, 2025
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News
koyo kouoh remembered
May 15, 2025
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Art Fair
Art Basel 2024
Jun 11, 2024
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Art Fair
Frieze London 2023
Oct 11, 2023
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Art Fair
Art Basel 2023
Jun 12, 2023
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Art Fair
Taipei Dangdai 2023
May 10, 2023
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Art Fair
Art Basel Hong Kong 2023
Mar 23, 2023
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Exhibition
Robin Rhode African Dream Root
Jan 12, 2023
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Art Fair
Frieze London 2022
Oct 12, 2022
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Related News5

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