Sophie Calle — Biography, Exhibitions, Galleries & Auction Results

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Selected Works378

Museum Acquisitions

Whitney

MoMA

Previous Sales 36

Sotheby's

La Cravate

$6,500

Apr 2023

Sotheby's

The Birthday Ceremony (1991), 1997

Unknown

Feb 2023

Sotheby's

'Christmas wreaths, Saint Lucie, a nice dog, railroad stations, the Eiffel Tower, all of that is beautiful' (from The Blind)

$24,000

Oct 2021

Christie's

Father, Mother (The Graves #33), 1990

$7,500

Oct 2015

Christie's

La fille du docteur -- The Doctor's Daughter . New York: Thea Westreich, 1991.

$5,000

Jul 2013

Christie's

Autobiographical Stories

Withdrawn

May 2013

Christie's

Los Angeles (Les Anges), 1984

$68,500

Mar 2012

Christie's

The Sleepers (Les dormeurs), 1979

Christie's

Christie's

Christie's

Untitled ('Orphan'), 1990

$2,375

Mar 2008

Christie's

Autobiographical Stories (The Fake Wedding), 1992

$36,000

May 2007

Christie's

Autobiographical Stories (The Plastic Surgery), 2000

$31,200

May 2007

Christie's

L'hôtel, Chambre No. 29, 1983

$33,600

Nov 2005

Christie's

True Stories, Bad Breath, 1994

£5,377 ($7k USD)

Oct 2002

Christie's

Les Avegules #15 (From the Blind Series), 1986

$9,987

May 2000

Los Angeles Modern Auctions

Orphan

$1,935

Dec 2023

Rago Arts and Auction Center

Graves (Father and Mother) (diptych)

$3,556

Jan 1970

Wright

Les Tombes (Mother/Father)

$4,875

Jan 1970

Christie's

In memory of Frank Gehry's flowers, 2014

Bought In

Dec 2025

Christie's

Count Up to Unhappiness: Day 22, de la série Douleur Exquise, 1984

Bonhams

Christie's

Phillips

Exquisite Pain (Count Down - 26), 2000

$2,794

Dec 2023

Sotheby's

Les Tombes (Mama, Papa), 1990

$5,334

Jun 2023

For Sale 9

Perrotin · Artsy

North Pole / Pole Nord, 2009

Price on request

Light box, sandblasted porcelain plaque, video, screen, color photograph, frame

Professional art gallery · Artsper

Sophie Calle, Ainsi de suite - Édition limitée

$1,456

Sculpture

Perrotin · Artsy

Dumped in August, 2018

Price on request

Unique taxidermized bird legs, tree branch, wooden box,silkscreened glass

Perrotin · Artsy

La coupole, 2018

Price on request

Color photograph, embroidered woolen cloth, framing

Galería La Caja Negra · Artsy

In memory of Frank Ghery, 2014

For sale

11 fotografías en plexiglás y textos en balda pintada

Paula Cooper Gallery · Artsy

Take Care of Yourself. United Nations Expert in Women's Rights, Françoise Gaspard, 2007

US$30,000–US$35,000

Portrait: Fine Art print dry mounted on aluminum, wooden frame text: silkscreen on glass, wooden frame

Perrotin · Artsy

Maternité, 2018

Price on request

Digital photograph, text,wooden frames

Perrotin · Artsy

David, 2018

Price on request

Color photograph, embroidered woolen cloth, framing

Caviar20 · 1stDibs

Father, Mother

$7,500

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Market164 auction results

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$1.9K – $219K

27 of 31 photographs lots with prices

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$25.7K

Object-type specific

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$13.9K

27 priced photographs lots

calendar_todayLast Photographs Sale

Dec 2024 · $42.6K

Latest tracked sale in this object type

categoryMarket by Object Type

Photographs: $13.9K medianSculpture/objects: $17.6K medianPaintings: $1.0K medianUnclassified lots: $8.9K medianEditioned photos: $8.3K medianPosters/ephemera: $20.0K median

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Galleries3

#11 Perrotin

Instagram

#33 Joni Moisant Weyl

#47 Paula Cooper Gallery

Instagram

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Prizes & Awards4

Praemium Imperiale

Winner 2024

Centenary Medal (RPS)

Winner 2019

Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize

Shortlisted 2017

Hasselblad Award

Winner 2010

podcasts

Podcast Interviews1

podcasts No. 56: Sophie Calle, Joaneath Spicer The Modern Art Notes Podcast · Oct 26, 2014

Episode No. 56 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Sophie Calle and curator Joaneath Spicer. Calle’s work is featured in the new exhibition “The Progress of Love,” a three-venue collaborative project now on v…

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Publications8

Monograph 2

Angelika Platen: Meine Frauen

Hatje Cantz · 2021

Sophie Calle Author

Prestel · 2016

Exhibition Catalog 2

Sophie Calle Author

Prestel · 2024

Reality Bites: Kunst nach dem Mauerfall

Hatje Cantz · 2007

Survey 3

Women Artists: The Linda Nochlin Reader

Thames & Hudson · 2020

Midnight Moment: A Decade of Artists in Times Square

Phaidon Press

Vitamin Txt: Words in Contemporary Art

Phaidon Press

Artist Book 1

Exquisite pain Author

Thames & Hudson · 2005

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Current Exhibitions0

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Recent News20

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Paris metro expands by betting on contemporary art

Paris is undertaking the Grand Paris Express, a massive public transport project that will add 200 kilometers of new automated metro lines and 68 stat…

newsJun 12, 2026

Photography in full letters: an artistic alphabet on display at the MEP

The European House of Photography (MEP) in Paris is presenting an exhibition titled "La photographie en toutes lettres" from June 10 to September 13, …

exhibitionsJun 9, 2026

Major international exhibition “Personal Stories / Political Realities” at Museum of Contemporary Art

The Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade presents "Personal Stories / Political Realities," a major international exhibition in collaboration with t…

exhibitionsJun 5, 2026

BAMPFA Exhibition Showcases Fifty Years of Pathbreaking Contemporary Art in MATRIX Anniversary Survey

The Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAMPFA) has announced a major survey exhibition titled 'MATRIX: 50 Years of Experimentation,' schedu…

exhibitionsJun 2, 2026

Camille at the Palais de Tokyo: "Sophie Calle saw me pregnant, breastfeeding, and becoming a mother. I wanted to invite her on this adventure."

French singer Camille presents the first chapter of her new album "The Sound of Milk" at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris, where it plays continuously in …

exhibitionsMay 29, 2026

‘Something Missing?’ Absence is emotional with Sophie Calle’s new show

Sophie Calle's latest exhibition, 'Something Missing?' at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Copenhagen, explores themes of absence, loss, and disa…

exhibitionsMay 25, 2026

12 Art Books to Kick Off Summer

Hyperallergic's Lakshmi Rivera Amin presents a curated list of 12 art books for summer reading, including a novel lampooning the art world, Megan O'Gr…

cultureMay 18, 2026

Photography in all its letters, an artistic ABC on display at the MEP

The Maison Européenne de la Photographie (MEP) in Paris is presenting a special exhibition titled "La photographie en toutes lettres" from June 10 to …

exhibitionsMay 15, 2026

In Toscana il borgo di Monte San Savino si apre all’arte contemporanea con una mostra itinerante e di genere

The Tuscan hill town of Monte San Savino launched a contemporary art exhibition titled "Art Gender Gap" on International Women's Day, featuring 40 fem…

exhibitionsMay 14, 2026

Two Museums Take on Performative Masculinity, Looksmaxxing, Incels, and Other Macho Buzzwords That Don’t Belong There.

The Stedelijk Museum and Kunstmuseum St. Gallen have co-organized an exhibition titled "Beyond the Manosphere: Masculinities Today," which aims to cri…

reviewMay 12, 2026

Biennale de Venise 2026 : les saturnales éblouissantes d’Yto Barrada pour le pavillon français

Yto Barrada has been selected to represent France at the 61st Venice Biennale in 2026 with her exhibition "Comme Saturne" (Like Saturn) in the French …

exhibitionsMay 11, 2026

Mom, I'm Gonna Be an Artist!

Hyperallergic's Saturday newsletter, edited by Valentina Di Liscia, rounds up a week of art-world activity marked by protests and resistance. Staff Wr…

newsMay 9, 2026

Sophie Calle’s ‘Overshare’ Exhibition Takes Visitors on a Journey Through the Intimate

Sophie Calle's retrospective exhibition 'Overshare' has opened at the UC Irvine Langson Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) in January 2026, running th…

exhibitionsMay 8, 2026

Alma Allen Flops in Venice

Hyperallergic reports on the 2026 Venice Biennale, with Editor-in-Chief Hakim Bishara criticizing the U.S. pavilion's exhibition of Alma Allen's work …

exhibitionsMay 8, 2026

Required Reading

Pakistani-born, Brooklyn-based tailor and community leader Hafeez Raza was honored by Mayor Zohran Mamdani as one of six garment workers photographed …

cultureMay 7, 2026

« Les artistes sont des fous, des enfants » : rencontre avec Annette Messager au cœur du bric-à-brac poétique de son atelier

French artist Annette Messager, 82, welcomes Beaux Arts Magazine into her Malakoff studio and home ahead of her exhibition at the Musée de la Chasse e…

peopleMay 7, 2026

“Persona” Crafts a Lineage of Performed Identity

Boston Art Review (BAR) has published an article titled “Persona” Crafts a Lineage of Performed Identity, exploring how contemporary artists use perso…

cultureMay 2, 2026

Venice Biennale’s 2026 Golden Lion Jury to Be Led by Videobrasil Founder

The Venice Biennale has announced the five-member jury for its 2026 edition, which will award the prestigious Golden Lion prizes. The jury president i…

peopleApr 22, 2026

The International Jury of the Biennale Arte 2026

The International Jury for the Biennale Arte 2026 has been announced, with Solange Oliveira Farkas serving as president. The jury includes curators Zo…

exhibitionsApr 22, 2026

Art as seen by… Louise Bourgoin

French actress Louise Bourgoin discusses her deep-rooted connection to the visual arts, stemming from her studies at the Beaux-Arts de Rennes. She ref…

peopleApr 15, 2026

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Past Exhibitions12

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Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

Sophie Calle

Gl Strandvej 13, 3050 Humlebæk, Denmark

Mar 26, 2026

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#33 Joni Moisant Weyl

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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Davida Allen, Hannah Brontë, Tui Emma Gillies, Sulieti Fieme’a Burrows, Sophie Calle, Karla Dickens, Tracey Emin, Christine Godden, Francisco Goya y Lucientes, Katherine Hattam, Camille Henrot, David Hockney

Federation Square, Flinders St &, Russell St, Melbourne VIC 3000, Australia

Jan 1, 2026

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