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Selected Works154

Museum Acquisitions

27 Institutions
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Previous Sales 29

Christie's
Untitled
Untitled, 2004
$5,625
Sep 2008
Christie's
Untitled (Stimorol) watercolor and gouache on paper 10 x 13¼ in. (25.4 x c 33.7 cm.) Untitled (Camel Filters) watercolor and gouache on paper 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm.) (2)
Untitled (Stimorol) watercolor and gouache on paper 10 x 13¼ in. (25.4 x c 33.7 cm.) Untitled (Camel Filters) watercolor and gouache on paper 14 x 11 in. (35.6 x 27.9 cm.) (2)
$2,280
Jul 2007
Christie's
Untitled (Spock, ME & E.T.)
Untitled (Spock, ME & E.T.)
$780
Feb 2007
Christie's
Brood
Brood, 2006
Bought In
Dec 2025
Phillips
Recognition (image 1-3.4)
Recognition (image 1-3.4)
$2,286
Oct 2024
Christie's
Ingots
Ingots, 2004
Bought In
Oct 2024
Phillips
Recognition (image 1-3.1), from Recognition
Recognition (image 1-3.1), from Recognition
Bought In
Sep 2024
Christie's
Damage
Damage, 1998
Bought In
Jun 2024
Christie's
Boob
Boob, 2003
$18,815
Apr 2024
Christie's
Stone Blue
Stone Blue, 1995
$10,170
Apr 2024
Sotheby's
Flame
Flame, 1998
Bought In
Nov 2023
Phillips
Untitled
Untitled
$1,524
Apr 2023
Sotheby's
Blachart
Blachart, 2010
Bought In
Mar 2023
Bonhams
Black Hole
Black Hole, 2003
$21,675
Jul 2022
Christie's
Dust and Shiny Painting
Dust and Shiny Painting, 2006
$20,164
Mar 2022
Sotheby's
Untilted
Untilted, 2005
$2,005
Nov 2021
Phillips
Road Movie
Road Movie, 1993
$12,600
Nov 2021
Phillips
Untitled (Vaseline); Untitled (Nytol); Untitled (Alpine White); Untitled (Noxema); Untitled (Scuf Magic); Untitled (Carmex); Untitled (Vivarin); Untitled (Lubrin); Untitled (Mars Bar); and Untitled (Unisom Sleep Gel)
Untitled (Vaseline); Untitled (Nytol); Untitled (Alpine White); Untitled (Noxema); Untitled (Scuf Magic); Untitled (Carmex); Untitled (Vivarin); Untitled (Lubrin); Untitled (Mars Bar); and Untitled (Unisom Sleep Gel)
$6,300
Oct 2021
Artcurial
Untitled
Untitled, 2008
Bought In
Dec 2024
Villa Grisebach
Poetic (Coda) #47
Poetic (Coda) #47, 1997
Bought In
Jan 2023
Villa Grisebach
Untitled
Untitled, 2003
Bought In
Dec 2021
Friends Seminary Benefit Auction · Artsy
Eye
Eye, 2019
Bidding closed
Foam, resin, video
Friends Seminary Benefit Auction · Artsy
Friends, Friends, Friends
Friends, Friends, Friends, 2002
Bidding closed
Acrylic on paper
Lehmann Maupin · Artsy
BUb•*
BUb•*, 2018
No longer available
Aluminum, acrylic paint, and LCD screen
Composition.Gallery · Artsy
Fax up
Fax up, 2002
No longer available
Mixed Media

For Sale 5

TAG ARTS · Artsy
Untitled
Untitled, 2014
Price on request
Watercolor and collage on paper
Schellmann Art · Artsy
Recognition (image 7-1.3)
Recognition (image 7-1.3), 2020
€5,000
Digital pigment print on Photo Rag paper with handmade collage elements and printing techniques (Digital Metal© silver on Druckfein white, high-gloss silkscreen, hand colouring)
Schellmann Art · Artsy
Recognition (image 5-1.2)
Recognition (image 5-1.2), 2020
€5,000
Digital pigment print on Photo Rag paper with handmade collage elements and printing techniques (digital pigment print on Photo Silk Baryta paper, hand colouring, two-phase flip lenticular)
Dep Art Gallery · Artsy
Mother Board
Mother Board, 2001
€4,000
Acrylic on paper
Frank Fluegel Gallery · Artsy
Ear-Worm
Ear-Worm, 2013
US$2,000
Digital Print, hand-colored
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Market198 auction results

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$1.5K – $50.0K
3 of 5 paintings lots with prices
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$18.4K
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$2.0K
3 priced paintings lots
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Apr 2023 · $1.5K
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Paintings: $2.0K medianWorks on paper: $6.3K medianSculpture/objects: $10.2K medianPhotographs: $315 medianUnclassified lots: $18.8K medianEditioned prints: $2.3K median
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Galleries1

#6 Lisson Gallery
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Podcast Interviews1

podcasts No. 273: Tony Oursler, WWI and American Art The Modern Art Notes Podcast · Jan 26, 2017
Episode No. 273 of The Modern Art Notes Podcast features artist Tony Oursler and historian and curator Anne Classen Knutson. The Museum of Modern Art is showing Tony Oursler’s Imponderable (2015-16), a 90-minute film sho…
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Education1

California Institute of the Arts (CalArts)
BFA, 1979 · Valencia, CA, USA
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Publications5

Exhibition Catalog 5

Chloe Wise: Extrasensory Author
Hatje Cantz · 2026
Tony Ourslervox Vernacular Author
Yale University Press · 2013
Faites vos jeux! Kunst und Spiel seit Dada
Hatje Cantz · 2005
Video spaces Author
MoMA Publications · 2002
Unter der haut Author
Hatje Cantz · 2001
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12 Summer Art Exhibitions Worth the Trip in the Hudson Valley and Beyond
The article surveys 12 summer art exhibitions across the Hudson Valley and beyond, highlighting a diverse range of venues and artists. Shows include S…
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Your Summer Guide: 20 Art World Highlights Not to Miss
ARTnews has published a summer guide highlighting 20 art world events and exhibitions not to miss in the coming months. Featured highlights include th…
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Kathleen Goncharov, influential curator who helped many artists ‘realise their dreams’, has died aged 73
Kathleen Goncharov, an artist and curator who worked at influential US organizations including Just Above Midtown and Creative Time, died on 31 Decemb…
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Kathleen Goncharov, a curator known for her work at Just Above Midtown gallery and the Boca Raton Museum of Art, died at her home in Boca Raton, Flori…
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Rosemarie Trockel, the elusive German artist known for her wildly varied and conceptually challenging work, is the subject of a rare profile in ARTnew…
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Neil Patrick Harris and David Burtka open their Hamptons and New York homes to CULTURED for a two-part tour, discussing their art collection and its c…
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Past Exhibitions14

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Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum

Up Close: New Acquisitions

Laura Aguilar, Phillip Argent, Phyllis Davidson, Aaron Curry, June Edmonds, timo fahler, Simone Gad, Joe Grillo, Candida Höfer, Terrence La Noue, Barry Le Va, Ericka Lopez, Arnold Mesches, Mark Milloff, Tony Oursler, Judy Pfaff, Guillermo Srodek-Hart, Laurie Steelink, Barbara Thomason, Hap Tivey, Rita Yokoi

1250 N Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90840, USA

Feb 10, 2026 — May 7, 2026

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#6 Lisson Gallery

Tony Oursler

Tony Oursler

4 Newtown Lane

Oct 8, 2020 — Oct 18, 2020

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#6 Lisson Gallery

Tony Oursler: TC: the most interesting man alive

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

Jun 29, 2018 — Aug 10, 2018

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#614 Galerie Mitterrand Temple

Tony Oursler Sound Digressions: Spectrum

Tony Oursler

79 Rue du Temple, 75003 Paris, France

Sep 7, 2017 — Oct 28, 2017

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Chrysler Museum of Art

Tony Oursler TC: The Most Interesting Man Alive

Tony Oursler, Tony Conrad

Chrysler Museum of Art, 1 Memorial Pl, Norfolk, VA 23510, USA

Apr 21, 2016 — Aug 21, 2016

Tony Oursler, Tony Conrad — Apr 21, 2016 – Aug 21, 2016

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#15 Lehmann Maupin

Tony Oursler

Tony Oursler

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

Apr 29, 2015 — Jun 14, 2015

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#6 Lisson Gallery

Tony Oursler – template/variant/friend/stranger

Tony Oursler

1037 N Sycamore Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038, United States

Jan 30, 2015 — Mar 7, 2015

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#614 Galerie Mitterrand Temple

Tony Oursler Phobic / White Trash

Tony Oursler

79 Rue du Temple, 75003 Paris, France

Apr 26, 2013 — May 11, 2013

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#7,102 Contemporary by Angela Li

Super Pop (and Not) - Tony Oursler

Tony Oursler

248 Hollywood Rd, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

May 15, 2012 — Jun 24, 2012

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#614 Galerie Mitterrand Temple

Tony Oursler

Tony Oursler

Quai François Mitterrand, 75001 Paris, France

Jan 14, 2011 — Mar 5, 2011

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#6 Lisson Gallery

Tony Oursler: High

Tony Oursler

27 Bell St, London NW1 5BY, United Kingdom

Sep 2, 2008 — Oct 3, 2008

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#6 Lisson Gallery

Tony Oursler: Blue Transmission

Tony Oursler

27 Bell St, London NW1 5BY, United Kingdom

Mar 11, 2000 — Apr 20, 2000

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Tony Oursler: Talking Light

Tony Oursler

27 Bell St, London NW1 5BY, United Kingdom

Jan 19, 1996 — Feb 24, 1996

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#5,902 Albion Barn

Tony Oursler AWGTHTGTWTA?

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Art Fair Appearances9

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The Armory Show — New York
2024
ART SG — Singapore
2023
Frieze Seoul — Seoul
2023
Art Basel Hong Kong — Hong Kong
2022
Frieze Seoul — Seoul
2022
Art Basel Hong Kong — Hong Kong
2019
Frieze London — London
2018
Frieze New York — New York
2018
artgenève — Geneva
2017
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Recent Activity20

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Your Summer Guide: 20 Art World Highlights Not to Miss
May 21, 2026
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Exhibition
Up Close: New Acquisitions
Feb 10, 2026
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Kathleen Goncharov, influential curator who helped many artists ‘realise their dreams’, has died aged 73
Jan 7, 2026
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kathleen goncharov curator dead
Jan 2, 2026
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rosemarie trockel curious weird spruth magers gladstone
Dec 12, 2025
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Nov 21, 2025
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Exhibition
Tony Oursler Hoisted from the Pit
May 24, 2025
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Art Fair
The Armory Show 2024
Sep 6, 2024
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Exhibition
Tony Oursler: Creature Features
Nov 18, 2023
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Art Fair
Frieze Seoul 2023
Sep 6, 2023
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Art Fair
ART SG 2023
Jan 11, 2023
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Art Fair
Frieze Seoul 2022
Sep 2, 2022
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Art Fair
Art Basel Hong Kong 2022
May 29, 2022
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Exhibition
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Oct 8, 2020
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Exhibition
Tony Oursler
Oct 8, 2020
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Art Fair
Art Basel Hong Kong 2019
Mar 29, 2019
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Art Fair
Frieze London 2018
Oct 4, 2018
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Tony Oursler: TC: the most interesting man alive
Jun 29, 2018
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Exhibition
Tony Oursler: TC: the most interesting man alive
Jun 29, 2018
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