 Artist's arttributes:
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Female |
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Painting, Installation |
Most exhibitions in: |
| Country |
№ |
| USA | 39 |
| Brazil | 29 |
| Germany | 15 |
| France | 11 |
| Spain | 10 |
Most exhibitions held at: |
| Institution |
№ |
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MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
6 |
Biography: 
23.9.1920 Born in Belo Horizonte, MG (BR)
26.4.1988 Died in Rio de Janeiro, RJ (BR)
External links: | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 157
from 1.6.
until 16.9.
until 25.8.
until 12.8.
Solo shows 5
2010
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| Lygia Clark - Alison Jacques Gallery, London (England) |
2006
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| Abrigo Poético - Diálgos com Lygia Clark - Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Niterói, Niterói, RJ |
2005
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| Lygia Clark - Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Nantes |
1999
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| Lygia Clark - Luciana Brito Galeria, São Paulo |
1997
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| Lygia Clark - Fundación Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona |
Group shows 148
2013
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| Order, Chaos, and the Space Between - Contemporary Latin American Art from the Diane and Bruce Halle Collection - Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ |
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| The Abstract Impulse: Selections from the Modern and Contemporary Collections - MFAH - Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX |
2012
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| re.act.feminism #2. A Performing Archive - Fundación Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona |
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| Weights and Measures - Eleven Rivington, New York City, NY |
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| Ritual without Myth - Royal College of Art Galleries, London (England) |
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| SuperBodies - Cultuurcentum Hasselt, Hasselt |
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| re.act.feminism #2 - a performing archive - Fundación Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona |
2011
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| Playing with Form - Dickinson, Berlin |
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| Playing with Form: Concrete Art from Brazil - Dickinson, Paris |
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| Playing with Form: Concrete Art from Brazil - Simon C Dickinson Ltd, London (England) |
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| A Rua (The Street) - MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp |
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| BRAZIL - Gagosian Gallery, Paris |
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| Arte latinoamericano 1910 - 2010 - MALBA Colección Costantini - Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires |
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| Move - Kunst Und Tanz Seit Den 60ern - K20 Grabbeplatz, Dusseldorf |
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| Footnote 6: As Model - Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Gigante por la propia naturaleza - IVAM - Institut Valencià d'Art Modern, Valencia |
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| Touched: A Space of Relations - bitforms Gallery - New York, New York City, NY |
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| Gebaute Vision - Abstrakte und konkrete Kunst aus Lateinamerika: Die Sammlung Ella Fontanals-Cisneros - Haus Konstruktiv, Stiftung für konstruktive und konkrete Kunst, Zurich |
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| Move - Kunst und Tanz seit den 60ern - Haus der Kunst München, Munich |
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| Mexico: Expected/Unexpected - Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego - MCASD La Jolla, La Jolla, CA |
2010
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| Desenhar no Espaco: Artistas abstratos da Venezuela e do Brasil - Pinacoteca do Estado, São Paulo |
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| On Line: Drawing Through the Twentieth Century - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
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| Abstraction Creation - Matteo Lampertico, Milan |
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| Move: Choreographing You - Hayward Gallery, London (England) |
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| The Sounds inside my Mind - Galerie Natalie Seroussi, Paris |
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| Gran Reserva - Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago |
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| Primeira E Última, Notas Sobre O Monumento [first And Last, Notes On The Monument] - Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo |
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| Hélio Oiticica, Lygia Clark e Lygia Pape - Baró Galeria, São Paulo |
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| VIBRACIÓN. Modern Art from Latin America. The Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection - Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn |
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| México : esperado/inesperado - B.P.S.22 - Espace de Création Contemporaine, Charleroi |
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| Abstraction-creation: Post-war Geometric Abstract Art From Europe And South America - Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London (England) |
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| Das Verlangen nach Form – O Desejo da Forma - AdK - Akademie der Künste, Berlin |
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| The Facebook Show - Museum of New Art - MONA, Pontiac (MI) |
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| Emporte-moi / Sweep me off my feet - Musée d´art contemporain du Val-de-Marne MAC/Val, Vitry-sur-Seine |
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| The Traveling Show - Galeria de Fundaciíon/Coleccion Jumex, Mexico City |
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| Constructive Spirit: Abstract Art in South and North America - The Newark Museum, Newark, NJ |
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| Bense und die Künste - ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe |
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| Tropicália. Die 60s in Brasilien - Kunsthalle Wien (Museumsquartier), Vienna |
2009
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| Dimensionen konstruktiver Kunst in Brasilien: Die Sammlung Adolpho Leirner - Haus Konstruktiv, Stiftung für konstruktive und konkrete Kunst, Zurich |
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| Mexico: Expected/Unexpected. Collection Isabel and Agustín Coppel - Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, Schiedam |
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| Sites of Latin American Abstraction - Molaa Museum of Latin American Art, Long Beach, CA |
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| When Lives Become Form: Contemporary Brazilian Art, 1960s to the Present - Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA |
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| Emporte-moi/Sweep me off my feet - Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Quebec City |
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| Mujer Arte Y Compromiso - Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago |
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| Mexico: Expected / Unexpected - TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Santa Cruz de Tenerife |
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| North Looks South: Building the Latin American Art Collection - MFAH - Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX |
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| ARTE ≠ VIDA - Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City |
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| The Quick and the Dead - Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN |
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| Neoconcretismo - 50 Anos - MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ |
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| "Materia Gris" - Exposición colectiva - Galería Cayón, Madrid |
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| Pop Up! - Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen |
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| Desenhar Lugares - Group Show - Galeria Marília Razuk, São Paulo |
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| Hot Spots - Rio de Janeiro / Milano - Torino / Los Angeles - Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich |
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| When Lives Become Form Creative Power From Brazil - Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, Hiroshima |
2008
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| Heavy Metal. Die unerklärliche Leichtigkeit eines Materials - Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel |
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| Katarzyna Kobro/Lygia Clark - ms - Muzeum Sztuki Lodz, Lodz |
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| The Art of Participation: 1950 to Now - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - SFMOMA, San Francisco, CA |
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| Collection Agustín et Isabel Coppel, Mexico: Expected/Unexpected - La Maison Rouge, Paris |
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| When Lives Become Form - Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT), Tokyo |
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| PERFORMING THE CITY - Kunst Aktionismus im Stadt Raum 60er und 70er Jahre - Lothringer13 - Städtische Kunsthalle München, Munich |
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| WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution - Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
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| Poética da Percepção - MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ |
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| Peripheral vision and collective body - MUSEION - Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst , Bolzano |
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| Um Século de Arte Brasileira – Coleção Gilberto Chateaubriand - MASC - Museu de Arte de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC |
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| Face to Face - The Daros Collections. Part2. - Daros Exhibitions, Zurich |
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| WACK!: Art and the Feminist Revolution - MoMA PS1, New York City, NY |
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| Arte Vida: Actions By Artists Of The Americas, 1960-2000 - El Museo del Barrio, New York City, NY |
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| Time & Place: Rio de Janeiro - Moderna Museet, Stockholm |
2007
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| New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930–2006: Selections from a Decade of Acquisitions - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
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| Mirada - Latino-americanos do MAC USP no Memorial - Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo |
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| WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution - National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC |
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| Romantischer Konzeptualismus - Bawag Contemporary - Bawag Foundation, Vienna |
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| The Geometry of Hope - Grey Art Gallery, NYU, New York City, NY |
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| anos arte como questao - Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo |
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| Arte e Ousadia - o Brasil na Coleção Sattamini - Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand - MASP, São Paulo |
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| Desenho Construtivista Brasileiro - MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ |
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| Romantischer Konzeptualismus - Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg |
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| Beneath the Underdog - Gagosian Gallery , New York City, NY |
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| Feedback - Laboral - Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijón |
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| Lo[s] Cinético[s] - Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid |
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| Um Século de Arte Brasileira – Coleção Gilberto Chateaubriand - MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia, Salvador |
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| WACK! - Art And The Feminist Revolution - The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA |
2006
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| Um Século de Arte Brasileira - Coleção Gilberto Chateaubriand - Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Curitiba |
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| Tropicália - A Revolution in Brazilian Culture - Bronx Museum of the Arts (BxMA), New York City, NY |
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| MAM [NA] OCA - mam - Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo |
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| Concreta 56. A raiz da forma - mam - Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo |
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| Um Século de Arte Brasileira – Coleção Gilberto Chateaubriand - MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ |
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| Pincelada - Pintura e Método - Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo |
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| Manobras Radicais - Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil - CCBB - São Paulo, São Paulo |
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| Arte Moderna em Contexto - Coleção ABN AMRO Real - MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ |
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| Certain Encounters - Daros-Latinamerica Collection - The Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC |
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| Faites vos jeux ! Kunst und Spiel seit Dada - Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Siegen |
2005
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| FAITES VOS JEUX ! Kunst und Spiel seit Dada - AdK - Akademie der Künste, Berlin |
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| Tropicália - A Revolution in Brazilian Culture - Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA), Chicago, IL |
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| 50 Jahre - Years documenta 1955 – 2005 - Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel |
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| Play! The Art of the Game - Cobra Museum, Amstelveen |
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| OpenSystems - Rethinking Art c.1970 - Tate Modern, London (England) |
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| L’Œil moteur- Art optique et cinétique, 1950-1975 - Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain (MAMCS), Strasbourg |
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| Diálogos, Arte Latinoamericano desde la Colección Cisneros - MAMBO - Museo de Arte Moderno de Bogotá, Bogota |
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| Arte Brasileira Hoje - MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ |
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| Através, ou a geometria corrompida - Galeria Bergamin, São Paulo |
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| Collection Remixed - Bronx Museum of the Arts (BxMA), New York City, NY |
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| Hors d’oeuvre : ordre et désordres de la nourriture - CAPC - Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux |
2004
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| Cinqüenta 50 - mam - Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo |
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| Diálogos: Arte Latinoamericano del siglo XIX y XX - Colección Cisneros de Venezu - MNBA - Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes Santiago Chile, Santiago |
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| Beyond Geometry - Experiments in Form 1940s-70s - MAM - Miami Art Museum, Miami, FL |
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| Diálogos – Arte Latinoamericano desde la Colección Cisneros - Museo de Arte de Lima - MALI, Lima |
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| Inverted Utopias: Avant-Garde Art in Latin America - MFAH - Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Houston, TX |
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| Beyond Geometry - Experiments in Form 1940s−70s - Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Aimer, travailler, exister - Propositions communautaires dans l'après-1968 - Mamco - musée d´art moderne et contemporain, Geneva |
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| Aimer, travailler, exister : propositions communautaires dans l’après-1968 - MAGASIN-Centre National d’art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble |
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| Brazil - body nostalgia - NMWA The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo |
2003
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| Geo-metrías - Abstracción geométrica latinoamericana en la Colección Cisneros - Museo Nacional de Artes Visuales - MNAV, Montevideo |
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| Cuasicorpus - Arte concreto y neoconcreto de Brasil - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Monterrey MARCO, Monterrey, NL |
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| Pulse: Art, Healing, and Transformation - ICA - Institute of Contemporary ArtBoston, Boston, MA |
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| Cuasi-corpus: Arte concreto y neoconcreto de Brasil - Museo Tamayo, Mexico City |
2002
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| Ökonomien der Zeit - Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zurich |
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| Beyond Preconceptions - Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive BAM/PFA, Berkeley, CA |
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| Caminhos do contemporâneo 1952-2002 - Paço Imperial, Rio de Janeiro, RJ |
2001
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| Brazil - Body & Soul - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City, NY |
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| Brazil: Modern to Contemporary - Frederico Seve Gallery - Latincollector, New York City, NY |
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| 7th International İstanbul Biennial 2001 - International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul |
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| Experiment / Experiência: Art in Brazil 1958–2000 - Modern Art Oxford, Oxford (England) |
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| Más allá de los preconceptos - El experimento de los sesenta - MAMBA - Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires |
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| Bienal 50 Anos - Núcleo histórico - Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo |
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| Tentatives d`évasion I - Galerie de France, Paris |
2000
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| Global Conceptualism - Points of Origin, 1950s-1980s - MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, MA |
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| Vivências - Lebenserfahrung - Generali Foundation, Vienna |
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| Art concret - Espace de l’art concret, Mouans Sartoux |
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| Continental Shift - Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen |
1999
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| The Experimental Exercise of Freedom: Clark, Gego, Goeritz, Oiticica and Schende - The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Third International Biennial Exhibition: Looking For A Place - Site Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM |
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| SITE Santa Fe's Third International Biennial - Looking for a place - SITE Santa Fe Biennial, Santa Fe, NM |
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| Global Conceptualism: Points of Origin 1950s–1980s - Queens Museum of Art (QMA), New York City, NY |
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| out of actions - Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo (MOT), Tokyo |
1998
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| Spectacular Optical - Museum of Contemporary Art - North Miami (MOCA), Miami, FL |
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| Arte y acción - Museu d´Art Contemporani de Barcelona - MACBA, Barcelona |
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| out of actions - Aktionismus, Body Art & Performances 1949-1979 - Museum für angewandte Kunst (MAK), Vienna |
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| Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949-1979 - The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Los Angeles, CA |
1997
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| 1. Bienal do Mercosul - Bienal do Mercosul, Porto Alegre |
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| documenta X - Documenta, Kassel |
1994
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| 22° Bienal de São Paulo - Bienal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo |
1993
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| Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century - MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY |
1989
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| 20° Bienal de São Paulo - Bienal de Sao Paulo, São Paulo |
1970
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| Multiples By Unlimited - Arnolfini, Bristol (England) |
1967
| Dealer Directory 6 |
Brazil
| | Galeria Jean Boghici, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
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| | Galeria de Arte Ipanema, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
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| | Galeria Toulouse, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
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| | Almeida & Dale Galeria de Arte, São Paulo
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| | James Lisboa Escritório de Arte, São Paulo
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United Kingdom
| | Austin/Desmond Fine Art, London (England)
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Argentina
| | MALBA Colección Costantini - Museo de Arte Latinoamericano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires
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Brazil
| | Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Niterói, Niterói, RJ
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| | MAM - Museu de Arte Moderna Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ
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| | mam - Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, São Paulo
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| | Museu de Arte Contemporânea da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo
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Chile
| | Museo de la Solidaridad Salvador Allende, Santiago
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France
| | Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Nantes
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| | Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris
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Japan
| | 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art - Kanazawa, Kanazawa
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Switzerland
| | Daros Latinamerica, Zurich
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USA
| | CIFO - Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami, FL
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| | MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
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