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Basic data

Nan Goldin is a contemporary American photographer. She is best known for her intimate and sometimes transgressive portraits, in which she explores themes such as sex, drugs, violence and death.

  • Born: 12 September 1953
  • Place of birth: Washington, D.C., USA
  • Nationality: American
  • Studied at: School of the Museum of Fine Arts Boston
  • Era: Contemporary art

 

Exhibitions

  • 04.03.22 – 28.08.22 Nan Goldin: The Crowd, Paternò – n.b.k. Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin.
  • 12.02.22 – 22.05.22 Teen Spirit: Adolescence Et Art Contemporain – BPS22 – Musée d’art de la Province de Hainaut, Charleroi.
  • 25.11.21 – 15.03.22 Tremblings: Recent acquisitions by the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco - Nouveau Musée National de Monaco.
  • 06.11.21 – 13.02.22 TRUE PICTURES? ZEITGENÖSSISCHE FOTOGRAFIE AUS KANADA UND DEN USA - Sprengel Museum, Hanover.
  • 18.09.21 – 30.01.22 CRIP TIME - MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt.
  • 01.10.20 – 31.10.20 European Month of Photography 2020 - EMOP European Month of Photography Berlin.
  • 07.03.20 – 21.06.20 Körper. Blicke. Macht. Eine Kulturgeschichte des Bades - Kunsthalle Baden-Baden.
  • 23.10.19 – 23.02.20 Nan Goldin - The Ballad of Sexual Dependency – Centro de Imagen, Mexico.
  • 14.09.19 – 05.01.20 Art after Stonewall, 1969 - 1989 - Frost Art Museum, Miami.
  • 31.08.19 – 02.11.19 United by AIDS - An Exhibition about Loss, Remembrance, Activism and Art in Response to HIV/AIDS - Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich.
  • 29.06.19 - 29.09.19 Face it! - Kunstmuseum Ravensburg.
  • 20.10.18 - 21.01.19 Rineke Dijkstra / Nan Goldin / Sheila Hicks - Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
  • 04.03.18 - 03.09.18 Real Worlds: Brassaï, Arbus, Goldin - MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.
  • 05.04.17 - 01.10.17 Queer British Art 1861–1967 - Tate Britain, London.

 

Awards

  • 2019: Ruth Baumgarte Artprize.
  • 2012: 53rd Edward MacDowell Medal.
  • 2011: Reminders Day Award
  • 2007: Hasselblad Award.
  • 2006: Ordre des Arts et des Lettres.

 

Literature

  • The other side / Nan Goldin, picture book, Nan Goldin, Gottingen 2019.
  • The Camera is Cruel, exhibition catalog, Daniel Jelitzka & Gerald A. Matt (Publ.), Vienna 2018.
  • The beautiful smile / Nan Goldin, picture book, Jack Ritchey, Gerhard Steidl & Walter Keller (Publ.), Gottingen 2017.
  • Beyond the body: Tomasz Gudzowaty in the eyes of Nan Goldin, picture book, Nan Goldin, Gottingen 2016.

 

Collections

Germany

 

England

 

France

 

USA

 

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