Marcel Broodthaers

Marcel Broodthaers

(b, 1924, Brussels. Died 1976, Cologne, Germany.)

Originally a surrealist poet, Marcel Broodthaers founded a fictitious museum, the Musée d'Art Moderne, Département des Aigles, through which he organized exhibitions, publications, and films. Broodthaers was among the first artists to question the role of the institution, display, and text in an art object's reception. He died in 1976. In 1987, Benjamin H.D. Buchloh edited an anthology of Broodthaers's writing and interviews. The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, and Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, have hosted solo exhibitions of his work; most recently, his work has been shown at the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels (2001).

RECENT SOLO SHOWS

2012
L’espace de l’écriture, Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
2004
Marcel Broodthaers, Un Jardin d'Hiver…, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Nantes, France
2003
Marcel Broodthaers: Texte et Photos, SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, Germany
2001
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, Belgium

RECENT GROUP SHOWS

2010
Animism, MuHKA Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
Collection / Porto : Museu Serralves, Domaine de Kerguéhennec – Centre d’Art Contemporain, Bignan, France
2009
Spazio Libro d'Artista, Palazzo Manganelli, Catania, Italy
All That is Solid Melts into Air, Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen (MuHKA), Antwerp, Belgium
2007
Silence, Listen to the Show, Rebaudengo Foundation, Turin, Italy
2006
Magritte and Contemporary Art: The Treachery of Images, LACMA, Los Angeles, California

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Marcel Broodthaers Exhibitions

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Marcel Broodthaers Publications

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Marcel Broodthaers

Musée d'art Moderne, Departement des Aigles, Section Publicite
Marcel Broodthaers

Interview with a Cat
Marcel Broodthaers

Section Cinema (PART II)
Marcel Broodthaers

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