Harald Szeemann Chronology of Projects

Harald Szeemann papers, 1892-2010, bulk 1957-2005 Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles, Accession no. 2011.M.30

The following chronology is based on the "catalogue of all exhibitions" in Harald Szeemann: with by through because towards despite.1 The projects are mostly exhibitions, but also include events and a film in which Szeemann participated. The Harald Szeemann papers at the Getty Research Institute include documents related to many, but not all of these projects. For more information about the contents of the Szeemann archive, consult the finding aid for the collection.

Dates Title Venue

August 3 – October 20, 1957

Painter-Poets—Poet-Painters: 800 works of visual art, manuscripts, prints and other documents by 150 painter-poets and poet-painters (Malende Dichter—dichtende Maler: 800 Werke der bildenden Kunst, Manuskripte, Drucke und weitere Dokumente von 150 Maler-Dichtern und Dichter-Malern)

Kunstmuseum St. Gallen

September 24 – September 27, 1957

Hugo Ball 1886-1927: Manuscripts, Photographs, Books (Hugo Ball 1886-1927: Manuskripte, Photographien, Bücher)

“Kleintheater Kramgasse 6,” Bern

July 8 – September 3, 1961

Otto Tschumi Kunsthalle Bern

September 2 – September 24, 1961

Buri, Gürtler, Iseli, Luginbühl, Meister, Spescha, Schaffner

Stätische Galerie Biel / Galerie des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Bienne

September 9 – October 15, 1961

Hans Aeschbacher: Sculptures and Drawings (Hans Aeschbacher: Skulpturen und Zeichnungen)

Kunsthalle Bern

October 21 – November 26, 1961

Prehistoric Rock Paintings from the Sahara: Henri Lhote’s expedition in the Tassili-n-Aijer region (Prähistorische Felsbilder der Sahara: Expedition Henri Lhote im Gebiet Tassili-n-Aijer)

Kunsthalle Bern

February 17 – March 11, 1962

Puppets—Marionettes—Shadow Play: Asiatica and Experiments

Kunsthalle Bern

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(Puppen—Marionetten—Schattenspiel: Asiatica und Experimente)

March 17 – April 23, 1962

Charles Lapicque Kunsthalle Bern

April 28 – May 27, 1962

Lenz Klotz, Friedrich Kuhn, Bruno Müller, Matias Spescha

Kunsthalle Bern

June 2 – July 1, 1962 Walter Kurt Wiemken Kunsthalle Bern

July 7 – September 2, 1962

Francis Picabia: Works from 1909-1924 (Francis Picabia: Werke 1909-1924)

Kunsthalle Bern

July 7 – September 2, 1962

4 Americans: Jasper Johns—Alfred Leslie—Robert Rauschenberg—Richard Stankiewicz (4 Amerikaner: Jasper Johns—Alfred Leslie—Robert Rauschenberg—Richard Stankiewicz)

Kunsthalle Bern

October 13 – November 25, 1962

Harry Kramer: Self-Propelled Sculptures, Marionettes, Films (Harry Kramer: Automobile Skulpturen—Marionetten—Filme)

Städtische Galerie Biel / Galerie des Beaux-Arts de la Ville Bienne

October 20 – November, 25 1962

Art from Tibet (Kunst aus Tibet)

Kunsthalle Bern

February 16 – March 24, 1963

Auguste Herbin Kunsthalle Bern

April 20 – May 19, 1963

Englebert van Anderlecht / Bram Bogart Städtische Galerie Biel / Galerie des Beaux-Arts de la Ville Bienne

May 4 – June 9, 1963

Piotr Kowalski Kunsthalle Bern

May 4 – June 9, 1963

Alan Davie Kunsthalle Bern

July 12 – August 18, 1963

Victor Pasmore, William Scott Kunsthalle Bern

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August 18 – September 15, 1963

Heinz-Peter Kohler, Gregory Masurovsky Städtische Galerie Biel / Galerie des Beaux-Arts de la Ville Bienne

August 24 – September 15, 1963

Art of the Mentally Ill (Bilderei der Geisteskranken – Art Brut – Insania pingens)

Kunsthalle Bern

September 21 – October 27, 1963

Louis Moilliet Kunsthalle Bern

November 2 – December 1, 1963

Etienne-Martin Kunsthalle Bern

February 15 – March 22, 1964

Varlin Städtische Galerie Biel / Galerie des Beaux-Arts de la Ville Bienne

February 22 – March 30, 1964

Serge Brignoni: Paintings and Sculptures, 1924-1963 (Serge Brignoni: Gemälde und Skulpturen, 1924-1963)

Kunsthalle Bern

April 4 – May 10, 1964

Victor Vasarely: Works from 1935 to 1963 (Victor Vasarely: Werke von 1935 bis 1963)

Kunsthalle Bern

April 17 – May 24, 1964

Ferdinand Hodler: Landscapes from his mature and late periods (Ferdinand Hodler: Paysages de 1904 à 1918/Landschaften der Reife und Spätzeit)

Städtische Galerie Biel / Galerie des Beaux-Arts de la Ville Bienne

April 30 – October 25, 1964

Swiss Art of the 20th Century (Art suisse au XXe siècle – Schweizer Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert – Arte svizzera nel XX0 secolo)

Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Palais de Rumine, Lausanne

May 20 – June 21, 1964

Louise Nevelson Kunsthalle Bern

May 20 – June 21, 1964

Anselmo Boix-Vives Kunsthalle Bern

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May 20 – June 21, 1964

Hundertwasser Kunsthalle Bern

July 3 – September 6, 1964

Ex Voto Kunsthalle Bern

September 11 – October 11, 1964

Jean Prouvé: Industrial Buildings (Jean Prouvé: Industrielles Bauen)

Kunsthalle Bern

October 17 – November 22, 1964

25 Artists from Bern and Biel (25 Berner und Bieler Künstler / 25 artistes bernois et biennois)

Städtische Galerie Biel / Galerie des Beaux-Arts de la Ville Bienne

October 23 – November 29, 1964

Marcel Duchamp, Wassily Kandinsky, Kasimir Malewitsch Josef Albers Tom Doyle

Kunsthalle Bern

February 20 – March 28, 1965

Robert Müller: Sculptures and Drawings (Robert Müller: Skulpturen und Zeichnungen)

Kunsthalle Bern

February 27 – April 4, 1965

Oscar Wiggli: Sculptures and Drawings

Städtische Galerie Biel / Galerie des Beaux-Arts de la Ville Bienne

February 27 – April 4, 1965

Charles Jörg Städtische Galerie Biel / Galerie des Beaux-Arts de la Ville Bienne

April 3 – May 9, 1965

The Human Image: World Exhibition of Photography (Der Mensch: Weltausstellung der Photographie)

Kunsthalle Bern

May 21 – June 22, 1965

Otto Meyer-Amden Kunsthalle Bern

May 21 – June 22, 1965

Lyonel Feininger: Watercolors, Drawings, Prints (Lyonel Feininger: Aquarelle, Zeichnungen,

Kunsthalle Bern

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Graphik)

July 3 – September 5, 1965

Light and Movement: Kinetic Art (Licht und Bewegung / lumière et mouvement / luce e movimento: Kinetische Kunst)

Kunsthalle Bern

July 3 – September 5, 1965

New Tendencies in Architecture (Neue Tendenzen der Architektur)

Garden of the Kunsthalle Bern

September 11 – October 17, 1965

Walter Linck: Sculptures, Mobiles, Drawings (Walter Linck: Skulpturen, Mobiles, Zeichnungen)

Garden of the Kunsthalle Bern

September 11 – October 17, 1965

Rolf Iseli: Recent Works, 1964-1965 (Rolf Iseli: Neuere Werke, 1964-1965)

Kunsthalle Bern

October 23 – December 5, 1965

Giorgio Morandi Kunsthalle Bern

April 2 – May 8, 1966

Jean Gorin, Jean Dewasne, Constant: Three exhibitions (Jean Gorin, Jean Dewasne, Constant: Drei Ausstellungen)

Kunsthalle Bern

May 14-15, 1966 Künstlerfest Kunsthalle Bern

May 25 – July 3, 1966

White on White (Weiss auf Weiss) F-III by James Rosenquist II Pop-Artists: The New Image, Phillip Morris Edition

Kunsthalle Bern

July 9 – September 4, 1966

Mark Tobey: Works 1933-1966 (Mark Tobey: Werke 1933-1966)

Kunsthalle Bern

October 1966 Lueg-Festival Lueg, Emmenthal

October 21 – December 4, 1966

Fantastic Art—Surrealism (Phantastische Kunst – Surrealismus)

Kunsthalle Bern

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November 4 – December 4, 1966

Bern 66 Halfmannshof, Gelsenkirchen

January 23, 1967 The Living Theatre Hotel National

February 4 – February 22, 1967

5 Young British Artists: Venice Biennial 1966 (5 junge englische Künstler: Biennale Venedig 1966)

Kunsthalle Bern

February 25 – April 2, 1967

Young British Sculptors (Junge englische Bildhauer)

Kunsthalle Bern

March 1, 1967 Flower show without flowers but with coloured cloths

Kunsthalle Bern

April 14 – May 21, 1967

Shapes of Color (Formen der Farbe)

Kunsthalle Bern

July 8 – September 17, 1967

Science Fiction Kunsthalle Bern

July 1967 Cuba: Salón de Mayo Cuba

October 28 – November 26, 1967

Otto Nebel: Works, 1918-1967 (Otto Nebel: Werke 1918-1967)

Kunsthalle Bern

February 23 – March 31, 1968

Roy Lichtenstein Kunsthalle Bern

April 6 – May 12, 1968

Max Bill: Malerei und Plastik, 1926-1968 Kunstalle Bern

May 21 – June 30, 1968

Jesús Rafael Soto: Kinetische Werke 1950-1968 Kunsthalle Bern

July 20 – September 29, 1968

12 Environments: 50 Jahre Kunsthalle Bern Kunsthalle Bern

September 27, 1968 Artists’ Party: 50 Jahre Kunsthalle Bern Kornhauskeller restaurant, Bern

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October 5 – October 27, 1968

20 Jahre Kunstpflege der Stadt Bern (1947-1968) Kunsthalle Bern

November 2 – December 1, 1968

Junge Kunst aus Holland Kunsthalle Bern

January 25 – March 9, 1969

Die Frau: 2. Weltausstellung der Photographie Kunsthalle Bern

March 22 – April 27, 1969

When Attitudes Become Form: Works—Concepts—Processes—Situations—Information

Kunsthalle Bern

March 23, 1969 Burning military uniforms Helvetiaplatz, Kunsthalle Bern

April 1969 Bekannte Bern Künstler haben unsere Schaufenster gestaltet

Gebrüder Loeb AG Department Store, Bern

May 3 – June 1, 1969

Freunde—Friends—d’Fründe Kunsthalle Bern

June 7 – July 6, 1969 22 junge Schweizer Kunsthalle Bern

Part I: July 12 – August 17, 1969 Part II: August 23 – September 28, 1969

Sammlung Karl Ströger Kunsthalle Bern

November 8 – December7, 1969

Pläne und Projekte als Kunst Kunsthalle Bern

February 5 – March 7, 1970

8 ½: Documentation 1961-1969 Éditions Claude Givaudan, Paris

July 10 – August 30, 1970

Das Ding als Objekt: Europäische Objecktkunst des 20. Jahrhunderts

Kunsthalle Nürnberg

November 6, 1970 – January 6, 1971

Happening & Fluxus Kölnischer Kunstverein

April 29 – May 13, 1971

I want to leave a nice well-done child here Bonython Gallery, Sydney

May 1971 Die Strasse: Schaufensterausstellung Warenhaus Gebrüder Loeb

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AG, Bern

June 30 – October 8, 1972

Documenta 5: Befragung der Realität—Bildwelten heute

Kassel

July 21 – July 22, 1972

James Lee Byars in Bern: The First International Pefume Exhibition, Zeitglockenturm, and Hommage an Einstein

Bern

1973 – Museum der Obsessionen

February 16 – April 20, 1974

Grossvater—Ein Pionier wie wir Galerie Toni Gerber, Bern

April 1974 Guy Harloff Palazzo della Permanente, Milan

December 12, 1975 – January 11, 1976

Emma Kunz Centrum für Kunst

July 5 – August 17, 1975

Junggesellenmaschinen/Les machines célibataires Kunsthalle Bern

July 7 – August 30, 1978

Monte Verità/Berg der Wahrheit: Le mammelle della verità/Die Brüste der Wahrheit

Ascona

June 1 – September 28, 1980

L’arte degli anni settanta; Apeto 80 [La biennale di Venenzia]

Venice

April 18, 1981 Museo Casa Anatta opening Monte Verità, Ascona

September 12, 1982 Museo Madonna del Sasso opening Santuario-Convento Madonna del Sasso, Orselina

February 11 – April 30, 1983

Der Hang zum Gesamtkunstwerk: Europäische Utopien seit 1800

Kunsthaus Zürich

April 9, 1983 Museo Casa Selma opening Monte Verità, Ascona

May 20 – July 31, 1983

James Ensor Kunsthaus Zürich

November 19, 1983 – January 22, 1984

Immendorff Kunsthaus Zürich

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April 5 – May 13, 1984

Sigmar Polke Kunsthaus Zürich

December 14, 1984 – March 10, 1985

Alfred Jarry Kunsthaus Zürich

April 3 – May 27, 1985

Mario Merz Kunsthaus Zürich

November 29, 1985 – February 16, 1986

Spuren, Skulpturen und Monumente ihrer präzisen Reise

Kunsthaus Zürich

March 15 – May 4, 1986

Jean Fautrier Kunsthaus Zürich

May 16 – July 20, 1986

De Sculptura Wiener Festwochen at the Messepalast

June 7 – August 17, 1986

Da Marées a Picasso: Caplavori del Museo von der Heydt di Wuppertal

Albergo Monte Verità/Museo comunale d’Arte Moderna/Centro Culturale Beato Pietro Berno, Ascona

August 12, 1986 Museo Elisarion Monte Verità, Ascona

December 13, 1986 – February 1, 1987

SkulpturSein Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf

1987 Back to Fucking Cambridge [Film by Otto Muehl]

Produced by Friedrichshof Genossenschaft

February 18 – March 29, 1987

Cy Twombly: Bilder, Arbeiten auf Papier, Skulpturen

Kunsthaus Zürich

June 5 – August 23, 1987

Eugène Delacroix Kunsthaus Zürich

June 5 – August 23, 1987

Charles Baudelaire Kunsthaus Zürich

June 5 – August 23, 1987

Victor Hugo: Phantasien in Tusche Kunsthaus Zürich

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November 17, 1987 – January 3, 1988

Mario Merz Chapelle Saint-Louis de la Salpêtrière, Paris

June 22 – September 25, 1988

Zeitlos Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin

August 6 – October 23, 1988

Marianne Werefkin Albergo Monte Verità/Museo comunale d’Arte Moderna/Centro Culturale Beato Pietro Berno, Ascona

August 28 – October 2, 1988

a-Historische klanken/a-Historical soundings Mueseum Boymans Van Beuningen, Rotterdam

October 7 – November 15, 1988

Etienne-Martin Chapelle Saint-Louis de la Salpêtrière, Paris

November 25, 1988 – February 19, 1989

Egon Schiele und seine Zeit: Österreichische Malerie und Zeichnung 1900 bis 1930 aus der Sammlung Leopold

Kunsthaus Zürich

April 5 – May 28, 1989

Piet Mondrian Centro Culturale Monte Verità/ Museo comunale d’Arte Moderna, Ascona

November 11, 1989 – February 18, 1990

Einleuchten: Will, Vorstel & Simul in HH Deichtorhallen Hamburg

December 1, 1989 – February 11, 1990

Zum freien Tanz, zu reiner Kunst: Suzanne Perrottet (1889-1983) und Mary Wigman (1886-1973)

Kunsthaus Zürich

March 9 – April 29, 1990

Richard Serra: The Hours of the Day Kunsthaus Zürich

May 23 – July 8, 1990

Georg Baselitz Kunsthaus Zürich

August 18 – September 29, 1990

Niele Toroni Kunsthalle Luzern

1990 La Gomera Unrealized

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September 30 – December 16, 1990

Mario Merz Museo comunale d’Arte Moderna, Ascona

December 1, 1990 – February 24, 1991

LightSeed: Cy Twombly, Wolfgang Laib, Michel Verjux

The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo

May 8 – July 20, 1991

Georg Baselitz: Werke aus der Sammlung Ackermeier Berlin

Galleria del Credito Valtellinese “Refettorio delle Stelline,” Milan

March 2 – May 20, 1991

Ettore Jelmorini Museo comunale d’Arte Moderna, Ascona

September 6 – October 27, 1991

Niele Toroni: Impronte di pennello N. 50 ripetute a intervalli regolari (30 cm)

Museo comunale d’Arte Moderna, Ascona

November 1, 1991 – January 26, 1992

Visionäre Schweiz Kunsthaus Zürich

February 20 – April 20, 1992

Walter De Maria: The 2000 Sculpture Kunsthaus Zürich

April 11 – May 31, 1992

Wolfgang Laib Museo comunale d’Arte Moderna, Ascona

April 20 – October 12, 1992

Pabellón de Suiza EXPO’92, Seville

March 19 – May 23, 1993

GAS: Grandiose Ambitieux Silencieux capcMusée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux

November 26, 1993 – February 20, 1994

Joseph Beuys Kunsthaus Zürich

November 1994 Creativity in Switzerland: An exclusive exhibition by Harald Szeemann

Swissair Gazette

July 14 – October 8, 1995

Bruce Nauman Kunsthaus Zürich

November 9, 1995 – February 25, 1996

100 Jahre Kino: Illusion, Emotion, Realität: Die 7. Kunst auf der Suche nach den 6 andern

Kunsthaus Zürich

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September 10 – November 10, 1996

Austria im Rosennetz MAK Österreichisches Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna

April 8 – May 31, 1997

Epicenter Ljubljana Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana

July 9 – September 24, 1997

Biennale d’art contemporain de Lyon: L’Autre Halle Tony Garnier, Lyon

September 1 – November 27, 1997

Speed & Water Kwangju

June 24 – July 3, 1998

Diversities, Spices & Academies: Ausgewählte Studentenarbeiten aus der Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Wien

Atelierhaus der Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Vienna

August 15 – October 18, 1998

Wahlverwandtschaften: Jason Rhoades Appenzell

October 16 – November 29, 1998

Thousand islands (reality models): Serge Spitzer Ferdinand Boberg’s Power Station, Skansen

October 16 – November 29, 1998

Close encounters: Torbjørn Rødland Hallwylska Museet, Stockholm

June 13 – November 7, 1999

La Biennale di Venezia: 48a Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte: dAPERTutto/APERTO overALL/APERTO parTOUT/APERTO überALL

Arsenale/Corderie/Giardini di Castello, Venice

August 27 – November 7, 1999

Weltuntergang & Prinzip Hoffnung Kunsthaus Zürich

November 26, 1999 – January 16, 2000

Walter De Maria: The 2000 Sculpture Kunsthaus Zürich

December 1, 1999 – April 9, 2000

Tinguely’s Favorites: Yves Klein Museum Jean Tinguely, Basel

April 5 – May 14, 2000

ForwArt: Georges Adéagbo Espace BBL (Banque Bruxelles Lambert), Brussels

July 15 – August 27, 2000

Nauman, sein eigener Nachbar: Carte-de-Visite 5 Kunsthaus Zürich

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August 5, 2000 Museo Comico nel Teatro Dimitri opening Verscio, Ticino

December 15, 2000 – January 28, 2001

Beware of Exiting Your Dreams: You May Find Yourself in Somebody Else’s

Zachęta Narodowa Geleria Sztuki, Warsaw

June 10 – November 4, 2001

La Biennale di Venezia: 49a Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte: PLATEA DELL’UMANITA’/PLATEAU OF HUMANKIND/PLATEAU DER MENSCHHEIT/ PLATEAU DE L’HUMANITE

Arsenale/Corderie/Giardini di Castello, Venice

March 20 – June 30, 2002

Tinguely’s Favourites: Marcel Duchamp Museum Jean Tinguely, Basel

May 15 – October 20, 2002

Expo 02: Geld und Wert/Das letzte Tabu Arteplage Biel/Bienne, Pavilion of the Swiss National Bank

August 1 – August 11, 2002

In Progress: Video exhibition during the 55° Festival internazionale del film Locarno

Locarno

October 11, 2002 – January 19, 2003

Aubes: Rêveries au bord de Victor Hugo Maison de Victor Hugo, Paris

May 16 – September 28, 2003

Blut & Honig: Zukunft ist am Balkan Sammlung Essl. Klosterneuburg, Vienna

July 20 – December 31, 2003

G2003: Mostra internazionale d’Arte all’aperto/Un villagio e un borgo accolgono l’arte

Vira Gambarogno and Ascona

October 12, 2003 – January 5, 2004

El Real Viaje Real/ The Real Royal Trip P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York

Verzauberugn auf Zeit

May 28 – October 24, 2004

La bellesa del fracàs, El fracàs de la bellesa/La belleza del fracaso, El fracaso de belleza/The beauty of failure, The failure of beauty

Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona

October 3 – December 5, 2004

La alegría de mis sueños/The Joy of My Dreams: 1st Bienal Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla

Monasterio de la Cartuja de Santa María de las Cuevas, Seville

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March 4 – May 15, 2005

La Belgique Visionnaire België: C’est arrivé près de chez nous

Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles

1 Bezzola, Tobia and Roman Kurzmeyer, eds. Harald Szeemann: with by through because towards despite. Zürich:

Edition Voldemeer, 2007.