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TOP 200 ARTISTS
OF THE 20TH CENTURY
TO NOW


TIMES READERS AND SAATCHI ONLINE VISITORS VOTE FOR THEIR FAVOURITE ARTISTS

AFTER 1.4 MILLION VOTES WERE CAST, HERE ARE YOUR LEADING 200 ARTISTS:

-Pablo Picasso
-Paul Cezanne
-Gustav Klimt
-Claude Monet
-Marcel Duchamp
-Henri Matisse
-Jackson Pollock
-Andy Warhol
-Willem De Kooning
-Piet Mondrian
-Paul Gauguin
-Francis Bacon
-Robert Rauschenberg
-Georges Braque
-Wassily Kandinsky
-Constantin Brancusi
-Kasimir Malevich
-Jasper Johns
-Frida Kahlo
-Martin Kippenberger
-Paul Klee
-Egon Schiele
-Donald Judd
-Bruce Nauman
-Alberto Giacometti
-Salvador Dalí
-Auguste Rodin
-Mark Rothko
-Edward Hopper
-Lucian Freud
-Richard Serra
-Rene Magritte
-David Hockney
-Philip Guston
-Henri Cartier-Bresson
-Pierre Bonnard
-Jean-Michel Basquiat
-Max Ernst
-Diane Arbus
-Georgia O'Keeffe
-Cy Twombly
-Max Beckmann
-Barnett Newman
-Giorgio De Chirico
-Roy Lichtenstein
-Edvard Munch
-Pierre Auguste Renoir
-Man Ray
-Henry Moore
-Cindy Sherman
-Jeff Koons
-Tracey Emin
-Damien Hirst
-Yves Klein
-Henri Rousseau
-Chaim Soutine
-Arshile Gorky
-Amedeo Modigliani
-Umberto Boccioni
-Jean Dubuffet
-Eva Hesse
-Edouard Vuillard
-Carl Andre
-Juan Gris
-Lucio Fontana
-Franz Kline
-David Smith
-Joseph Beuys
-Alexander Calder
-Louise Bourgeois
-Marc Chagall
-Gerhard Richter
- Balthus
-Joan Miro
-Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
-Frank Stella
-Georg Baselitz
-Francis Picabia
-Jenny Saville
-Dan Flavin
-Alfred Stieglitz
-Anselm Kiefer
-Matthew Barney
-George Grosz
-Bernd And Hilla Becher
-Sigmar Polke
-Brice Marden
-Maurizio Cattelan
-Sol LeWitt
-Chuck Close
-Edward Weston
-Joseph Cornell
-Karel Appel
-Bridget Riley
-Alexander Archipenko
-Anthony Caro
-Richard Hamilton
-Clyfford Still
-Luc Tuymans
-Claes Oldenburg

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tracey emin art

TRACEY EMIN


Tracey Emin's Biography and Exhibitions


BIOGRAPHY

1963

Born, London
1986

Maidstone College of Art (Bachelor of Fine Art)

1989 Royal College of Art
  Lives and works in London


SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005

I Can Feel Your Smile, Lehmann Maupin, New York
When I Think About Sex…, White Cube, London
Death Mask, National Portrait Gallery, London

2004

Tracey Emin. Monoprints, Museo de Bellas Artes, Santiago
Tracey Istanbulda, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul
Tracey Emin, BP British Art Displays,Tate Britain, London
I’ll Meet You In Heaven, Galleria Lorcan O’Neill, Rome
Can’t See Past My Own Eyes, SkeFear, War And The Scream, Roslyn Oxley, Sydney / City Gallery Wellington, Wellingtontch, London

2003

Menphis, Counter Gallery, London
Tracey Emin, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Australia

2002

This is Another Place, Modern Art Oxford
Ten Years. Tracey Emin, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
I Think it’s in my head, Lehmann Maupin Gallery, New York
Tracey Emin Showreel, The Genesis Cinema, London
Tracey Emin, Haus der Kunst, München

2001

Tracey Emin. You forgot to kiss my soul, White Cube², London

2000

Love is a Strange Thing, Fig.1, London
What Do You Know About Love, Galerie Gebauer, Berlin

1999 Tracey Emin Every Part of Me’s Bleeding, Lehmann Maupin, New York
 

Sobasex (My Cunt is Wet with Fear), Sagacho Exhibition Space, Tokyo
Cunt Vernacular, Galerie Gebauer, Berlin
I Need Art Like I Need God, Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen
Tracey Emin, Galerie Phiippe Rizzo, Paris

1997

Solo Exhibition, Moo Gallery, Helsinki
I Need Art Like I Need God, South London Gallery, London
Istanbul Biennial, Pera Palace Hotel, Turkey (performance)

1996

It’s not me that’s crying, it’s my soul, Galerie Mot & Van den Boogaard, Brussels
The Aggression of Beauty, Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin
Exorcism of the Last Painting I Ever Made, Galleri Andreas Brändström, Stockholm
Solo Exhibition, Habitat, London

1995 Tracey Emin Museum, 221 Waterloo Road, London SE1 (closed 1998)
1994

Art Cologne, Sponsored artist, Jay Jopling / White Cube, Cologne
Exploration of the Soul - Journey Across America ,  Readings at the following locations: Rena Bransten, San Francisco; Regen Projects, Los Angeles; Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego; David Klein Gallery, Detroit; Mattress Factory, Pittsburgh; Sandra Gering Gallery, New York; White Columns, New York

1993

My Major Retrospective, Jay Jopling / White Cube, London
From Army to Armani, Analix Gallery, Geneva (with Sarah Lucas)
The Shop, 103 Bethnal Green Road, London (with Sarah Lucas)

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2005

Sketch in Motion: A Group Exhibition of Artists’ Animation, Sketch, London
Super!: First Triennial for Contemporary Art, Fashion and Design, Hasselt, Belgium
Realit;)t. Von Olaf Breuning bis Sam Taylor-Wood. 30 Videoarbeiten aus der Sammlung Goetz in München, Seedamm Kulturzentrum, Pfaffikon
Enchante Chateau, MAMCO, Alex
Munch Revisited, Henie Onstad Kunstcenter, Oslo
On Love, Museum Het Domein, Sittard
Summer Exhibition, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Summer Exhibition 2005, Royal Academy, London
London Calling. Y[oung] B[ritish] A[rtists] Criss-Crossed, Galleri Kaare Berntsen, Oslo
Body: New Art from the UK, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Kiss the Frog! The Art of Transformation, National Museum of Art, Oslo
Identity and Nomadism, Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena
25. Twenty-five Years of the Deutsche Bank Collection, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin
Viviseccion. Dibujo Contemporaneo, Museo de Arte Carrillo Gil, Mexico City
Mé-tissages, MIAT, Museum voor Industriële Archeologie en Textiel, Gent
Women’s Film Festival, ICA, London
Berlin Film Festival
Critic’s Choice, FACT, Liverpool

2004

The Christmas Exhibition 2004, Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh
Fonetography, AOP Gallery, London
1st International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Sevilla, Monastry of the Cartuja of Sanat Maria de las Cuevas, Seville
Seven Sins, Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bolzano
Einleuchten, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg
Printers Inc.: Recent British Prints, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester / Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre, Taunton / Park Gallery, Falkirk
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London
The Other Flower Show, Victoria & Albert Museum, London
Stranger Than Fiction, Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds / Tulie House, Carlisle / Ferens Art Gallery, Hull / Nottingham Castle / Brighton Museum and Art Gallery, Brighton
La Collection D’Art Contemporain D’Agnes B, Les Abattoirs, Toulouse
Why I Never Became A Dancer, Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
See It…Read It, Draíocht, Dublin
Secrets of the ‘90s, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, Arnhem
Social Strategies. Redefining Social Realism, Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, New York
Flexible 4: Identities, Nederlands Textielmuseum, Tilburg / Kunsthalle Brandts Klaedefabrik, Odense

2003

Social Strategies. Redefining Social Realism, DePauw University, Greencastle
Galleria Lorcan O’Neill, Rome
Flexible 4: Identities, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
Happiness: A Survival Guide for Art and Life, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Fast Forward – Media Art, ZKM, Karlsruhe
FRESH: Contemporary British Artists in Print, Edinburgh Printmakers, Edinburgh
Just Love Me; Post-Feministic Art of the 1990’s, Bergen Art Museum, Bergen
A Bigger Splash: British Art from Tate 1960-2003, OCA & ITO, Sao Paulo
Game Over, Grimm Rosenfeld, Munich
Independence, South London Gallery, London
The Happy Couple, Cartwright Hall Art Gallery, Bradford
Il racconto del filo, Museo di Arte Moderna, Trento
Europe Exists, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki
Let’s See the Nature in You, Pepperton Gallery, London
Tactics of the Ego, Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg
Micro/macro, The Budepest Kunsthalle, Budapest
Words from the Arts Council Collection, The Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston
The Map Is Not The Territory III, James Hockey Gallery, The Surrey Institute of Art & Design
En Route, De Hallen, Haarlem
Social Strategies, Redefining Social Realism, University Art Museum, Santa Barbara

2002

Face Off, Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge
Rapture: Art’s Seduction by Fashion Since 1970, Barbican Gallery, London
The Ink Jetty. Neon Gallery, London
Shine, St Pancras Chambers, London
The Glory of God: New Religiuos Art. St. Peter’s Church, Liverpool
Disturb. 1st Public School of Hydra, Hydra, Greece
Die Wohltat der Kunst: Post\Feministische Positionen der neunziger Jahre aus der Sammlung
Fusion Cuisine. Deste Foundation, Centre for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
Public Affairs. Von Beuys bis Zittel: Das Offentliche in der Kunst, Kunsthaus Zurich
Landscape, Saatchi Gallery, London
The Rowan Collection. Contemporary British & Irish Art, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin

2001

Trans Sexual Express, Santa Monica, Barcelona; Palacio Municipal de Exposiciones, Coruńa; Mucsarnok Budapest
For the Love of Dog, Pump House Gallery, London
Printers Inc., The Gallery, Stratford-upon-Avon, England
Read-Only Memory, Mead Gallery, Warwick Arts Centre, University of Warwick, Coventry
Televisions, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
Video Project Space, Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London
In Formation, Percy Miller Gallery, London
For the love of dog, Pump House Gallery, London
At Sea, Tate Liverpool, Liverpool
Tattoo Show, Modern Art, London
Summer Exhibition 2001, Royal Academy of Arts, London
Freestyle. Werke Aus der Sammlung Boros, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
Century City, Tate Modern, London
Insider Trading: profit without honour, Mandeville Hotel, London

2000

Peter Blake: About Collage, Tate Gallery, London
Nurture and Desire (in Aid of Breakthrough Breast Cancer), Hayward Gallery, London
Sex and the British: Slap & Tickle – A perspective on the sexual content of British Art since the 1960s, Gallerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg; Gallerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Gut Aufgelegt, Kunsthaus, Hamburg
Drawings, Sommer Contemporary Art, Tel-Aviv
Drawings, Taché-Lévy Gallery, Brussels
Potent Present. Selections from the Vicki and Kent Logan Collection, Logan Galleries, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco
ManMoMa. A Thick Bloke Kicking a Dog to Death, The International 3 Summer Fête, Fairfield, Manchester
From Face to Face. Mimics – Gestures – Emotions, Stästisches Museum Leverkusen, Germany
Out There, White Cube², Hoxton Square, London
Art in Sacred Spaces, St. Mary’s Church, Islington, London
The British Art Show 5, The Scottish National gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (National Touring Exhibitions)
Diary, Cornerhouse, Manchester

1999

Hundstage, Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremen
Imagen em Movimento. Moving Image, Chiva [S]ynergies Art, São Paulo
Art Lovers, The Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Compton House, Liverpool
Turner Prize, Tate Gallery, London
Now It’s My Turn to Scream. Works by Contemporary British Artists from the Logan Collection, Haines Gallery, San Francisco
Self Evident, Vaknin Schwartz, Atlanta
Temple of Diana, The Blue Gallery, London (Curated by Neal Brown)
Sweetie, The British School at Rome, Rome
Video Festival, Riccione TTV, Palazzo del Turismo, Riccione, Italy

1998

10 SupaStore Supastars, SupaStore at Tomato, London
Made in London. An exhibition of works by London based artists made in the1990s, Museu de Electricidade, Lisboa
Pandaemonium, London Electronic Arts Gallery, London
UK Maximum Diversity, Galerie Krinzinger, Benger Fabrik Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria
The Colony Room 50th Anniversary Art Exhibition, A22 Projects, London
Hidden Desires And Images, Art Dynamics, Tayayo Lida, Tokyo
Emotion. Young British and American Art from the Goetz Collection, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
Personal Effects, Spacex Gallery, Exeter; Angel Row Gallery, Nottingham
Dream Catchers, Montreal Biennial, Canada
Loose Threads, Serpentine Gallery, London
Life is a Bitch, De Appel, Amsterdam
La Biennale de Montreal, Centre International D'Art Contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
Sam Taylor-Wood, Tracey Emin, Gillian Wearing, Marc Quinn, Galerija Dante Marino Cettina, Croatia
Live and Let Die Apex Art C.P., New York
Beach Life, Upper Street, London (one day event)
Real Life, Galleria S.A.L.E.S., Rome
The Human Factor, Achenbach Kunsthandel, Düsseldorf
English Rose in Japan, Ginza Art Museum, Shisedo, Tokyo
Art from the UK: Angela Bulloch, Willie Doherty, Tracey Emin, Sarah Lucas, Sam Taylor-Wood, Sammlung Goetz, Munich

1997

Ca-Ca Poo-Poo, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne
History. Image-based work in Britain in the late 20th Century, The Ferens Art Gallery
Craft, Richard Salmon, London
Real Art for Real Women. Oil of Ulay, ICA, London
Absolute Secret, Royal College of Art, London
Private Face. Urban Space, Old Gasworks, Athens; Rethymnon Centre for Contemporary Art
Kunst..Arbeit, 1st Presentation of the Bnks Collection, Südwest LB, Stuttgart
Tales from the City, Stills Gallery, Edinburgh
Sensation, Royal Academy of Arts, London; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, 1998-99
Between the devil and the deep (blue) sea, MUU Gallery, Helsinki
Package Holiday, Hydra Workshops, Hydra, Greece
Time Out, Kunsthalle Nurnberg, Germany
Summer Love, Fotouhi Cramer Gallery, New York
Urban Legends, Baden Baden, Germany
Dissolution, Laurent Delaye Gallery, London
Such is Life, (Video programme), Serpentine Gallery Bookshop, London; Palais des Beaux Arts
Hyperenmsiac Fabulations, The Power Plant,Toronto (with Georgina Starr & Jane and Louise Wilson)
Slight, Norwich Gallery, Norwich; Collective Gallery, Edinburgh

1996

Full House, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
Sad, Gasworks, London
Life / Live, Musee d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Centro de Exposições do Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon (curated by Hans-Ulrich Obrist)
The Aggression of Beauty, Galerie Arndt & Partner, Berlin
Yerself is Steam, 85 Charlotte St. , London
A Grapefruit in the World Park, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow (with Ono, Dean and Heilmann)
Other Men’s Flowers, Aurel Scheibler, Köln; The British School at Rome, Rome
Faustrecht der Freiheit (Volkmann Collection), Kunstsammlung Gera, Berlin; Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
Co-operators, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton (with Sarah Lucas)
Loosy, Galerie Philippe Rizzo, Paris

1995

Brilliant: New Art from London, Walker Art Centre, Minneapolis; Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston
Brill: Works on Paper by Brilliant Artists, Montgomery Glasgow Fine Art, Minneapolis
Mysterium Alltag, Kampnagel, Hamburg (with Tacita Dean, Gillian Wearing and Jane & Louise Wilson)
Minky Manky, South London Gallery, London; Arnolfini, Bristol (curated by Carl Freedman)
Art for Aids, Gallerie Nicoli Walner, Copenhagen
I Confess, Nikolaj Contemporary Art Centre, Copenhagen
Whistling Women, Chelsea Room, Royal Festival Hall, London (organised by Sarah Kent)
The Friendly Village, Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design, Milwaukee
Other Men’s Flowers, IceBox, Athens

1994

Gramercy Park Hotel, Art Fair, New York
Karaoke & Football, Portikus, Frankfurt
Other Men’s Flowers, Joshua Compston/London Portfolio, London

1993 Hotel Carlton Palace Chambre 763, Hotel Carlton Palace, Paris (curated by Hans-Ulrich Obrist)
1992 The Phone Box, Various venues, London and Liverpool


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