Biography
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2025
2022
2021
2020
2019
2018
- A.R. Penck: Paintings from the 1980s and Memorial to an Unknown East German Soldier ,Michael Werner, New York ,Upper East Side, New York, USA
- A.R. Penck: Ohne Titel (O.T.) ,Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin ,Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany
- A. R. Penck: Transformer ,Galerie Jahn and Jahn, Munich ,Munich, Germany
- A.R. Penck ,Galerie Michael Haas ,Berlin, Germany
- A.R. Penck: Paintings from the 1980s and Memorial to an Unknown East German Soldier ,Michael Werner, London ,Mayfair, London, UK
2017
2016
2015
2013
2011
2008
Selected Group Exhibitions
2025
- Sendung aus dem Gegen-Raum Mail Art, Plakate und Faltrollos alternativer DDR-Kunstszenen ,Brandenburg State Museum of Modern Art (BLMK), Cottbus ,Cottbus, Germany
- Are we still up to it? 鈥� Art & Democracy ,Pinakothek der Moderne ,Chiemsee, Germany
- Braque - Picasso - Miro & Co. ,MIRO Gallery ,Prague, Czech Republic
- Eingebrannt. Painting, Poetry, and New Music from the GDR ,Kunsthalle Darmstadt ,Darmstadt, Germany
- The Shape of Us ,Opera Gallery, Geneva ,Geneva, Switzerland
- Love Poems: Curated by Chris Martin (Singing In Unison, Part 11) ,Anton Kern Gallery ,New York, USA
- Pop and Provocation ,Galerie von Vertes, Freienbach ,Freienbach, Switzerland
- Maybe It Was Magic, Neue Arbeiten Aus Der Miettinen Collection ,Miettinen Collection ,Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany
2024
- 24 Treasures ,Galerie Terminus ,Munich, Germany
- Dreams of an Owl, Who the Bær and the Wounded Planet ,Kunsthalle Bielefeld ,Bielefeld, Germany
- Parrhesia* - Works from the Collection ,Louisiana Museum of Modern Art ,Humlebæk, Denmark
- Das Ma虉dchen mit Holzschuhen ,Suzanne Tarasiève, Le Marais ,3e, Paris, France
- Accrochage ,Michael Werner, Athens ,Athens, Greece
- Mannheim Miami: The Left-Over-Collection: Part Two ,Galerie Crone, Vienna ,Vienna, Austria
- Alfred Jensen & A.R.Penck: Geometrie Und Theorie In Farbe Und Form ,Galerie Daniel Blau, Munich ,Munich, Germany
- Papers On The Wall ,Galerie Brugier-Rigail ,3e, Paris, France
- 70 Years Of Art In Architecture In Germany ,MK&G Hamburg ,Hamburg, Germany
- Red Birds On Green Tree ,Sara Hildén Art Museum ,Tampere, Finland
- Collection III: 2023 ,Toyota Municipal Museum of Art ,Toyota, Japan
2023
- Private Sale Selection of Works - Contemporary Art ,Sotheby's Paris ,Paris, France
- ONLINE: X-Magic: Online Exhibition of our Highlights ,Galerie Terminus ,Munich, Germany
- Extreme Tension: Art Between Politics And Society 1945鈥�1990 ,Neue Nationalgalerie ,Mitte, Berlin, Germany
- Colours ,Opera Gallery, Madrid ,Madrid, Spain
- Seventies ,Gaa Projects Cologne ,Cologne, Germany
- Seventies ,Gaa Projects Cologne ,Cologne, Germany
- Autumn 2023 ,Galerie Brugier-Rigail ,3e, Paris, France
- Stories Retold: American Art From The Princeton University Art Museum ,Speed Art Museum ,Louisville, Kentucky, USA
- Virgil Abloh: Echosystems ,Galerie Kreo, Paris ,6e, Paris, France
- Echosystems ,Galerie Kreo, Paris ,6e, Paris, France
- Now Here, Then There ,Galleri Susanne Ottesen ,Indre by, Copenhagen, Denmark
- If the Berlin Wind Blows My Flag. Art and Internationalism Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall ,Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (NBK) ,Mitte, Berlin, Germany
- Risarcimento. Per Non Dimenticare ,Uffizi Galleries, The Uffizi ,Florence, Italy
- Uncombed Paintings. Art since 1960 from the Collection of Duke Franz of Bavaria ,Pinakothek der Moderne ,Munich, Germany
- Against the Grain ,SKD, Residenzschloss (The Royal Castle) ,Dresden, Germany
- Anybody can do easy (Sigmar Polke) ,Galerie Thomas / Thomas Modern ,Munich, Germany
- A.R. Penck & Spencer Sweeney ,The Journal Gallery ,Tribeca, New York, USA
2022
- Onehundred Works ,Tony Wuethrich Galerie ,Basel, Switzerland
- X-Magic ,Galerie Terminus ,Munich, Germany
- Creative togetherness: Clemens Fahnemann鈥檚 Print Editions ,Kunstmuseum Bonn ,Bonn, Germany
- Collecting: Revisited ,Kunsthalle Ziegelhütte ,Appenzell, Switzerland
- Valoch & Valoch ,Moravian Gallery in Brno ,Brno, Czech Republic
- From The Bank To Beuys ,Museum Jorn ,Silkeborg, Denmark
- Mix & Match. Rediscovering The Collection ,Pinakothek der Moderne ,Munich, Germany
- Kein Schloss Am Schlüsselloch ,Galerie Tobias Naehring, Leipzig ,Leipzig, Germany
- Yound & Wild?: Art In 1980s Germany ,Ashmolean Museum ,Oxford, UK
- Dark Things We Tell Each Other ,Miettinen Collection ,Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany
- A.R. Penck and Georg Baselitz ,Opera Gallery, Geneva ,Geneva, Switzerland
- Naissance et vie des formes. Dessins contemporains de la collection ,MCBA, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts Lausanne ,Lausanne, Switzerland
- Dadamaino: Cahn: Sekula: Penck ,Galerie Knoell ,Basel, Switzerland
2021
- OneHundred Works ,Tony Wuethrich Galerie ,Basel, Switzerland
- Torino ,Saatchi Yates ,St. James's, London, UK
- Insights: Art from the National Bank Collection ,CCA Andratx ,Andratx, Spain
- ONLINE: Simply The Best ,Galerie Terminus ,Munich, Germany
- The Monaco Masters Show ,Opera Gallery, Monaco ,Monaco, Monaco
- Big! ,Sprengel Museum Hannover ,Hannover, Germany
- Deep Blue ,Hall Art Foundation, Kunstmuseum Schloss Derneburg ,Holle, Germany
- Ganz Anders Gleich ,Crone Side, Berlin ,Berlin, Germany
- Ogni Pittore Dipinge Se虂 ,Suzanne Tarasiève, Le Marais ,3e, Paris, France
2020
- OneHundred Works ,Tony Wuethrich Galerie ,Basel, Switzerland
- Crossing Borders. Collecting for the Future ,SKD, Residenzschloss (The Royal Castle) ,Dresden, Germany
- Works On Paper ,Michael Werner, East Hampton ,East Hampton, New York, USA
- A.R. Penck & Florian Krewer ,Michael Werner, East Hampton ,East Hampton, New York, USA
- About the Human Figure ,Michael Werner, London ,Mayfair, London, UK
- Double Lives: Visual Artists Making Music ,Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn ,Bonn, Germany
- Faces: Long Time No See! ,Aurel Scheibler ,Berlin, Germany
- Group Exhibition ,Galerie Knoell ,Basel, Switzerland
- Accrochage ,Döbele Kunst Mannheim ,Manheim, Germany
- Auf Papier ,Galerie Schlichtenmaier (Stuttgart) ,Stuttgart, Germany
2019
- OneHundred Works ,Tony Wuethrich Galerie ,Basel, Switzerland
- For Birds鈥� Sake, The Birdmen of Istanbul: 30 Years a Gallerist ,C&K Galerie ,Berlin, Germany
- Woods ,Suzanne Tarasiève, Le Marais ,3e, Paris, France
- The Sonnabend Collection ,Remai Modern ,Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
- Le Rêveur De La Forêt ,Musée Zadkine ,6e, Paris, France
- The Dreamer Of The Forest ,Musée Zadkine ,6e, Paris, France
- Bye, Bye And Hello: 40 Years Deweer Gallery ,Deweer Gallery ,Otegem, Belgium
- Für Christa: Christa Dichgans Mit Freunden, Zeitgenossen und Verehrerinnen ,CFA, Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin ,Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany
- Utopia and Demise. Art in the GDR ,Museum Kunstpalast Düsseldorf ,Düsseldorf, Germany
- Painting Zeitgeist? ,Achenbach Hagemeier, Berlin ,Wedding, Berlin, Germany
- Summer Rental ,Rental Gallery ,East Hampton, New York, USA
- New Worlds: Discovering the Collection ,Museum Folkwang Essen ,Essen, Germany
- Final Painting Now ,Galerie Michael Schultz, Berlin ,Charlottenburg, Berlin, Germany
- Group Exhibition ,Galerie Fahnemann ,Berlin, Germany
2018
- Salm Modern #1: Dimensions of Dialogue ,National Gallery Prague, Salm Palace ,Prague, Czech Republic
- Multiplebox Box Pop Up Xmas Show ,Conny Dietzschold Gallery ,East Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- Kollektion2: auf [aus] Papier ,Galerie M + R Fricke ,Mitte, Berlin, Germany
- Insoumises expressions ,Suzanne Tarasiève, Le Marais ,3e, Paris, France
- Jubiläumsausstellung 50 Jahre Kunsthalle Bielefeld ,Kunsthalle Bielefeld ,Bielefeld, Germany
- Uproar in Augsburg: German painting, since 1960 ,Pinakothek der Moderne ,Munich, Germany
- 40 + 10 + 1 ,Galerie Jahn and Jahn, Munich ,Munich, Germany
- 40 + 10 + 1 - Baaderstraße 56 C ,Galerie Jahn and Jahn, Munich ,Munich, Germany
- Vile Bodies ,Michael Werner, London ,Mayfair, London, UK
- Vile Bodies ,Michael Werner, New York ,Upper East Side, New York, USA
- A New Spirit Then, A New Spirit Now 1981 - 2018 ,Almine Rech, New York (Upper East Side) ,Upper East Side, New York, USA
2017
2016
- Prints: From 1970 to 2015 ,Galerie Klüser 2 ,Munich, Germany
- Take Care, Amigo ,Tim Van Laere Gallery, Antwerp ,Antwerp, Belgium
- Flora, Fauna and Other Forms of Life ,Michael Werner, London ,Mayfair, London, UK
- THE EIGHTIES: A decade of extremes ,M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp ,Antwerp, Belgium
- Elective Affinities: German Art Since the Late 1960s ,LNMM, Exhibition Hall ARSENALS ,Riga, Latvia
- Virus Form, Geometrisches aus Dresden von 1920 bis 2016 ,Galerie Gebr. Lehmann, Berlin ,Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
- Graphic Chic ,Deweer Gallery ,Otegem, Belgium
- The Sonnabend Collection: Half a Century of European and American Art, Part I ,Serralves Museum of Contemporary Art ,Porto, Portugal
2015
- Blue Chip Christmas Exhibition ,Conny Dietzschold Gallery ,East Sydney, Sydney, Australia
- The Avant-Garde Won鈥檛 Give Up: Cobra and Its Legacy ,BLUM, Los Angeles ,Palms, Los Angeles, California, USA
- I Got Rhythm: Art and Jazz Since 1920 ,Kunstmuseum Stuttgart ,Stuttgart, Germany
- Aspects of German Art (Part One) ,Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hong Kong ,Central, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Postwar Germanic Expressions: Gifts from Michael Werner ,The Phillips Collection ,Washington D.C., District Of Columbia, USA
- From Hockney to Holbein ,Gropius-Bau ,Kreuzberg, Berlin, Germany
- Deutsche Kunst Nach 1960 ,Essl Museum (Sammlung Essl) ,Klosterneuburg, Austria
- Peinture - Sculpture: Contemporary ,Galerie Knoell ,Basel, Switzerland
- Artist Rooms ,Staatsgalerie Stuttgart ,Stuttgart, Germany
- #catcontent ,Kunstpalais Erlangen ,Erlangen, Germany
- Collector鈥檚 Room # 9 ,Deweer Gallery ,Otegem, Belgium
2014
- Under Cover II ,Barbara Wien ,Berlin, Germany
- Group Exhibition ,BORCH Gallery ,Berlin, Germany
- From Ackermann to Zabotin ,ZKM | Center for Art & Media ,Karlsruhe, Germany
- Thorn in the Flesh ,The George Economou Collection ,Athens, Greece
- Collection on Display: John Armleder, Richard Jackson, Robert Kusmirowski, A.R. Penck, Markus Raetz, Gerhard Richter, Pamela Rosenkranz, Niele Toroni, Christopher Wool ,Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst ,Zürich, Switzerland
- Collector's Room # 6 ,Deweer Gallery ,Otegem, Belgium
- Le bas-relief dans tous ses états ,Suzanne Tarasiève, Le Marais ,3e, Paris, France
2013
2012
2010
A.R. Penck was a German Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1939.
Artist's alternative names: A. R. Penck, Alberech Ralf Winckler Penck, Ralf Winkler
How much does an A.R. Penck cost?
A.R. Penck's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 4 USD to 687,211 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.What is A.R. Penck's most expensive painting?
Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 687,211 USD for WELT DES ADLERS I (WORLD OF THE EAGLE I), sold at Sotheby's London in 2020. In the past 12 months, his paintings have averaged 53,441 USD, while his sculptures have sold for an average of 7,188 USD.Where can I see A.R. Penck's works?
His work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Pinakothek der Moderne in Chiemsee. Numerous key galleries and museums such as Uffizi Galleries, The Uffizi have featured A.R. Penck's work in the past.A.R. Penck in the news
A.R. Penck has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Observer in April 2025. The artist died in 2017.Artist's alternative names: A. R. Penck, Alberech Ralf Winckler Penck, Ralf Winkler