Barbara Kruger

American | 1945

Barbara Kruger is an American photographer who was born in 1945.

How much does a Barbara Kruger cost?

Barbara Kruger's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 63 USD to 1,562,500 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.

What is Barbara Kruger's most expensive photography?

Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 1,562,500 USD for Untitled (My face is your fortune), sold at Sotheby's New York in 2022. In the past 12 months, her prints & graphic art have averaged 26,325 USD.

Where can I see Barbara Kruger's works?

Her work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin and will be on exhibit at Proa Foundation in Buenos Aires on April 12, 2025. Numerous key galleries and museums such as The Broad have featured Barbara Kruger's work in the past.

Barbara Kruger in the news

Barbara Kruger has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for Aesthetica in March 2025.

Featured for Sale

Untitled (The War For Me to Become You) ,2008

By Barbara Kruger

Sotheby's New York

Three works: Picture/Readings

By Barbara Kruger

Phillips New York

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At Auction

Notable Lots

Untitled (Thwart the Law) - Barbara Kruger

Untitled (Thwart the Law) ,1987

By Barbara Kruger

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Untitled (Don't Shoot) ,2013

By Barbara Kruger

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Untitled (Tell Us Something We Don't Know) - Barbara Kruger

Untitled (Tell Us Something We Don't Know) ,1987

By Barbara Kruger

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Upcoming Lots

Untitled (The War For Me to Become You) - Barbara Kruger

Untitled (The War For Me to Become You) ,2008

By Barbara Kruger

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Face It (Yellow) ,2007

By Barbara Kruger

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Untitled (Love for Sale - Barbara Kruger

Untitled (Love for Sale ,1989

By Barbara Kruger

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Recent Auction Results

Kiss stool 60 ,2019

By Barbara Kruger

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Untitled (Another Artist, Another Exhibition, Another Gallery, Another Magazine, Another Review, Another Career, Another Life) - Barbara Kruger

Untitled (Another Artist, Another Exhibition, Another Gallery, Another Magazine, Another Review, Another Career, Another Life) ,2003

By Barbara Kruger

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My Pretty Pony ,1988

By Barbara Kruger

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Current Exhibitions

Through Their Eyes: Selections from the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection

Manetti Shrem Museum

Davis | California | USA

Jan 26,2025 - Jun 22,2025

Here We Are! Women in Design 1900 - Today

Proa Foundation

Buenos Aires | Argentina

Apr 12,2025 - Jun 29,2025

Good Mom/Bad Mom: Unraveling the Mother Myth

Centraal Museum

Utrecht | Netherlands

Mar 28,2025 - Sep 14,2025

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Articles

Wallpaper 23/04/2025

From Barbara Kruger to Sylvie Fleury: publishing mogul Michael Ringier opens his private art collection to the public, sharing 500 works, and tells us what makes great art.

Aesthetica 07/03/2025

In 1911, over one million people in Austria, Denmark, Germany and Switzerland came together to mark the first International Women鈥檚 Day.

Daily Art Magazine 15/07/2024

Barbara Kruger stands out as one of the most influential artists of the 21st century.

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Coverage

鈥� ..鈥淭he Globe Shrinks鈥� (2010) is a multiple channel video installation that continues Kruger鈥檚 engagement with the kindness and brutality of the everyday, the collision of declaration and doubt, the duet... 鈥�
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Mary Boone Gallery, 24th Street

鈥� ..Using contrasting layers of text and image, Kruger鈥檚 work has for almost three decades probed the nature of a media-saturated society in late capitalism, and the significance of highly evolved cultures... 鈥�
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Sprüth Magers, London

鈥� ..Coupled with the bold font, the red frames not only create a strong visual impact against the black and white imagery, more importantly they function as a key element in Kruger鈥檚 strategy to challenge... 鈥�
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Skarstedt Gallery, London

鈥� ..These small scale works, the largest of which is 11 x 13 inches, are composed of altered found images, and texts either culled from the media or invented by the artist... 鈥�
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Sprüth Magers, London

鈥� ..Signed, sealed, delivered.鈥� Drawing on her background in graphic design, Kruger adopts the same visual tools as mass media; the appropriated images and texts acting as both social commentary and political... 鈥�
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Skarstedt Gallery, London