Boris Mikhailov

Ukrainian | 1938

Boris Mikhailov is a Ukrainian photographer who was born in 1938.

How much does a Boris Mikhailov cost?

Boris Mikhailov's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 162 USD to 88,503 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.

What is Boris Mikhailov's most expensive photography?

Since 2002 the record price for this artist at auction is 88,503 USD for 23 WORKS: FROM BY THE GROUND SERIES, sold at Sotheby's London in 2013.

Where can I see Boris Mikhailov's works?

Numerous key galleries and museums such as Black Diamond, Royal Danish Library have featured Boris Mikhailov's work in the past.

Boris Mikhailov in the news

Boris Mikhailov has been featured in articles for , and . The most recent article is written for ARTFORUM in March 2025.

Artist's alternative names: Boris Michailov, Boris Mikhailov, Borys Andriyovych Mykhailov, Borys Mykhailov

At Auction

Notable Lots

Untitled (Sots Art Series) - Boris Mikhailov

Untitled (Sots Art Series) ,1981

By Boris Mikhailov

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Untitled ,1980

By Boris Mikhailov

+44%

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UNTITLED, FROM LURIKI SERIES

By Boris Mikhailov

+149%

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Recent Auction Results

Untitled ,1981

By Boris Mikhailov

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From: Die Dämmerung ,1991

By Boris Mikhailov

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Mixed lot of 2 photographs - Boris Mikhailov

Mixed lot of 2 photographs ,1991

By Boris Mikhailov

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Past Exhibitions

The Guiding Thread

Suzanne Tarasiève, Le Marais

3e | Paris | France

Jan 11,2025 - Mar 08,2025

$Boris Mikhailov: Refracted Times - Marian Goodman Gallery, New York$

Boris Mikhailov: Refracted Times

Marian Goodman Gallery, New York

New York | USA

Jan 10,2025 - Feb 22,2025

The Atomic age. Artists put to the test of history

Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris

16e | Paris | France

Oct 11,2024 - Feb 09,2025

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Articles

ARTFORUM 01/03/2025

鈥淒angers is ahead!鈥� cried Boris Mikhailov one winter evening to a crowd at Marian Goodman Gallery in New York鈥檚 TriBeCa neighborhood.

The New York Times 13/02/2025

The citizens photographed by Boris Mikhailov in the last days of the Soviet Union evoke laughter and sympathy in a show at Marian Goodman.

ArtDaily 12/02/2025

Alexander Tutsek-Stiftung presents new exhibition and opens its additional art space BlackBox FirstFloor.

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Coverage

鈥� ..Although deeply rooted in a historical context, Mikhailov鈥檚 work also incorporates profoundly engaging and personal narratives of humor, lust, vulnerability, aging, and death... 鈥�
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MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art

鈥� ..Set against the bleak backdrop of the industrial city of Kharkov, Mikhailov鈥檚 life-size color photographs document the oppression, devastating poverty, and everyday reality of a disenfranchised community... 鈥�
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MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art

鈥� ..Mikhailov recalls of his experience returning to Kharkov some years after the collapse of communism, 鈥淒evastation had stopped... 鈥�
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MoMA, The Museum of Modern Art

鈥� ..Deeply rooted in the tradition of social study and commentary, Mikhailov鈥檚 work locates its power in deep engagement with its subjects... 鈥�
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Lévy Gorvy, New York

鈥� ..Simultaneously, Mikhailov鈥檚 series consciously plays with references to physiognomy, used in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries as pseudo-scientific justification for racism and eugenics... 鈥�
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Barbara Gross Galerie