Kunstforeningen GL Strand Copenhagen - Vogue Like A Painting

5 May - 26 August 2018

The travelling show 'Vogue Like A Painting' hits Copenhagen! Now with a special focus on Erwin Olaf

Anniversary solo exhibition at the Gemeente Museum and Photography Museum, The Hague

16 February - 12 May 2019

In 2019 the Gemeente Museum The Hague together with The Hague Museum of Photography will host a large-scale Erwin Olaf solo exhibition.

Cities in transition Part II — Shanghai

March 2018

In March Erwin Olaf will release his latest series ‘Shanghai’, the second part in his ‘Cities in Transition’-trilogy.

MIS São Paolo — Tension

10 March – 8 April 2018

The beautiful Museu da Imagem e do Som de São Paulo hosts a large multimedia solo retrospective of Erwin Olaf next spring.

Museum Villa Rot — Bright Childhood Ι Dark Childhood

5 November 2017 – 11 February 2018

On display in a group show in  Museum Villa Rot is Erwin Olaf’s portrait ‘Berlin, Porträt 05 – 9th of July, 2012’. Between works by artists like Tracey Moffatt and Wolfgang Kessler.

Dutch Film Fund – A Shining Flaw

Expected 2020

Erwin Olaf’s upcoming feature film ‘A Shining Flaw’ is granted the highest funding by the Dutch Film fund ever granted. The film will be released in 2020.

Baró Galeria

We are proud to annouce Baró Galeria in São Paulo will present Erwin Olaf in Brasil. 

New retrospective book with Hannibal, Aperture, Éditions Xavier Barral and Prestel

2019

Publishers Hannibal, Aperture, Éditions Xavier Barral and Prestel will join forces to release a new retrospective of Erwin Olaf in 2019.

Queen Máxima of the Netherlands

18 April 2017

In 2017 Erwin Olaf portrayed Queen Máxima of the Netherlands and her three daughters. Out of these portraits the official royal portraits were selected.

MD Gallery Shanghai — Solo show with new work

Opening 7 April 2018

MD Gallery in Shanghai will host a solo show with new work by Erwin Olaf.

Flatland Gallery @ Art Brussels

19 – 22 April 2018

Erwin Olaf will be represented, with new work, in a solo show by Flatland Gallery at Art Brussels.

Izzy Gallery Toronto — Solo show

Opening 21 June 2018

This summer Izzy Gallery in Toronto hosts a solo show by Erwin Olaf. Keep an eye on their website for more details.

Recent Acquisitions

Works by Erwin Olaf have been acquired by Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg, Musée National d'Histoire et d'Art, Luxembourg, HSBC Collection USA, Musem Arnhem, The Netherlands, and Koo Museum, South Korea.

19 September

"Dutch Artist Erwin Olaf's Highly-Polished Photos Celebrate Fantasy While Revealing Society's Ills"