2021

First German Museum Exhibition@Kunsthalle München

Details following soon

The Kunsthalle München will host the first German Museum Exhibition of Erwin Olaf in 2021!

Edwynn Houk@The Armory Show

5 - 8 March 2020

Works by Erwin Olaf, together with works by Diane Arbus, Brassaï, Walker Evans, Man Ray, Alfred Stieglitz and many others, are shown by Edwynn Houk at this year's edition of The Armory Show.

"Object Love/Liebes Ding" group show@Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany

26 January - 26 April 2020

The group show 'Object Love' (German title: "Liebes Ding"), with works by Erwin Wurm, Maria Roosen and Ted Noten amongst others, travels to Germany next year, naturally including Erwin Olaf's contribution.

Marie-Antoinette, Metamorphoses of an image@Conciergerie Paris

16 October 2019 - 26 January 2020

Erwin Olaf's 'Marie-Antoinette, † 1793' from series 'Royal Blood' (2000) is on display in a group show centered around the iconic queen of France, in Conciergerie Paris.

We look back on a great year:

“12 x Erwin Olaf” at Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

2 July, 3 July – 22 September 2019

"12 X Erwin Olaf" is being held to mark the transfer of Erwin Olaf’s core collection. Last year the museum received almost 500 objects from the artist, including prints, portfolios, videos, magazines, books and posters. Working in collaboration with the Rijksmuseum’s director Taco Dibbits, Erwin Olaf has selected eleven photographs and one video installation for display alongside eleven paintings and one print from the Rijksmuseum collection.

Erwin Olaf knighted

2 July 2019

At the opening of the exhibition "12 X Erwin Olaf" the major of Amsterdam knighted Erwin Olaf in the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands.

Anniversary solo exhibition at The Gemeentemuseum and Photography Museum, The Hague

16 February - 16 June 2019

In 2019 The Gemeentemuseum The Hague (now Kunstmuseum The Hague) together with The Hague Museum of Photography hosted a large-scale Erwin Olaf solo exhibition, which drew over 320.000 visitors in 4 months.

Shanghai Center of Photography (SCoP) - Parallel

2 March - 30 May 2019

Erwin Olaf had a solo exhibition at Shanghai Center of Photography (SCoP) with the title Parallel. The exhibition was on display from 2 March till 30 May 2019. The exhibition travelled on to Xie Zilong Photography Museum in Changsha, more information below.

16-17 Februari

"You don't just look, you also wonder'

Upcoming show at Xie Zilong Photography Museum (XPM), Changsha

6 July - 29 February 2020

Erwin Olaf’s solo show from Shanghai Center of Photography (SCoP) travelled on to Xie Zilong Photography Museum (XPM) in Changsha, Hunam Province last June. The exhibition dates have just been extended. You can find more about XPM on its website http://www.x-museum.com/web-wechat/index/index

Rijksmuseum acquires core collection Erwin Olaf

25 May 2018

We are tremendously proud to announce that the famous Dutch Rijksmuseum received around 500 works from Erwin Olaf's core collection. From vintage prints to posters and films, spanning around 40 years of artistic works, to be enjoyed by many future generations.

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"