1924
Born January 28 in Brussels, Belgium
1945
First known publication of poems
1947
Cosigns the Belgian Surrealist manifesto 'Pas de quartiers dans la revolution' Works in Brussels as a freelance writer and dealer of antiquarian books
1957
Publication of his first poetry collection 'Mon livre d'Ogre' and his first film 'La Clef de l'Horloge, un poème cinématographique (en l'honneur de Kurt Scwitters)'
1962
Moves to Paris and works as a freelance journalist
1963
Returns to Brussels
1964
Creates first objects using mussels, eggshells, coal and bricks Authors additional publications and expands his artistic work using media such as film, photography, audiotapes and slides
1967
Completes film 'Le Corbeau et le Renard (d'après La Fontaine)'
1968
Begins a series of editions in vacuum-formed plastic
1969
Founds the 'Musée d'Art Moderne, Département des Aigles' in his home on rue de la Pépinière, Brussels. Presents several sections of the 'Musée d'Art Moderne, Département des Aigles' as a discussion of the term 'museum' and its function
1970
Moves to Düsseldorf
1972
Terminates the 'Musée d'Art Moderne, Département des Aigles'upon completion of its last section (a contribution to Documenta 5 in Kassel)
1973
Moves to London
1974-75
Stays in Berlin in the context of DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service). A series of six solo exhibitions open between September 1974 and October 1975 where Broodthaers further specifies the concept of his artwork.
1976
Dies on January 28 in Cologne
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
1964
Galerie Saint-Laurent, Brussels Galerie Smith, Brussels Parc du Mont des Arts, Brussels
1967
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
1968
Wide White Space Gallery, Antwerp Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne
1970
Exposition littéraire et musicale autour de Mallarmé, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
1973
Galerie Françoise Lambert, Milan
1974
Petersburg Press, London
Palais des Beaux-Arts und Cinéma d'Arensburg, Brussels
Kunstmuseum Basel
1975
Nationalgalerie Berlin Museum of Modern Art, Oxford
Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Hôtel Rothschild, Paris
1977
The Tate Gallery, London
1978
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
1979
Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent
Kunstverein Hamburg
1980
Wallraf-Richartz-Museum / Museum Ludwig, Cologne
1981
Museum Boymans-van Beuningen, Rotterdam
Musée Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, Brussels
1982
Kunsthalle Bern
1985
Marcel Broodthaers: Fotografische Bildnisse, Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz / Wolfgang-Gurlitt-Museum, Linz
Oesterreichisches Fotoarchiv, Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna
Kulturhaus der Stadt Graz
1987
Florizoone Fine Art, Nieuwpoort
Le Cadre Gallery, Hong Kong
Marcel Broodthaers in Zuid-Limburg - Fotos 1961 - 1970, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
1988
Galerie Watari, Tokyo
1989
Marcel Broodthaers - Le Cadran S(c)olaire. Édition des Amateurs, Berlin 1974, DAAD Galerie, Berlin
Marcel Broodthaers, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
1992
Marcel Broodthaers, Kunstraum München, Munich
Marcel Broodthaers. Slide projections, Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Marcel Broodthaers. Complete Prints and Multiples, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
1993
Marcel Broodthaers - Diawerken: 'Projection' (1971), 'Images d'Epinal' (1974), Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
1997
Marcel Broodthaers. Cinéma, Fundació Antoni Tàpies, Barcelona; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf; Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostelan; Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
Marcel Broodthaers: En lisant la Lorelei, Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva
1999
Marcel Broodthaers. Das Gesamtwerk der Graphik und Bücher, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
2001
Marcel Broodthaers, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
2003
Marcel Broodthaers, Die Photographische Sammlung / SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne
Marcel Broodthaers, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
2007
Décor - A Conquest by Marcel Broodthaers, Michael Werner at Galerie de France, Paris; Michael Werner Gallery, New York; Arts Club of Chicago
2008
Marcel Broodthaers, Milton Keynes Gallery, Buckinghamshire
Series Drawings, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne; Michael Werner Gallery, New York
2009
Ombres, New Galerie de France, Paris
Matthew Brannon, Marcel Broodthaers, James Lee Byars, William E. Jones, David Kordansky Gallery, Los Angeles
2010
Marcel Broodthaers: Major Works, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
Marcel Broodthaers: Section Cinéma, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Marcel Broodthaers—Collecció d’obra gráfica illibres, Galeria Kewenig, Palma de Mallorca
2011
In Praise of Doubt, Punta della Dogana, Venice
Heinz und Marianne Ebers-Stiftung. Eine Sammlung von Format, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld
Asche und Gold - Eine Weltenreise, MARTa Herford; Schloss Moyland, Bedburg-Hau
2012
Bateau Tableau, Campoli Presti, London
Spirits of Internationalism: 6 European Collection, 1956-1986, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp
Marcel Broodthaers. L'espace de l'ecriture, Museo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna
Utopie GESAMTKUNSTWERK, 21er Haus, Vienna
CIRCUS WOLS: Eine Hommage, Weserburg: Museum für moderne Kunst, Bremen
Animismus, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin
Kewenig Galerie at Salon du Dessin, Palais de la Bourse, Paris
Auf Papier, Kewenig Galerie, Cologne
Manifesta 9 - The European Biennial of Contemporary Art, Waterschei mine, Genk, Limburg
Alice im Wunderland der Kunst, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
The Michael Werner Collection: I sat Beauty on my knees. (...) And I reviled Her., Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
Marcel Broodthaers: Cinéma modèle, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
2013
Neunzehnhundertsiebzig. Material, Orte, Denkprozesse, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern
Cloud Illusions I Recall, Irish Museum of Modern Art
Siege, Fire and Reconstruction of San Sebastian, San Telmo Museoa, San Sebastian
Blackboard – Art from Teaching / Learning from Art, Artipelag Konsthall, Gustavsberg
Décor: A Conquest and Bricks 1966-1975, Michael Werner Gallery, London
2014
Musée à vendre pour cause de faillité. Herbert Foundation und mumok im Dialog, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig
Le Corbeau et le Renard. Aufstand der Sprache mit Marcel Broodthaers. Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel
Kunst-Geschichten, Museum der Moderne, Salzburg
Décor, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen
2015
Marcel Broodthaers, Monnaie de Paris, Paris
Belle Haleine – The Scent of Art, Museum Tinguely, Basel
KUNST FÜR ALLE; Multiples, Prints, Actions of the Staeck Collection, Akademie der Kuenste, Berlin
Marcel Broodthaers, Fridericianum Museum, Kassel
Marcel Broodthaers: Poet and Artist, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Carte du monde poetique: Films, works and documents of Marcel Broodthaers, Herbert Foundation, Ghent
2016
Marcel Broodthaers: Écriture, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
Marcel Broodthaers, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York
Marcel Broodthaers: A Retrospective, Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf
Question the Wall Itself, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Ne dites pas que je ne l’ai pas dit - Le Perroquet & The Complete Prints and Books & Other Works, Albert Baronian, Brussels
2017
Marcel Broodthaers: A Retrospective, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
Landschaften, Galerie Michael Werner, Märkisch Wilmersdorf
Un Jardin d’Hiver, Hauser & Wirth, London
Magritte, Broodthaers and Contemporary Art, Royal Museum of Fine Arts Belgium, Brussels
The Inaugural Exhibition, 1977: Marcel Broodthaers and James Lee Byars, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
2018
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler, Michael Werner Gallery and TRAMPS, New York
Collagen, Michael Werner Gallery, Märkisch Wilmersdorf
Maison Forte, Tour Deaul, Revonnas
Marcel Broodthaers: Poetry and Images, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow
Broodthaerskabinet, SMAK Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent
2019
Soleil Politique, Museum van Hedendaagse-Kunst, Antwerp
2021
Marcel Broodthaers: Industrial Poems, Open Letters, WIELS Centre for Contemporary Art, Brussels
Secret Wing, Timișoara National Art Museum, Timișoara, Romania
2022
Marcel Broodthaers: Industrial Poems, MASILugano, Lugano
Footprints of a Collector: Reiner Speck. Mallarmé, Broodthaers et les autres, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne
Footprints of a Collector: Reiner Speck. Mallarmé, Broodthaers et les autres, Galerie Michael Werner, Berlin
2023
Michael Oppitz on Marcel Broodthaers, Galerie Buchholz, New York
A Study in Form (Chapter One), James Fuentes Gallery, New York
Marcel Broodthaers, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich
Marcel Broodthaers, Taro Nasu, Tokyo
If the Berlin Wind Blows My Flag. Art and Internationalism Before the Fall of the Berlin Wall, Neue Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin
Channeling, Museum fur Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, Frankfurt
2024
Exposition Littéraire Autour de Mallarmé, Center for Book Arts, Midtown, New York
Elmgreen & Dragset: READ, Kunsthalle Praha, Prague
For What It’s Worth: Value Systems in Art since 1960, The Warehouse, Dallas
Everyone is an Artist: Joseph Beuys, Marcel Broodthaers and James Lee Byars, Michael Werner Gallery, London