Michael Werner Gallery, London, in collaboration with Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, is pleased to present Invisible Questions That Fill the Air: James Lee Byars and Seung-taek Lee, an exhibition of works by American artist James Lee Byars (b. 1932, d. 1997) and Korean artist Seung-taek Lee (b. 1932), curated by Allegra Pesenti.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to present an exhibition of new sculptures and paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Aaron Curry (b. 1972 in San Antonio, Texas).

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to present Birds Follow Spring, a summer painting show featuring the work of eight artists.

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to present Gaston Chaissac, an exhibition of paintings, drawings, and collages by 20th century French artist Gaston Chaissac (b. 1910 in Avallon, France, d. 1964 in La Roche-sur-Yon, France).

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to present Florian Krewer: light the ocean, an exhibition of new paintings by German-born, Bronx-based artist Florian Krewer.

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to present Maki Na Kamura, an exhibition of new paintings by Osaka-born, Berlin-based artist Maki Na Kamura.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to present Markus Lüpertz: Et in Arcadia ego, an exhibition of recent paintings by the eminent German artist Markus Lüpertz. The exhibition shows the artist at his best, forging a future for his work by invoking the past and reimagining it in the present.

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to present Eugène Leroy: The Materiality of Light, Paintings 1950-1999, the first major exhibition of paintings by French artist Eugène Leroy (1910-2000) in the U.K. Spanning five decades, the exhibition includes rarely seen seascapes from the 1950s to the built-up almost sculptural paintings from the latter part of the artist’s career.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to present Antonius Höckelmann / Arnulf Rainer, an exhibition of over 70 works by German artist Antonius Höckelmann (1937-2000) and Austrian artist Arnulf Rainer (b. 1929). Featuring a wide array of media, including paintings, sculpture, drawings, photography, and prints, the exhibition provides a unique opportunity to see the works of Höckelmann and Rainer side by side. Working simultaneously from different countries, both artists explored themes of creation and destruction in post-war Europe.

Michael Werner Gallery, East Hampton is pleased to present Don Van Vliet: Cold Furniture, an exhibition of paintings and works on paper by American musician, poet, and painter Don Van Vliet (1941-2010).

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to present Interior, an exhibition curated by Andrew Bonacina.

Artists include: Kai Althoff (b. 1966), Frank Auerbach (b. 1931), Nairy Baghramian (b. 1971), Enrico David (b. 1966), Jake Grewal (b. 1994), Gwen John (1876 – 1939), Christina Kimeze (b. 1986), Stanislava Kovalcikova (b. 1988), Florian Krewer (b. 1986), Janette Laverrière (1909 – 2011), Gilbert Lewis (b. 1945), Hilary Lloyd (b. 1964), Anne Low (b. 1981), Victor Man (b. 1974), Julien Nguyen (b. 1990), Christodoulos Panayiotou (b. 1978), Francis Picabia (1879 – 1953), Walter Price (b. 1989), Andy Robert (b. 1984), Raphaela Simon (b. 1986), Austin Osman Spare (1886 – 1956), Anita Steckel (1930 – 2012), Mary Stephenson (b. 1989), Angus Suttie (1946 – 1993), Félix Vallotton (1865 – 1925), Édouard Vuillard (1868 – 1940), Willa Wasserman (b. 1990), Lionel Wendt (1900 – 1944).

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to present Ti Zwazo Clarendon: You Can Go Home Again; You Just Can’t Stay, the first solo exhibition in the United Kingdom of works by Haitian-American artist Andy Robert.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to present Issy Wood: Time Sensitive, an exhibition of new paintings by American-born, British artist and musician Issy Wood (b. 1993).

Michael Werner Gallery, East Hampton is pleased to present Peter and Sally Saul, an exhibition of works on paper by Peter Saul and ceramic works by Sally Saul. Both artists specifically created and selected the mostly new works for this joint exhibition, where their work is shown together for the first time in many years.

Michael Werner Gallery, East Hampton is pleased to present Maki Na Kamura, an exhibition of paintings by German-based Japanese artist Maki Na Kamura.

Michael Werner Gallery, East Hampton is pleased to present an exhibition of paintings by Japanese-American artist Miyoko Ito (1918-1983).

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to present an exhibition of paintings by Danish artist Per Kirkeby (1938-2018). Taking the form of a small retrospective, the show focuses on the artist’s lifelong engagement with landscape, geology, and the natural world.  

Michael Werner Gallery, East Hampton is pleased to host the distinguished non-profit institution White Columns for the month of June 2022. White Columns will present If Only I Had A Name Like Norma Tanega: an exhibition of paintings by the artist, musician, songwriter, and educator Norma Tanega (1939-2019). This is the second posthumous presentation of Tanega’s work following a 2021 exhibition at White Columns, New York.

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to present Peter Saul: New Work, an exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by the eminent American painter Peter Saul (b. 1934).

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to present Francis Picabia – Women: Works on Paper 1902-1950, an exhibition of over 40 works on paper spanning 50 years of the iconoclastic French artist’s career.

Michael Werner Gallery, East Hampton is pleased to present James Lee Byars: The Chair for the Philosophy of Question, one of the key works by American artist James Lee Byars (b. 1932, d. 1997).

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to present an exhibition of paintings by Danish artist Per Kirkeby (1938-2018). Taking the form of a small retrospective, the show focuses on the artist’s lifelong engagement with landscape, geology, and the natural world.  

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to present Markus Lüpertz: The grace of the twentieth century is rendered visible by the dithyramb I have invented. Paintings from 1963-1976. Featuring large scale paintings and works on paper, the exhibition traces the development of the artist’s seminal dithyrambic series as he emerged on the international art scene.

For winter, Michael Werner Gallery in East Hampton will present David, the most important sculpture by visionary Austro-American artist, architect, and theoretician Frederick Kiesler (1890-1965).

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to present A.R. Penck - Systems: Felt Works and Paintings. Throughout his career, Penck depicted the human struggle stemming from man-made political, scientific, and societal systems. On view are paintings, works on paper, and a unique group of felt sculptures on display for the first time in the UK.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to present an exhibition of paintings by French artist Eugène Leroy (1910-2000). On view in the exhibition are paintings of Leroy’s muse and lover, Marina Bourdoncle, an artist Leroy met in 1986 and with whom he shared the remainder of his life until 2000. 

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present Wild Dogs in our East Hampton gallery.  The exhibition features the work of five painters who are friends, cohorts, and co-conspirators: Tim Breuer, Simone Kennedy Doig, Stanislava Kovalcikova, Florian Krewer, and Christoph Matthes.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to present an exhibition of übermalungen, or overpaintings, by the late Danish artist Per Kirkeby.

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to present ride or fly, an exhibition of new paintings by Florian Krewer.#f75419

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present James Lee Byars/Shōji Hamada, an exhibition of early works of paper, stone and wood made in Japan by American artist James Lee Byars (b. 1932, d. 1997) along with ceramic works by world-renowned Japanese potter Shōji Hamada (b. 1894, d. 1978).

Organized in collaboration with Graham Steele, Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present Paul Cadmus: Pleasant and Unpleasant at our East Hampton gallery. With over 60 works on view created over the span of 60 years, the exhibition presents a timely exploration of a career devoted to a balance between traditional techniques of representation and a radical assault on the heteronormativity of the pre-War New York society.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to present an exhibition of recent paintings by Markus Lüpertz. Featuring paintings made over the last four years in Italy and Germany, the artist masterfully combines Southern and Northern European painting traditions while creating work that is new, innovative and contemporary.

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to present James Lee Byars: The Milky Way and The Star Man. The exhibition will feature two of Byars’s most ambitious works: The Milky Way, a 2-dimensional work composed of 100 black paper stars, and The Star Man, a 3-dimensional work comprising of 100 white Thassos marble stars. This exhibition marks only the second time each work has been on view and the first time these important works have been shown together.

Michael Werner Gallery and Venus Over Manhattan, New York are pleased to present a two-part exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by the eminent and iconic American painter Peter Saul (b. 1934).

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present Lehmbruck/Leroy at our East Hampton gallery. This exhibition offers a rare opportunity to view the sculpture of German artist Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1881-1919) alongside the paintings and drawings of French artist Eugène Leroy (1910-2000). From different countries and generations, both artists simultaneously pay homage to and break free from classical traditions in art.

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to present an exhibition of recent paintings by Markus Lüpertz. Painted over the last four years in Italy and Germany, the artist masterfully combines Southern and Northern European painting traditions while creating work that is new, innovative and contemporary.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to present James Lee Byars: The Milky Way. The exhibition will feature Byars’s most ambitious two-dimensional work. Composed of 100 black silk paper stars, The Milky Way will envelop the gallery. This exhibition marks the first time the work has been exhibited.

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present Aaron Curry at our East Hampton gallery. Los Angeles-based artist Aaron Curry finds inspiration in a variety of places, from 20th-century modernists like Picasso, Noguchi, Picabia and Calder to science fiction, comic book illustration and skateboarding culture. The exhibition will include sculptures, paintings and collages from 2008 until the present day. The artist's mashup of influences forms a unique and singular aesthetic, creating a distinctive voice within his generation.

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present Per Kirkeby: Paintings and Sculptures in Bronze at our East Hampton gallery, located at 50 Newtown Lane. On view will be paintings, bronze sculptures and works on paper by the late Danish artist, Per Kirkeby (b. 1938, d. 2018). With a career spanning over six decades, Kirkeby was an accomplished painter, sculptor, writer, and filmmaker, and one of the most influential and versatile artists of his generation.

Michael Werner Gallery and TRAMPS present Eyes on Fire, an exhibition of recent paintings by Florian Krewer. Eyes on Fire will be on view in two locations, Michael Werner Gallery (4 East 77th Street) and TRAMPS (75 East Broadway, 2nd Floor).

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present Works on Paper at our East Hampton gallery, located at 50 Newtown Lane.

On view will be works on paper by Hurvin Anderson, Milton Avery, Georg Baselitz, Joe Bradley, Marcel Broodthaers, James Lee Byars, Enrico David, Peter Doig, Jörg Immendorff, Per Kirkeby, Florian Krewer, Eugène Leroy, Markus Lüpertz, Walter de Maria, Roberto Matta, Henri Michaux, A.R. Penck, Elizabeth Peyton, Francis Picabia, Sigmar Polke, Peter Saul, Raphaela Simon, and Don Van Vliet.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to present Peter Saul: Murder in the Kitchen, Early Works, featuring paintings and works on paper created from 1959 to 1966. The exhibition charts the artist's development as he emerges as one of the most original voices in 20th century American painting.

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to present an exhibition of major works by German painter Georg Baselitz, one of the most important painters of the second half of the twentieth century. I Was Born into a Destroyed Order begins in the 1960s and surveys the first three decades of the artist's career. A selection of seminal paintings, works on paper and sculpture will be on view.

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present Markus Lüpertz, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes at our East Hampton gallery, located at 50 Newtown Lane. On view will be paintings, works on paper, and sculpture by Markus Lüpertz and paintings and works on paper by Pierre Puvis de Chavannes.

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present A.R. Penck Bronzes & Florian Krewer Paintings, the second exhibition at our East Hampton gallery, located at 50 Newtown Lane.

Sigmar Polke, Francis Picabia and Friends is the inaugural exhibition at Michael Werner Gallery's East Hampton space. Located at 50 Newtown Lane, the exhibition will focus on major works of Picabia and Polke, with additional works by those who have drawn inspiration from both artists, including Italian artist Enrico David, amongst others.

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to announce the reopening of our gallery and the opening of our new group exhibition About the Human Figure, which will run in tandem with our summer online exhibition The Human Figure. On view at Michael Werner Gallery, London will be a selection of major paintings and sculpture by James Lee Byars, Enrico David, Peter Doig, Florian Krewer, Francis Picabia, A.R. Penck, Sigmar Polke, Raphaela Simon, and Don Van Vliet.

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present Parapliers the Willow Dipped, Paintings 1967-1997, an exhibition of works by Don Van Vliet. Selected by artist Spencer Sweeney, this is the first New York exhibition of Van Vliet’s paintings in more than a decade.

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to present an exhibition of early sculptures and drawings by Sigmar Polke (1941-2010), one of the most influential artists of the 20th Century. Sigmar Polke - Objects: Real and Imagined features a mystifying and important body of work from the 1960s, and includes many loans from private and public collections.

Image © The Estate of Sigmar Polke, Cologne / ARS, New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to present an exhibition of works on paper and brick sculptures by Danish artist Per Kirkeby. This is the first time many of these sculptures have been shown since their first exhibition in Europe in the mid-1970s.

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to present Erdbeeren, an exhibition of paintings and sculptures by Berlin-based artist Raphaela Simon (b. 1986). This is the artist’s first solo exhibition in London and first with Michael Werner Gallery.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to present an exhibition of early sculptures and drawings by Sigmar Polke (1941-2010), one of the most influential artists of the 20th Century. Sigmar Polke - Objects: Real and Imagined features a mystifying and important body of work from the 1960s and includes loans from private and public collections.

Image © The Estate of Sigmar Polke, Cologne / ARS, New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to announce an exhibition of new paintings by Peter Doig.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to present an exhibition of works by James Lee Byars, concurrently on view this summer with the exhibition James Lee Byars: Works 1974-1994 at Michael Werner Gallery in London.

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to present an exhibition of two seminal works by James Lee Byars. Together, these works present Byars' aim to question the very nature of the flag, nationalism and conscience.

TRAMPS and Michael Werner Gallery are pleased to present Chaste as Ice, Pure as Snow, an exhibition of new paintings by Satoshi Kojima. This exhibition marks his fifth collaboration with TRAMPS and first with Michael Werner. Located on the second floor of the New York Mart Mall at 75 East Broadway, beneath the Manhattan Bridge.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to present Markus Lüpertz: Dans l’Atelier, opening 18 April. The exhibition was originally conceived for the Musée de la vie Romantique in Paris, where it was on view last year. Comprising over two dozen plaster and wax sculptures completed between 2016 and 2018 as well as paintings and works on paper, Dans l’Atelier presents viewers with an intimate look at Lüpertz’s conceptual process. 

Michael Werner Gallery, London, is pleased to present Car Park Godiva, an exhibition of paintings by Düsseldorf-based artist Florian Krewer (b. 1986), opening 2 April. Krewer studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and this is the artist’s first solo exhibition in London.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to present Jörg Immendorff: Questions from a Painter Who Reads, opening 21 February. This exhibition of paintings is a visual history of one of the most important artists to emerge from post-war Germany and spans four decades of the artist’s career from 1974 to 2007.

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to present Markus Lüpertz: Dans l’Atelier, opening 30 January. The exhibition travels to London from Musée de la vie Romantique in Paris and is curated by the museum’s director Jérôme Farigoule. Comprising over two dozen plaster and wax sculptures completed between 2016 and 2018 as well as paintings and works on paper, Dans l’Atelier presents viewers with an intimate look at Lüpertz’s conceptual process.

Comprising loans from private and public collections, this exhibition presents a selection of paintings and works on paper by Puvis de Chavannes, a seminal artist of the late nineteenth century. The exhibition is curated by art historian and former National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa curator Louise d’Argencourt, and Bertrand Puvis de Chavannes, the painter’s great grandnephew, an art historian, and the President of the Comité Puvis de Chavannes. D’Argencourt also organized the first posthumous Puvis de Chavannes retrospectives at the Musée du Louvre, Paris (1976), and the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (1977).

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to present Jörg Immendorff: Questions from a Painter Who Reads, opening 16 November. This exhibition of paintings is a visual history of one of the most important artists to emerge from post-war Germany and spans four decades of the artist’s career from 1974 to 2007.

Comprising loans from private and public collections, this exhibition presents a selection of paintings and works on paper by a seminal artist of the late nineteenth century. The exhibition is curated by art historian and former National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa curator Louise d’Argencourt, and Bertrand Puvis de Chavannes, the painter’s great grandnephew, an art historian, and the President of the Comité Puvis de Chavannes. D’Argencourt also organized the first posthumous Puvis de Chavannes retrospectives at the Musée du Louvre, Paris (1976), and the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa (1977).

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to announce an exhibition of new works by Enrico David. These sculptures, tapestries and works on paper mine a space between figuration and abstraction, exploring the human figure as a metaphor for transformation.

Vile Bodies, a group exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculptures, will be held simultaneously in both Michael Werner’s London and New York galleries.

Vile Bodies, a group exhibition of paintings, drawings and sculptures, will be held simultaneously in both Michael Werner’s London and New York galleries.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to announce two exhibitions of works by A.R. Penck, one of the most important artists to emerge from Germany during the post-war period. Paintings from the 1980s and Memorial to an Unknown East German Soldier will be presented concurrently from 9 May to 3 July. Featuring several large-scale paintings and a monumental sculpture in wood and bronze, these exhibitions represent a key moment in A.R. Penck's oeuvre.

Presented by TRAMPS and Michael Werner Gallery, Florian Krewer: pinkflavor is located on the second floor of the New York Mart Mall at 75 East Broadway, beneath the Manhattan Bridge. Opening hours are Thursday - Sunday, 12-6PM. This is Krewer's first North American exhibition.

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to present Markus Lüpertz: Tent Paintings, 1965, opening 27 April. The exhibition is a rare opportunity to view key early "dithyrambic" works by this important artist.

Michael Werner Gallery and TRAMPS are pleased to present If on a Winter's Night a Traveler, a group exhibition. The exhibition will feature works by Marcel Broodthaers, James Lee Byars, Enrico David, Marie Karlberg, Pat O'Neill, and Sigmar Polke.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to present an exhibition of works from the 1980s by Per Kirkeby. With a selection of more than twenty paintings and bronze sculptures, this exhibition explores an important period in Kirkeby's oeuvre, one which has not previously been shown in such depth.

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to announce two concurrent exhibitions of works by A.R. Penck, one of the most important artists to emerge from Germany during the post-war period. Featuring several large-scale paintings and a monumental sculpture in wood and bronze, these exhibitions represent a key moment in A.R. Penck’s oeuvre.

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to announce an exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by Peter Doig. This is the artist's first exhibition of new works in London since 2012.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York, is pleased to present Georg Baselitz: 1977-1992, an exhibition of major paintings and works on paper by one of the most important German artists of the post-war period.

Presented by TRAMPS and Michael Werner Gallery, Raphaela Simon: Karo is located on the second floor of the New York Mart Mall at 75 East Broadway, beneath the Manhattan Bridge. This is Simon’s first solo exhibition in New York.

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to announce an exhibition of new works by Enrico David. These sculptures, tapestries and works on paper mine a space between figuration and abstraction, exploring the human figure as a metaphor for transformation.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to announce an exhibition of new paintings and works on paper by Peter Doig.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to present an exhibition of works on paper by Don Van Vliet. The exhibition comprises drawings and paintings on paper from the 1980s through 2000 and is the first solo showing of Van Vliet's work in New York in 10 years.

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to present an exhibition of works from the 1980s by Per Kirkeby. With a selection of more than twenty-five paintings and bronze sculptures, this exhibition explores an important period in Kirkeby’s oeuvre, one which has not previously been shown in such depth.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to present an exhibition of new paintings by Markus Lüpertz, inspired by the pastoral motif of Arcadia and its recurrence throughout the canon of art history from Greek antiquity to the Renaissance.

Vitrine is located at 75 East Broadway Suite #216 in the New York Mart mall, beneath the Manhattan Bridge. James Lee Byars: The American Flag is on view seven days a week from 9AM – 9PM. Please contact the gallery for more information.

Michael Werner Gallery, in collaboration with Fondazione Giuliani, Rome, is pleased to present James Lee Byars's "The Golden Tower" in the Campo San Vio, Venice, on the edge of the Grand Canal. This presentation is on view through 26 November and a Collateral Event of the 57th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia, curated by Christine Macel.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York, is pleased to present Jörg Immendorff: LIDL Works and Performances from the 60s. Featuring both paintings and objects, the exhibition will provide viewers with an opportunity to see a rarely-exhibited body of early work by one of the most important artists to emerge during the post-war period in Germany.

Michael Werner Gallery, London, is pleased to present Georg Baselitz: 1977–1992, an exhibition of major paintings and works on paper by one of the most important German artists of the post-war period.

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of works by the German painter Richard Oelze (1900-1980). A reclusive and visionary artist who participated in major international exhibitions of his time, Oelze is now lost to the broader art historical consciousness.

Michael Werner Gallery, London, is pleased to announce an exhibition of Sigmar Polke’s Pour Paintings. Featuring over fifteen large-scale works on paper, this exhibition highlights the exuberant invention and uncommon beauty underlying Polke’s greatest work.

Image © The Estate of Sigmar Polke, Cologne / ARS, New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of works by the German painter Richard Oelze (1900-1980). A reclusive and visionary artist who participated in major international exhibitions of his time, Oelze is now lost to the broader art historical consciousness. This exhibition, with more than thirty paintings and drawings, is a rare opportunity to reconsider one of the forgotten masters of Surrealist painting. 

Michael Werner Gallery in New York is pleased to present Foreign Body, an exhibition of new paintings by Hurvin Anderson. This is Anderson’s second solo show with the gallery.

Michael Werner Gallery, London, is pleased to present Some Terrible Problems, an exhibition of new paintings by American artist Peter Saul. This is the first London exhibition by Saul, who remains a vital presence in American painting through more than fifty years.

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to announce Headspace, an exhibition of new paintings by Aaron Curry. This is the artist’s first exhibition devoted to paintings in New York.

For summer, Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to present Flora, Fauna and Other Forms of Life, a group exhibition which includes important works by Hans Arp, Georg Baselitz, Joseph Beuys, Enrico David, Willem de Kooning, Peter Doig, Jörg Immendorff, Per Kirkeby, Paul Klee, Eugène Leroy, Markus Lüpertz, Ernst Wilhelm Nay, A.R. Penck, Francis Picabia, Sigmar Polke, Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern, Kurt Schwitters and Don Van Vliet.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to present an exhibition of early works by German artist A.R. Penck. Featuring important paintings and sculptures created in Dresden in the 1960s and early 1970s, the exhibition presents unique insights into the artist’s distinctive style and sensibility. This is the first comprehensive exhibition in the United States of Penck’s rarely seen early works in over two decades.

Michael Werner Gallery, London, is pleased to present two concurrent exhibitions by Jörg Immendorff. LIDL Works and Performances from the 60s and Late Paintings after Hogarth will provide viewers with an opportunity to see two distinct and rarely-exhibited bodies of work by one of the most important artists to emerge during the post-war period in Germany. These are the first major exhibitions dedicated to Immendorff in London in twenty years.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to present an historical survey exhibition of works by Allen Jones. Organized by Sir Norman Rosenthal, the exhibition includes paintings and sculptures from the 1960s to the present day and is the first comprehensive showing in New York of this celebrated and controversial British artist. This special exhibition of works by Allen Jones is possible thanks to loans from major public institutions and private collections.

Michael Werner Gallery, London, is pleased to present Allen Jones: Maîtresse. The exhibition brings together for the first time the paintings that form Jones’s "Maîtresse "cycle. Begun as a commissioned movie poster in 1975, "Maîtresse" developed into a discrete group of several major works by 2015.

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present Marcel Broodthaers: Écriture, an exhibition of major works by one of the most influential artists of the post-war period. The exhibition brings particular consideration to the importance of writing within Broodthaers' complex and diverse oeuvre.

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to present an exhibition of early works by German artist A.R. Penck. Featuring important paintings and sculptures created in Dresden in the 1960s and early 1970s, the exhibition presents unique insights into the artist’s distinctive style and sensibility.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to announce an exhibition of new paintings by Peter Doig. This is the artist's first presentation of new works in the United States since 2009.

Michael Werner Gallery, London, is pleased to present Body Shop, a group exhibition exploring depictions of the human figure in painting and sculpture. Artists in the exhibition include Kai Althoff, Hans Arp, Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Enrico David, Peter Doig, Allen Jones, Fredrick Kiesler, Henri Laurens, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Markus Lüpertz, Francis Picabia, Félix Vallotton and Don Van Vliet.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York, is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Italian artist Gianni Piacentino. The exhibition will feature a consistent body of work, following the development of Piacentino’s artistic career over the last fifty years, from the minimal objects developed between 1965 and 1968 to the present day. 

Michael Werner Gallery, New York, is pleased to present The Figure of Death and The Moon Column, an exhibition of sculptures by James Lee Byars. This exhibition is one of three James Lee Byars shows simultaneously on view this summer, alongside The Diamond Floor at Michael Werner Gallery, London and The Poetic Conceit and Other Works at VW (VeneKlasen/Werner), Berlin.

For summer, VW (VeneKlasen/Werner) is pleased to present James Lee Byars: The Poetic Conceit and Other Works.Throughout his prolific career Byars pursued with tireless curiosity his life-long obsessions with ideal form and a personalized notion of “perfect”. On view in the gallery's cinema is the 16mm film “Autobiography” (1970), a rare example of James Lee Byars’ use of film in which the artist appears on screen for a fraction of a second. Together, these four pieces form a distinct body of work that explores and questions the ethereal nature of language and communication.

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to present James Lee Byars: The Diamond Floor. This is the first time the work has been shown in the UK. Originally created for Fondation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain, Paris in 1995, “The Diamond Floor” (1995) is a sculptural incarnation of “Five Points Make a Man”, a conceptual motif that appears in many of the artist’s drawings, sculptures and performances. 

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Italian artist Gianni Piacentino, curated by Centre d’Art Contemporain Geneva’s director Andrea Bellini. The exhibition will feature a consistent body of work, following the development of Piacentino’s artistic career over the last fifty years, from the minimal objects developed between 1965 and 1968 to the present day.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York, is pleased to announce an exhibition of Sigmar Polke's Silver Paintings. This presentation is the first time since their debut, in 1990, that the Silver Paintings have been exhibited. The exhibition offers the opportunity to experience a rarely-seen body of experimental works by one of the most important artists of the post-war period.

Image © The Estate of Sigmar Polke, Cologne / ARS, New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.

Michael Werner Gallery, London, is pleased to present an exhibition of early works on paper by Sigmar Polke. This is the largest and most comprehensive exhibition in London of Polke's works on paper in just over a decade. The exhibition features nearly 100 works, many of which are being exhibited for the first time.

Image © The Estate of Sigmar Polke, Cologne / ARS, New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of paintings by A.R. Penck. Between Light and Shadow brings together an entirely new group of works by one of the preeminent German artists of the Post-War period. 

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present Morning Zoo, the first solo exhibition in London of paintings and works on paper by Michael Williams. Rendered with an inventive combination of traditional and contemporary painterly techniques, Williams' work has a highly tactile, disorienting opticality.

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new works by Enrico David. With a primary focus on sculpture, this is the artist’s second exhibition at the New York gallery.

Kai Althoff, born 1966 in Cologne, currently lives and works in New York. For his first show with Michael Werner, Althoff will present a new body of work comprised mostly of paintings and drawings. 

Michael Werner Gallery, New York, is pleased to announce an exhibition of Café Deutschland paintings by Jörg Immendorff. This is a major exhibition of important works by the artist and is the first substantial showing of Café Deutschland paintings to be presented in the United States in over three decades.

For summer, Michael Werner Gallery, New York is pleased to present Is Is and Other Works, an exhibition of sculpture by James Lee Byars.  Is Is and Other Works presents three late sculptures which exemplify the artist's "interrogative philosophy" and the artist's obsession with "question" as an aesthetic precept.

Michael Werner Gallery, London, is pleased to present an exhibition of new paintings by Los Angeles-based artist Aaron Curry. This is the artist’s first exhibition devoted to paintings, representing a new direction in his work.

Michael Werner Gallery, London is pleased to present an exhibition of early works by Peter Doig. The exhibition presents a comprehensive overview of Doig’s formative works from the 1980s and includes several paintings and drawings shown for the first time.

Michael Werner Gallery, New York, is pleased to present an exhibition of early drawings by Sigmar Polke. This is the largest and most comprehensive exhibition in the United States of Polke’s works on paper in nearly two decades. The exhibition features nearly 100 works, many of which are being exhibited for the first time.

Image © The Estate of Sigmar Polke, Cologne / ARS, New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present Players Ball, an exhibition of works by Markus Lüpertz selected by renowned painter Peter Doig. Players Ball is Lüpertz's first solo exhibition in London in over twenty-five years and explores the artist's fifty-year pursuit of painting with a focus on works of the 1960s and 1970s juxtaposed with a group of new paintings and sculptures.

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present A.R. Penck: Felt Works 1972-1995. This exhibition of the artist's felt sculptures is the first to be presented outside of Europe, offering a rare opportunity to examine a significant, though little-known, body of work by one of the most important artists of the post-war generation.

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present two major concurrent exhibitions by Marcel Broodthaers. Décor: A Conquest and Bricks: 1966-1975 will provide viewers with an opportunity to see two distinct and rarely-exhibited bodies of work by one of the most important artists of the last century. This is the first showing of Décor: A Conquest in the UK since its debut in London in 1975.

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of early works by Peter Doig. The exhibition presents a comprehensive overview of Doig’s works from the 1980s and features several paintings and drawings shown for the first time.

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Melt to Earth, fourteen monumental, site-specific sculptures by Los Angeles-based artist Aaron Curry that were commissioned by Lincoln Center. This major, public exhibition will be the first on the newly redeveloped Josie Robertson Plaza since Lincoln Center’s campus-wide revitalization. 

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of new works by Enrico David. This is the artist's second exhibition with Michael Werner Gallery and his first exhibition in London since the Turner Prize in 2009.

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present Tumescence, a group exhibition featuring works by Peter Doig, Sigmar Polke, Peter Saul and Michael Williams. Typically defined as an exaggerated physical condition of enlargement or swelling, tumescence here describes a feeling in painting. The featured works largely discard conventional notions of formal restraint and classical refinement in favor of a tactile and often sexual exploration of painted imagery.

Image © The Estate of Sigmar Polke, Cologne / ARS, New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of recent paintings by Danish artist Per Kirkeby. With a career spanning five decades, Kirkeby has developed a unique approach to painting, gradually refining a personal palette and vocabulary of images derived primarily from observations of the natural world. This is the first exhibition in London of new works by the artist since his 2009 retrospective exhibition at Tate Modern.

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present Klara 13 Pictures, an exhibition of works by Elizabeth Peyton. Depictions of the artist Klara Liden have appeared with some frequency in the artist's oeuvre in recent years. This exhibition brings many of these works together for the first time. Klara 13 Pictures is comprised of related paintings, drawings and prints created in the past four years.

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of works by Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1881-1919). Wilhelm Lehmbruck is a seminal figure in the development of modernism and the first German sculptor of the twentieth century to significantly impact art on an international scale. Featuring a large selection of sculptures as well as related etchings and works on paper, this is the first major Lehmbruck exhibition in Great Britain since a 1957 exhibition at Tate Gallery.

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present Bozzetti for Hercules, an exhibition of sculpture and drawings made around the artist’s sixty-foot sculpture “Hercules”, installed in 2010 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The exhibition was originally exhibited from 2010-2011 at the LehmbruckMuseum in Duisburg.

Michael Werner Gallery in London is pleased to announce an exhibition of major works by the late American artist James Lee Byars, opening 17 January. Early Works & The Angel includes sculptures, scrolls and performative objects dating from the artist’s time in Japan, where he lived and worked for nearly ten years beginning in 1958. Also exhibited is the 1989 sculpture “The Angel”, a work made of 125 hand-blown glass globes created in Venice over a period of one year. This pairing charts the origin of Byars’s aesthetic and examines the artist’s obsession with figuration and his lifelong quest for perfect form.

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of new paintings by A.R. Penck. This is the gallery’s first exhibition of works by the artist since his “New System Paintings” were shown here in 2009.

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to announce an exhibition of paintings of nudes by Eugène Leroy (1910-2000). Emerging radiant from thick layers of paint or lurking, barely discernible amidst peaks and crevices of color, Leroy's nudes appear to be sculpted from the paint itself.

Michael Werner is pleased to announce the opening of its London gallery with an exhibition of new works by Peter Doig. The gallery is located at 22 Upper Brook Street in Mayfair and open Tuesday through Saturday, 10AM-6PM.

Michael Werner and Mary Boone Galleries are pleased to announce their collaborative exhibition surveying the work of German artist Ernst Wilhelm Nay (1902-1968). Presented simultaneously in three Manhattan galleries, this special exhibition is the first significant presentation of Nay's work in the United States since his death and offers a rare opportunity to consider the work of this unique artist.

For summer, Michael Werner Gallery presents James Lee Byars: The Monument to Cleopatra. The exhibition features Byars's gilded marble and wood sculpture "The Monument to Cleopatra," shown here for the first time in New York.

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present Buzz Kill, an exhibition of new works by Aaron Curry. Buzz Kill is Aaron Curry's second exhibition at Michael Werner Gallery and his most ambitious exhibition to date. A monumental sculpture forms the centerpiece of Buzz Kill: extending from the four corners of the gallery, and reaching from the floor to the ceiling, this massive painted aluminum sculpture divides the exhibition space into individual "rooms" through which viewers can move. Buzz Kill is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue.

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present Nerve Ending, an exhibition of new works by Enrico David. Nerve Ending is the artist's first solo exhibition in a New York gallery and coincides with his solo exhibition, Head Gas, at the New Museum. A fully illustrated catalogue with a text by Dieter Roelstraete, accompanies the exhibition.

Michael Werner gallery presents the first major Lehmbruck exhibition in the United States in more than two decades. This exhibition features more than a dozen sculptures by the artist, including several rare lifetime bronze and stone casts as well as unique plaster and terracotta figures.

Michael Werner gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of late paintings by Francis Picabia. The exhibition will focus on the mid-1930s through the 1940s and beyond, a time when Picabia experimented not only with a range of imagery but with the methods and materials of painting itself.

Michael Werner Gallery is pleased to present new works by Danish artist Per Kirkeby. The artist's recent paintings explore relationships between nature and abstraction, returning to landscape motifs as a source for painterly invention.

For summer Michael Werner Gallery presents an exhibition of painting and sculpture on the theme of flowers.

An exhibition of major paintings and drawings from a pivotal moment in the artist's early development, including works from Baselitz's first solo exhibition in 1963. Georg Baselitz: The Early Sixties will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue.

Michael Werner Gallery presents the first major exhibition in the United States of works by Friedrich Schröder-Sonnenstern (1892-1982). The exhibition includes over 30 works by the German artist, many of which are exhibited here for the first time. This exhibition will be accompanied by a fully illustrated catalog featuring a text by Dr. Pamela Kort.

This is the first exhibition at Michael Werner Gallery of London-based artist Hurvin Anderson. In 2009 Tate Modern presented the artist's first solo museum exhibition, Peter's Series, which later traveled to Studio Museum Harlem in New York. A full-color catalogue including an interview with the artist by Matthew Higgs will accompany the exhibition

These new works by the celebrated and controversial German artist Markus Lüpertz explore themes of history and abstraction in paintings derived from landscape motifs. Pastoral Thoughts is the artist's first major New York showing since 2005.

This exhibition presents a selection of major works by Marcel Broodthaers, one of the most influential artists of our time. The exhibition includes Broodthaers's installation "Dites Partout Que Je L'Ai Dit", as well as a major mussel panel and one of the only paintings by the artist.

Aaron Curry's latest project, MMNKTLKPLKT raises to a new level of complexity the artist's exploration of relationships between drawing and form, abstraction and figuration, and spaces both real and virtual. The exhibition continues outside the gallery with two monumental sculptures installed in Hoxton Square Park.

Summer Reading is a survey of artists' books and rare editioned works by Georg Baselitz, George Brecht, Marcel Broodthaers, James Lee Byars, Per Kirkeby and Markus Lüpertz published by Michael Werner.

Thomas Houseago presents new works in plaster, wood and bronze for his first New York gallery exhibition.

The exhibition features portraits of women, primarily nudes, by Swiss artist Félix Vallotton (1865-1925). This is the first New York gallery exhibition devoted to the artist's paintings. A fully illustrated catalog including a text by Peter Doig accompanies the exhibition.

Disillusioned by the outcome of European political events of the late nineteen sixties, and dissatisfied with his role as an artist, in 1970 Immendorff joined the League Against Imperialism. Having pledged to produce art in the service of the German Maoist party, Immendorff proceeded to create a unique body of work in stark contrast to the his playfully anarchic paintings and happenings of the previous decade. For Immendorff, the early seventies were a period of intense exploration into the possibilities of melding of art and politics.

New System Paintings presents new works that explore the A.R. Penck's ongoing fascination with visual systems and social structures. The exhibition is accompanied by a fully illustrated catalogue.

For summer, Michael Werner Gallery presents GOLDDUST IS MY EX-LIBRIS. This exhibition of works by James Lee Byars includes a major gilded work, as well as works on paper, in which gold is the medium for an aesthetic experience rooted in an ideal of luminous, inaccessible perfection.

Michael Werner Gallery presents Sigmar Polke: Lens Paintings, an exhibition of extraordinary new works from an artist whose career is characterized by over 40 years of radical innovation in painting. The exhibition is accompanied by a full-color catalogue produced by The Arts Club of Chicago, with images of all works exhibited during the tour, and a text by art historian Chrissie Iles.

Image © The Estate of Sigmar Polke, Cologne / ARS, New York / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn.

The Colour Out of Space is Aaron Curry's first New York solo exhibition, and his third project with Michael Werner. This exhibition is on view at our main gallery at 4 East 77th St as well as our project space located at 30 East 74th St.

Michael Werner Gallery and Gavin Brown's enterprise are pleased to announce a joint exhibition of new works by Peter Doig. This is the artist's first solo exhibition of new paintings in the United States in nearly 10 years and runs concurrently in both galleries.