BIOGRAPHY
1939 Born in Fulda, Germany.
1957 Began studies at Werkkunstschule, Offenbach.
1959 Transferred to Hochschule für bildende Kunst, Frankfurt am Main.
1962–1964 Studied under Karl Otto Götz at the Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf.
1967–1973 Lives in New York, New York.
1970 Guest professor at the Hochschule für bildende Kunst, Hamburg.
1971–2009 Professor at the Hochschule für bildende Kunst, Hamburg.
Lives and works in Fulda, Germany.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2025 VILLA Franz Erhard Walther, Fulda, Germany. G E L B (Y E L L O W),
curated by Susanne Walther (upcoming)
Peter Freeman, Inc., New York. Who cannot wait will stumble,
curated by Susanne Walther (24 April – 7 June)
ARTER, Istanbul. Attempt to Be a Sculpture,
curated by Selen Ansen (27 February – 5 October)
Skopia Art contemporain, Geneva. Franz Erhard Walther
(17 January – 1 March)
2024 VILLA Franz Erhard Walther, Fulda, Germany.
BILDBAUSTOFF Prägungen 1957–1960: Franz Erhard Walther, curated by Susanne Walther
(13 October 2024 – 7 September 2025)
Bundeskunsthalle Bonn, Germany. Franz Erhard Walther: Images in Mind, Bodies in Space
(22 March – 28 July). Catalogue.
2023 Donald Judd Foundation, New York. Performa 2023
(13–19 November)
Kunst Museum Winterthur, Germany.
Franz Erhard Walther: Work block from the Kienzle Art Foundation, curated by Konrad Bitterli
(3 June – 3 December)
2022 VILLA Franz Erhard Walther, Fulda, Germany. Erste Werkpräsentation,
curated by Susanne Walther and Carolin Köchling (September 2022 – September 2023)
2021 Kunsthalle Winterthur, Switzerland. Body Space Time
(18 April – 27 June)
Dia:Beacon, New York. Franz Erhard Walther
(16 April 2021 – 20 March 2022)
2020 Haus der Kunst, Munich. Shifting Perspectives
(6 March – 29 November). Catalogue.
2019 Peter Freeman, Inc., New York. Migration of Forms 1956–2006
(10 September – 26 October)
2018 Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris. Franz Erhard Walther
(15 October – 31 December)
Synagoge Stommeln, Pulheim, Germany. Franz Erhard Walther
(14 September – 18 November)
Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City.
Franz Erhard Walther: Objects to use. Instruments for processes
(12 May – 30 September). Catalogue.
Estancia FEMSA Casa Luis Barragán, Mexico City. Determinations of Proportion
(12 May – 30 September). Catalogue.
2017 Ludwig Forum, Aachen, Germany. Thinking Action
(2 June – 29 October)
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid. A Place for the Body
(6 April – 10 September). Catalogue.
Neues Museum Nüremberg, Germany.
Franz Erhard Walther. Probenähungen: Nürnberger Raum (13 January 2017 – 4 August 2019)
2016 The Power Plant, Toronto. Call to Action
(25 June – 5 September). Catalogue.
2015 Henry Art Gallery, Seattle. Franz Erhard Walther: The Body Draws
(31 October 2015 – 6 March 2016). Catalogue
Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris. Franz Erhard Walther
(30 May – 27 June)
Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg. The Architecture Decides
(7 March – 31 May)
2014 CAPC Musee d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux. The Body Decides
(13 November 2014 – 8 March 2015)
Städel Museum, Frankfurt. Franz Erhard Walther: Walking Pedestals and Places to Stand
(17 September – 23 November)
MARTa Herford, Germany. Marta Intermezzo – Museum in Motion
(8–15 June)
WIELS Centre d’art Contemporain, Brussels. The Body Decides
(20 February – 11 May)
2013 KOW, Berlin. Body Shapes
(30 November 2013 – 13 February 2014)
Peter Freeman, Inc., New York. Franz Erhard Walther
(31 October – 20 December)
Galerie Stadtpark, Krems, Austria. Short Term Stability
(22 June – 10 August)
Kunstforum Baloise, Riehen/Basel. Franz Erhard Walther: Werkzeichnungen
(12 June – 1 November)
Vonderau Museum, Fulda. Planzeichnungen
(16 May – 4 August)
Kunstsammlungen der Ruhr–Universität Bochum, Germany.
Franz Erhar Walther. Perpetuum mobile: Lager, Sockel, Handlung (26 April – 1 September)
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany. Franz Erhard Walther
(24 March – 23 June)
2012 Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany. Raum durch Handlung
(26 May – 9 September)
The Drawing Room, London.
Franz Erhard Walther: DRAWINGS – Frame / Line / Action / Drawn Novel (8 March – 28 April)
2011 SKOPIA, Geneva. Franz Erhard Walther
(19 November – 7 January)
Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris. Sternenstaub, herausgehoben (The Dust of Stars, Accentuated)
(4 November – 23 December)
Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany. Sternenstaub (Dust of Star) A Drawn Novel
(23 October 2011 – 5 February 2012)
MARTa Herford, Germany. Recently Unpacked. How Art Ages
(8 October 2011 – 8 January 2012)
Gallery 360°, Tokyo. Franz Erhard Walther: Diverse Projects
(15 September – 8 October)
Kunsthalle Vogelmann, Helibronn, Germany.
Franz Erhard Walther: The Images Are In The Head (11 September – 20 November)
Peter Freeman, Inc., New York. ADAA: The Art Show
(1–6 March)
2010 Koch Oberhuber Wolff, Berlin. Franz Erhard Walther
(5 December 2010 – 23 January 2011)
Art Basel, Miami Beach. Art Kabinett: Franz Erhard Walther
(2–5 December)
Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland. Franz Erhard Walther – Gesang der Schreitsockel
(30 October 2010 – 6 February 2011)
Dia:Beacon, New York. Franz Erhard Walther: Work as Action
(2 October 2010 – 13 February 2012)
Peter Freeman Inc., New York. Franz Erhard Walther
(11 March – 1 May)
Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva.
De l'origine de la sculpture, 1958–2009 (17 February – 2 May)
2009 Bawag Foundation, Vienna. Franz Erhard Walther
(1 July – 2 August)
Mies van der Rohe Haus, Berlin. Skulptur Antwortet
(9 May – 26 July)
Koch Oberhuber Wolff, Berlin. KOW ISSUE 1
(17 February – 2 May)
2008 Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris. Franz Erhard Walther
(21 May – 28 July)
CAC Brétigny, Brétigny‑sur‑Orge, France.
Franz Erhard Walther: “1. Werksatz” (1963–1969) (10 February – 29 March)
2007 Ritter Gallery, Klagenfurt, Austria. Frühe Werke: 1957/1963
(27 September – 10 November)
Scène Nationale d'Orléans, France. Alphabet der skulptur
(April – June)
2006 Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg. Franz Erhard Walther
2005 Galerie der HFBK, Hamburg. Walther vor Walther
(17–30 October)
Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Franz Erhard Walther – Wortbilder 1957/1958
Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg. Franz Erhard Walther – Neue Werkgruppe
Gallery 360°, Tokyo.
2004 Galerie Skopia, Geneva.
2003 Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Centro de Arte Moderna, Lisbon.
Franz Erhard Walther: O Novo Alfabeto (20 March – 15 June)
2001 Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany.
(23 September – 11 November)
1999 Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany.
La Criée, Halles d’Art Contemporain / FRAC Bretagne, Rennes, France.
Franz Erhard Walther. Appell au modeleur
Grandes Galeries, Aître Saint – Maclou, Rouen, France. Franz Erhard Walther
1998 Kunstverein Hannover, Germany.
Franz Erhard Walther: ich bin die skulptur (I am the sculpture) (17 March – 26 April)
Deichtorhallen, Hamburg. Frank Erhard Walther. Gelenke im Ruam. Werke 1963–1998
(13 March – 1 June)
Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva. Wortbilder 1957–1958
(February)
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany.
(permanent exhibition)
Galerie Mark Müller, Zurich. Die Verlangsamung der Bilder
Galerie Wilma Lock, St. Gallen, Switzerland. Die Ganzheit der Fragmente 1980–1997
Museum Wiesbaden, Germany.
(permanent exhibition)
1997 Kunsthalle Dresden, Germany. Bild und Sockel zugleich. Zeit ruht
Kunstsammlung Gera, Germany.
Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva.
Patchwork in Progress, Franz Erhard Walther, Werksatz
1994 Kunsthalle Ritter, Klagenfurt, Austria. Germany Die Configurations als Werklager
(9 December 1994 – 28 April 1995)
Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva.
(permanent exhibition)
Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany.
1993 Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany. Franz Erhard Walther. Antwort der Körper
(12 November 1993 – 9 January 1994)
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
1992 Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland.
Franz Erhard Walther. Übergänge seitlich ° Innenmodellierung (22 February – 26 April)
Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Germany.
1991 Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Stuttgart.
Galleria Victoria Miro, Florence.
Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg.
John Weber Gallery, New York.
Modulo – Centro Difusor de Arte, Lisbon.
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg.
Galerie Gilbert Brownstone, Paris.
Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg.
1990 Villa Arson Nice, Centre National d’Art contemporain, France.
(20 April – 20 May). Catalogue.
University Art Gallery, San Diego State University, California.
(10 February – 17 March)
The Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida.
Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf.
Kunstverein in Hamburg, Germany.
Galerie Samuel Lallouz, Montréal.
1989 Wiener Secession, Austria.
Kupferstichkabinett, Berlin.
Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin.
Galerie Gilbert Brownstone, Paris.
Victoria Miro Gallery, London.
1988 Galerie Vera Munro, Hamburg.
Burnett Miller Gallery, Los Angeles.
John Weber Gallery, New York.
Galerie Pierre Huber, Geneva.
1987 Kunsthalle Winterthur, Winterthur, Germany.
1984 Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Ulmer Museum, Germany.
1982 Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany.
Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Kunstraum München, Germany.
Catalogue.
1981 Nationalgalerie Berlin, Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Germany.
Nationalgalerie Berlin, Germany. Werke 1961–1978
1980 Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany.
Koerperraum Ungleicher Raum, richtungsverschieden
Städtisches Kunstmusuem Bonn, Germany, Arbeiten 1957–1963
Kunstverein St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Galerie Lock, St. Gallen, Switzerland.
1979 Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich. Vier Flaeschen
1978 Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany. 30 Elemente
1977 XIV. Bienal Internacional dè São Paulo, Brazil.
Wallraf-Richard-Museum and Museum Ludwig, Cologne.
1976 Kunsthalle Baden, Germany.
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt.
Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Bonn, Germany.
Kunstraum München, Germany.
1975 Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany.
Galerie Repassage, Warsaw.
1974 Galerie Klein, Bonn, Germany.
Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany. Grosses Buch 1
1973 Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany.
Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany.
Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany.
Franz Erhard Walther. Diagrammzeichnungen zu Stücken aus dem 1. Werksatz 1963–1969
Vanier College + Vehicule Art, Montréal.
Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich. Achtundzwanzig Entwürfe
1972 Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany.
Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany.
Franz Erhard Walther. Frühe Arbeiten 1995–1963
Videogalerie Gerry Schum, Düsseldorf.
Proportionsbestimmung 1 und Proportionsbestimmung 2
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany.
1970 Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany.
Sammlung Karl Stroher. Der 1. Werksatz (permanent exhibition 1970–1981)
1969 Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich. Objekte als Instrumente
(25 January – 19 February)
Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany.
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany.
Studio f, Ulm, Germany.
Galerie Neuendorf, Hamburg.
1968 Galerie Zwirner, Cologne. Demonstration of 1. Werksatz,
organized by Galerie Zwirner and Kasper König
1967 Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Munich.
1966 Galerie Aachen, Germany. Demonstration of parts of 1. Werksatz
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris. Life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans:
Aesthetics of contingencies #2 (16 March – 15 May)
Kunsthaus Baselland, Switzerland. Activating! The Idea of Action as a Work of Art
(31 January – 23 March)
Galerie Ute Parduhn, Düsseldorf. Fragmente
(18 January – 28 March)
2024 Hessel Museum of Art, CCS Bard, Annandale on Hudson, New York.
From the Collection: First Year Curatorial Practice 2024 (5–15 December)
Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto. Contemporary Song:
Works from the Mário Teixeira Da Silva Collection in the Serralves Collection
(29 November 2024 – 1 June 2025)
Skopia Art Contemporain, Geneva. du champ de Marcel
(15 November – 21 December)
Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris. Transform the World, Change Life: A Surrealist Library
(3 November 2024 – 8 March 2025)
Peter Freeman, Inc., Paris. En travaux
(16–26 October)
Museion, Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bolzano, Italy.
Among The Invisible Joins: Works from the Enea Righi Collection
(28 September 2024 – 2 March 2025)
The Warehouse, Dallas. A Product of Time: 25 Years of TWO x TWO for AIDS and Art
(7 September – 30 November)
KOW Berlin, Germany. Vul|ne|ra|ble
(7 September – 16 November)
Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva. MAMCO, from Memory
(3 September – 22 December)
Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany. On The Volcano
(1 July 2024 – 12 January 2025)
P·P·O·W, New York. Airhead,
curated by by Eden Deering and Timmy Simonds (28 June – 9 August)
Museum of Contemporary Art Skopje, Martinique.
The Event of a Thread: Global Narratives in Textiles (28 May – 2 September)
Ezra and Cecile Zilkha Gallery, Middletown, Connecticut.
Always Being Relation: 50 Years of the Gallery at the CFA (30 January – 3 March)
Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris. Volume Invisible
(14 January – 24 February)
2023 VILLA Franz Erhard Walther, Fulda, Germany.
HANDLUNG ALS SKULPTUR: Lygia Clark & Franz Erhard Walther
(9 December 2023 – 22 September 2024). Catalogue.
Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin. Extreme Tension: Art Between Politics and Society 1945–1990
(18 November 2023 – 28 September 2025). Catalogue.
Skopia Art Contemporain, Geneva. m-ad littera
(9 November – 23 December)
Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris. On the line
(5 November – 23 December)
Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany. Switch. Pop, Points and Politics
(7 October – 19 November)
Kunstraum München, Germany. Santiago Sierra & Franz Erhard Walther
(10 September – 15 October)
Produzentengalerie Hamburg, Germany. GEGENWARTSGESELLSCHAFT –
50 Jahre / 50 years Produzentengalerie Hamburg (8 September – 22 December)
PalaisPopulaire by Deutsche Bank, Berlin.
A Life in Pictures: A Portrait of Seeing for Rudolf Zwirner (29 July – 14 August)
The Glucksman, Cork, Ireland. Détour: Selected works from the FRAC Bretagne collection
(28 July – 5 November)
Friche la Belle de Mai, Marseille, France. Au hazard Balthazar
(23 June – 20 August)
Take Ninagawa, Tokyo. 15
(20 May – 30 September)
Skopia Art Contemporain, Geneva. Pièces rapportées
(13 January – 4 March)
2022 Galerie Thomas / Thomas Modern, Munich. Christmas Selection
(8–23 December)
KOW Berlin, Germany. Das Auto Rosi Aber
(26 November 2022 – 14 January 2023)
Kunstraum München, Germany. Modell Kunstraum
(15 November – 31 December)
Hua International, Berlin. Soft Machines
(14 September – 29 October)
Lenbachhaus, Munich. The Remains of 100 Days…
(19 July 2022 – 12 May 2023)
Skopia Art Contemporain, Geneva. Summer Exhibition
(15 July – 3 September)
Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Austria. Collaborations
(2 July – 6 November)
Kunst Meran, Merano, Italy. Together: Interact, Interplay, Interfere
(25 June – 25 September)
Bridget Donahue, New York. CATECHISM
(8 June – 31 July)
Espace de l’Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux, France.
Filiations 2 & la Donation Albers-Honegger (30 April 2022 – 26 March 2023)
Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany.
Körperbilder: Intimität – Dekonstruktion – Interaktion (25 March 2022 – 26 February 2023)
Museum of Arts and Design, New York.
Garmenting: Costume As Contemporary Art (12 March – 14 August)
Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis. Assembly Required
(4 March – 31 July)
Krakow Witkin Gallery, Boston. Parts and Time
(13 January – 24 February)
2021 Daimler Contemporary, Berlin.
Friendship. Nature. Culture. 44 Years of the Daimler Art Collection
(16 October 2021 – 29 May 2022)
Kunsthalle Mainz, Germany. One Point Five
(10 October 2021 – 9 January 2022)
Kunstmuseum Appenzell, Switzerland. Unerkannt – Bekannt
(3 October 2021 – 13 March 2022)
Hessel Museum of Art, CCS Bard, Annandale on Hudson, New York.
Closer to Life: Drawings and Works on Paper in the Marieluise Hessel Collection
(26 June – 17 October)
MKM Museum Küppersmühle of Modern Art, Duisburg, Germany.
Insights: Art from the National-Bank Collection (11 June – 22 August).
Exhibition travelled: CCA Centre Cultural Andratx, Spain (17 September – 27 November)
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis. The Paradox of Stillness: Art, Object, and Performance
(15 May – 8 August)
Cassina Projects, Milan. x_minimal
(14 May – 2 October)
Galleria D’Arte Contemporanea Osvaldo Licini, Ascoli Piceno, Italy.
Grandi Collezioni 02. Collezione Ghigi, curated by Alessandro Zechini (27 March – 12 June)
Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland. Werden und Vergehen
(20 March – 21 November)
Franc Franche-Comté / exposition collective, France. Danser sur un volcan
(20 March – 19 September)
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Illinois. Dependent Objects
(6 March – 1 August)
2020 Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg. 25 years of MUDAM Collection
(21 November 2020 – 3 April 2022)
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany.
On Everyone’s Lips. From Pieter Bruegel to Cindy Sherman
(31 October 2020 – 6 June 2021)
KOW Berlin, Germany. Out of the Dark II
(23 May – 15 August)
Kunsthalle Winterthur, Switzerland. 40 Years at Kunsthalle Winterthur.
The Future was Brighter: A Collective Backfall into the Good Ol’ Times
(23 February 2020 – 24 January 2021)
KOW Berlin, Germany. Maschinen zur Veränderung der Welt: The Cabinet of Ramon Haze
(15 February – 14 March)
2019 Produzentengalerie Hamburg, Germany. Group Exhibition
(22 November 2019 – 18 January 2020)
Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris. 70.001
(20 October – 21 December)
ARTER, Istanbul. Words Are Very Unnecessary
(13 September 2019 – 26 July 2020)
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany. Unfinished Stories: Stories from the Collection
(30 August 2019 – 29 August 2021)
KOW Berlin, Germany. Clegg & Guttmann and Franz Erhard Walther
(26 April – 28 June)
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany.
Stereo_Typen. Works from the Graphic Collection of the Kunstmuseum Bonn
(21 March – 2 June)
Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland. News!
(9 March – 16 June)
r/e projects, Madrid. Entre las Líneas: Selected works from the r/e collection
(1 March – 24 May)
Istanbul Modern, Turkey. The Event of a Thread: Global Narratives in Textiles
(22 February – 7 July)
2018 International Biennial of Cuenca, Ecuador. Universes in Universe
(23 November 2018 – 3 February 2019)
Vonderau Museum, Fulda, Germany.
Junger Kunstkreis Fulda – Aufbruch in die Nachkriegsmoderne: Die Druckgraphik
(17 November 2018 – 26 May 2019). Catalogue.
National Gallery Singapore. Minimalism: Space. Light. Object
(16 November 2018 – 14 April 2019)
Biblioteque Nacional, Paris.
Make it New. Conversations with medieval art. Carte blache to Jan Dibbets
(6 November – 10 February)
Mana Contemporary, Jersey City. Flat Out: Works on Paper, 1960–2000
(14 October 2018 – 1 April 2019)
Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris. Face contre terre
(29 September – 18 November)
r/e projects, Madrid.
Ubu asks, “Tell me, what is the difference between actuality and potentiality?”
(14 September 2018 – 14 February 2019)
Kaufmann Repetto, New York. The Big BFG
(6 September – 20 October)
Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany. 50 Years of Avant-garde
(5 May – 19 August)
Museo de Arte Miguel Urrutia, Bogotá. The Dream of Reason
(26 April – 13 August)
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Germany. Sexy & Cool. Minimal goes emotional,
curated by Nicole Fritz (24 March – 1 July)
Malmö Konsthall, Sweden. Odradek
(17 February – 6 May)
Wentrup Gallery, Berlin. Papier. Salon
(13 January – 23 February)
2017 Latvijas Nacionālais mākslas muzejs, Riga, Latvia. You’ve Got 1243 Unread Messages
(9 December 2017 – 4 February 2018)
Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, Germany. A Tale of Two Worlds.
Experimental Latin American Art in Dialogue with the MMK Collection 1940s – 1980s
(25 November 2017 – 2 April 2018)
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz. Kienzle Collection
(27 October 2017 – 11 February 2018)
Spazio MUT, Fiorano, Italy. Think of this as a Window,
curated by Sarah Cosulich (25 September 2017 – 23 February 2018)
Norma Mangione Gallery, Turin. Corners / In Between
(22 September – 28 October)
Skopia Art Contemporain, Geneva. E/T
(14 September – 28 October)
Kunsthaus Dresden, Germany. The Event of a Thread
(1 September – 3 December)
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The Way Beyond Art
(1 July 2017 – 3 January 2021)
Museum Ludwig, Cologne. Art Into Life! Collector Wolfgang Hahn and the 60s
(24 June – 24 September)
Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris. Vantablack
(24 June – 29 July)
Daimler Contemporary, Berlin. Serielle Formationen. 1967/2017
(3 June – 5 November)
The Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany. Thinking Action
(2 June – 29 October)
57th Biennale di Venezia, Italy. Viva Arte Viva,
curated by Christine Macel (13 May – 26 November)
Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves, Porto. Serralves Collection: 1960–1980
(8 May 2017 – 28 January 2018)
Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Germany.
The Adventure of Our Collection II (31 March – 1 October)
Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea and Galleria Civica d’Arte Moderna e
Contemporanea di Torino, Italy. L'emozione dei COLORI nell'arte (14 March – 23 July)
KÖNIG GALERIE – St. Agnes, Berlin.
Three Positions. Six Directions: Chapter II: Door to the Future, Window to the Past
(17 February – 26 March)
Kunstverein in Hamburg, Germany. The History Show
(28 January – 2 April)
KÖNIG GALERIE – St. Agnes, Berlin.
Three Positions. Six Directions: Chapter I: The Brutalist Ideal (20 January – 12 February)
2016 Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany. Drawing Rooms II: Trends in Contemporary Graphic Art
(25 November 2016 – 21 May 2017)
Mendes Wood DM, São Paulo. Resonating Surfaces
(22 November 2016 – 4 February 2017)
KOW Berlin, Germany. Out Of The Dark
(26 June – 31 July)
Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, Germany. 25 Years: MMK Museum of Modern Art
(25 June 2016 – 6 June 2017)
Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, Germany. Stellung Nehmen
(28 May – 21 August)
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany. Contemporary graphic arts
(30 April 2016 – 21 May 2017)
Vera Munro, Hamburg. Early Works
(26 April – 30 June)
Moderna Museet, Stockholm. Objects and Bodies at Rest and in Motion
(12 March – 23 October)
2015 MARTa Herford, Germany. Two by Two
(22 November 2015 – 17 January 2016)
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany.
DISEGNO. The art of drawing for the 21st century (21 November 2015 – 29 March 2016)
KOW Berlin, Germany. A Summer of Films
(28 June – 26 July)
Krakow Witkin Gallery, Boston. Additive Logic
(13 June – 24 July)
2014 Kunstsaele Berlin, Germany. Panoramic Ave
(20 September – 8 November)
Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. artevida (politica)
(27 June – 21 September)
Collection Lambert, Avignon, France. The Disappearance of the fireflies
(18 May – 25 November)
Gesso Artspace, Vienna. Franz Erhard Walther / Martin Boyce
(14 May – 15 June)
Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Russia. The Paths of German Art from 1949 to the present
(23 April – 7 September)
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany. Room Service
(22 March – 22 June)
Marino Marini Museum, Florence. The warm statues / sculpture – body – action, 1945–2013
(20 January – 8 March)
2013 Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany. Serial Attitudes
(1 November 2013 – 21 April 2014)
Stadtmuseum Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen, Berlin.
The Sixties: Art and Culture of the 1960s in Germany (15 September – 3 November)
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst Gent, Belgium. The Collection
(22 June – 22 September)
Daimler Contemporary, Berlin. Novecento Mai Visto
(8 March – 30 June)
Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland. Neunzehnhundertsiebzig. Material, Orte, Denkprozesse
(23 February – 17 November)
Bien communs III, Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva.
Cycle L’Éternel Détour, sequence printemps 2013 (20 February – 5 May)
Galerie Jocelyn Wolff at Labor, Mexico City. L’instinct oublié
(19 January – 3 March)
2012 Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, Miami.
Unsaid / Spoken: Selections from the Ella Fontanals-Cisneros and CIFO Collections
(5 December 2012 – 3 March 2013). Catalogue.
KOW, Berlin. BELIEVERS
(10 November 2012 – 3 February 2013)
Museion, Museo d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bolzano, Italy.
Migros Meets Museion: 20th Century Remix (6 October 2012 – 9 June 2013)
Andrew Kreps Gallery, New York. Commercial Psycho
(12 July – 24 August)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Eyes Closed / Eyes Open: Recent Acquisitions in Drawings (8 August 2012 – 7 January 2013)
30th Bienal Internacional de São Paulo, Brazil.
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles. Ends of the Earth: Art of the Land to 1974
(1 April – 30 July)
Daimler Kunstsammlung, Berlin. Minimalism in Germany. The Sixties II
(31 March – 23 September)
Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton, Paris. Autobiographies
(15 March)
Zweigstelle Berlin, Germany. Bremerhaven – Berlin – Aichach
(18 February – 24 March)
Kunsthalle Tübingen, Germany. 25 Year Anniversary Exhibition
(January)
2011 Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid.
Locus Solus. Impresiones de Raymond Roussel (25 October 2011 – 27 February 2012).
Exhibition travelled: Museu Serralves, Porto (April – September 2012)
MARTa Herford, Germany. The Powerhouse Depot: Recently Unpacked – How Art Ages
(8 October 2011 – 8 January 2012)
Bielefelder Kunstverein, Germany. Beyond Gestaltung
(10 September – 6 November)
Leslie Tonkonow Artworks + Projects, New York.
Ploy, Plan, Process: Works on Paper from the 1960s to Now (13 July – 10 September)
Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, Germany. MMK 1991–2011: 20 Years of Presence
(19 June – 9 October)
FRAC à Carquefou, France. Fragmentations
(18 February – 24 April)
Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris. Group Exhibition
(8 January – 5 March)
2010 Galerie Kasten, Mannheim, Germany. DIES UND DAS
(5 December 2010 – 23 January 2011)
Art Basel, Miami Beach. Art Kabinett
(2–5 December)
Galerie Jocelyn Wolff, Paris. Group Exhibition
(10 November – 23 December)
Hayward Gallery, London. Move: Choreographing You
(3 October 2010 – 9 January 2011)
401contemporary, London. HULAHOOP
(17 September – 30 October)
Musée d’art moderne et contemporain, Geneva. Au verso des images
(2 June – 19 September)
Georg Kargl, Vienna. Personal Structures: Time – Space – Existence
(7 May – 19 June)
Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, Germany.
Functions of Drawing: Conceptual Art on Paper from the MMK Collection
(27 March – 22 August)
2009 Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Rien ne va plus
(28 November 2009 – 21 March 2010)
Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan. It Rests by Changing
(18 September – 14 November)
Wiener Secession, Austria. The Death of the Audience
(3 July – 30 August)
Musée Cantonal des Beaux‑Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland. Hespérides II
(28–30 May)
Atelier des Arques, France. L.A.09,
curated by Rainer Oldendorf (May)
Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany. 1968. Die Große Unschuld
(15 March – 2 August)
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California. Art of Two Germanys / Cold War Cultures
(25 January – 19 April)
Galerie Skopia, Geneva. Underline
Galerie Skopia, Geneva. Days & Decades, 20th Anniversary
Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf. Dressed. Art en vogue
Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany. Wuppertal now
2008 Zwirner and Wirth, New York.
Minimal and Conceptual Art in Europe from the Collection of Helga and Walter Lauffs
(5 November – 20 December)
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Austria.
Mind Expanders: Performative Körper um ’68 (25 July 2008 – November 2009)
Daimler Kunst Sammlung, Berlin. Private / Corporate V
(20 June – 21 September)
Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany. Faltungen in der Gegenwartskunst
(Falling Right into Place: the Fold in Contemporary Art) (2 March – 25 May)
Tate Modern, London. The Living Currency
(26–27 January)
Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain, Paris. Performances in Cour Carrée du Louvre
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany. Gehen Bleiben
2007 Galerie Erhard Witzel, Wiesbaden, Germany. EINblicke VI
(December 2007 – January 2008)
Pergamonmuseum, Berlin. Das abc der Bilder (The ABC’s of Pictures)
(27 June – 9 September)
Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Klio. Eine kurze Geschichte der Kunst in Euramerika nach 1945
(Clio. A short history of art in Euramerica after 1945) (15 June 2007 – 20 April 2008)
Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany. Das schwarze Quadrat / The Black Square: Hommage à Malevich
(23 March – 10 June)
Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva. cycle Rolywholyover, premier épisode:
onamatterpoetic. Franz Erhard Walther: Werklager nouvelle presentation (21 February – 6 May)
Galerie Skopia, Geneva. Texere II
Galerie Kienzle & Gmeiner, Berlin. Short Distance To Now
2006 Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Art on Paper
(12 November 2006 – 21 January 2007)
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany.
Was ist Plastik? 100 Jahre 100 Köpfe (What is sculpture? 100 years – 100 heads)
(10 September 2006 – 28 January 2007)
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Japan. Conversation with Art, on Art:
Bauhaus to contemporary art from the DaimlerChrysler Art Collection (8 January – 26 March)
City Gallery, Prague. What would I be without you...
Musée de Grenoble, France. Choix d'oeuvres graphiques
Galerien der Stadt, Esslingen, Germany. Minimal Illusions
2005 La Villa du Parc Centre d’Art Contemporain Annemasse, Haute-Savoie-France.
Une journée particulière (1 April – 4 June)
Busch‑Reisinger Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Dependent Objects
2004 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, Beyond Geometry
Exhibition travelled: Lowe Art Museum, Miami
Saarland Museum, Saarbrücken, Germany. Étrangement proche / Seltsam vertraut
2003 Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany. Ready to Shoot
(14 December 2003 – 14 March 2004)
Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan.
On the Edge: Contemporary Art from the Daimler Chrysler Collection
(29 October 2003 – 18 January 2004). Exhibition travelled:
Pretoria Art Museum, South Africa; National Gallery, Cape Town
2002 Musee de Grenoble, France.
L’art d’aujourd’hui: un choix dans la collection du Fonds national d’art contemporain
Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany.
Iconoclash. Jenseits der Reprasentationskrise
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Some Chromes
2001 DaimlerChrysler Contemporary, Berlin. F 2001
Van Anatol tot Zush, Institut Sint-Mariao, Antwerp. Shoes or no Shoes?
Exhibition travelled: Caermersklooster Provinciaal Centrum voor Kunst en Cultuur, Ghent
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt.
Szenenwechsel XIX, 1. Werksatz 1963–1969 und Wortbilder 1957/58
Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Verso: The Flip Side of Master Drawings
Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Bignan, France.
L'Art de notre temps, Les vingt ans du Frac Bretagne
Guardini Galerie, Berlin. Deutsche Kunst der Gegenwart aus der Sammlung, ‘Das Plateau’
2000 Fonds Régional d'Art Contemporain de Bourgogne, Dijon, France.
Espaces de circonstances (25 November 2000 – 27 January 2001)
1999 Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
De Verzameling III. De keuze van Jean Leering uit de periode 1964–1973
Nationalgalerie Berlin, Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Germany.
Das XX. Jahrhundert. Ein Jahrhundert Kunst in Deutschland
1998 The Museum of Contemporary Art at The Geffen Contemporary, Los Angeles.
Out of Actions: Between Performance and the Object, 1949–1979
Exhibition travelled: Museum für Angewandte Kunst, Vienna;
Museu d'Art Contemporani, Barcelona; Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Wiener Secession, Austria. Secession – das Jahrhundert der künstlerischen Freiheit
Exhibition travelled: Rudolfinum, Prague
Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany. Skulptur und Zeichnung im 20. Jahrhundert
1997 Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Art / Fashion
Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin. Ein Blick zurück. 50 ausgewählte Erwerbungen 1975–1997
Exhibition travelled: Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin
Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin. Kunst aus einem geteilten Land
1996 Biennale di Firenze, Italy. Il tempo e la moda / Looking at Fashion
1995 CAPC Musée d'art contemporain, Bordeaux. Attitudes / Sculptures 1963–1972
1994 Kunstmuseum Luzern, Switzerland. Prospect / Retrospect
Davis Museum and Cultural Center, Wellesley College, Massachusetts. The Body as Measure
1992 Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Germany.
Schwerpunkt Skulptur. Werke aus den letzten drei Jahrzehnten
Kunsthalle Ritter, Klagenfurt, Austria. Shapes and Positions
Exhibition travelled: Museum Fridericianum, Kasse, Austria
Kunst‑ und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany.
Räume für Kunst. Europäische Museumsarchitektur der Gegenwart
Exhibition travelled: Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz, Austria;
Groninger Museum, Germany; Kestner‑Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany
1991 Witte de With, Rotterdam. Facts and Rumours
1989 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago. Object, Site, Sensation: New German Sculpture
Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna. Wiener Diwan
Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montréal, Canada. Blickpunkte
1988 Charlottenborg Kobenhavn, Denmark. De facto
1987 documenta 8, Kassel, Germany.
1986 Art Gallery of South Australia, Adelaide. New German Art: Wild visionary spectral
Exhibition travelled: Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth;
National Art Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands.
Ooghoogte – Eye level. Van Abbemuseum 1936–1986
1985 Museum Moderner Kunst, Vienna. First Exhibition – Dialogue on Contemporary Art in Europe
Exhibition travelled: Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent;
Nationalgalerie Berlin, Germany; Staatliche Museenm Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin;
Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome; Museum Boymans – van Beuningen, Rotterdam;
Sonja Henie‑Niels Onstad Foundations, Oslo; Centro de Arte Moderna,
Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon; Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Nationalgalerie Berlin. 1945–1985 Kunst in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Exhibition travelled: Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin
1984 Castello di Rivoli, Turin. Ouverture / Arte contemporanea
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels. L'Art et le Temps, Regards sur la Quatrième Dimension
1983 San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California. Sculpture from Germany
Exhibition travelled: Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, Houston;
The Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada; Art Gallery of Hamilton, Canada;
Archer M. Huntington Art Gallery, Austin; Queens Museum, New York
1982 documenta 7, Kassel, Germany.
Nationalgalerie Berlin, Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Germany.
Hommage à Barnett Newman
1981 ARC / Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France. Art Allemagne Aujourd'hui
Messehallen, Cologne. Westkunst. Zeitgenössische Kunst seit 1939
1977 Louisiana Museum, Humlebæk, Denmark. Pejling af tysk kunst
Institut d'art contemporain de Montréal, Canada.
03 23 03. Premières rencontres internationales d'art contemporain
Exhibition travelled: Galerie Nationale du Canada, Ottawa; documenta 6, Kassel, Germany
1974 Städtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany.
1949–1974. 25 Jahre Kunst in der Bundes‑republik Deutschland
1972 documenta 5, Kassel, Germany.
1969 The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Spaces
(30 December 1969 – 1 March 1970). Catalogue.
Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland. When Attitudes Become Form
Exhibition travelled: Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany;
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Wallraf‑Richartz‑Museum, Cologne.
Kunst der sechziger Jahre Deutsche Gesellschaft für bildende Kunst /
Nationalgalerie Berlin, Sammlung. 1968 Karl Ströher
Exhibition travelled: Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin;
Städtische Kunsthalle, Düsseldorf; Kunsthalle Bern, Switzerland
AWARDS
2022 Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse [Federal Cross of Merit, 1st class], Wiesbaden, Germany.
2017 Golden Lion for Best Artist, 57th La Biennale di Venezia, Italy.
2016 Aachen Art Prize, Germany.
2011 Ernst Franz Vogelmann-Preis für zeitgenössige Skulptur, Heilbronn, Germany.
TALKS AND LECTURES
2013 National School of Fine Arts, Lyon. Lecture / Teaching Class / Work Demonstration
(Tuesday – Friday, 3–6 December)
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin. Work Activation with 'Handlungsbuch'
(Wednesday, 23 October)
Bochum University, Germany.
Book Presentation together with Work Activation / Exhibition Copies First Work Set
(Friday, 18 October)
Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg, 100 Year Anniversary of the HfBK Hamburg.
Panel Discussion with Ute Meta Bauer and Michael Diers (Friday, 11 October)
Akademie der Bildenden Kunste, Munich. Symposium, Drawing as Knowledge:
Franz Erhard Walther: Lecture, draws the head, the hand thinks (Thursday, 10 October)
The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Franz Erhard Walther: First Work Set
(Friday, 25 January)
2012 Drawing Room, London. Conversation: Franz Erhard Walther and Hans Ulrich Obrist
(Wednesday, 7 March)
Universitat der Kunste, Berlin. Strategic Art
(Friday, 24 February)
Dia:Chelsea, New York. Christian Rattemeyer on Franz Erhard Walther
(Sunday, 12 February)
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany. Artist Talk / Event
(Monday, 6 February)
2011 Kunsthalle Tubingen, Germany. Round Table with Gotz Adriani and Daniel Schreiber
(Wednesday, 16 November)
Centre Pompidou, Paris. Artist Talk / Performance
(Thursday, 3 November)
Frieze Art Fair, London. Artist Talk: Franz Erhard Walther and John Bock
(Saturday, 15 October)
Dia:Chelsea, New York. Conversation: Franz Erhard Walther and Jennifer Winkworth
(Monday, 19 September)
Dia:Beacon, New York. Colloquium: Franz Erhard Walther
(Saturday, 17 September)
2010 Dia:Beacon, New York. Franz Erhard Walther in conversation with Yasmil Raymondu
(Sunday, 3 October)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2024 Walther, Franz Erhard. Bilder im Kopf, Körper im Raum / Images in Mind, Bodies in Space
(Berlin: Distanz Verlag GmbH LLC, 2024). Exhibition catalogue.
Walther, Susanne, and Frank Verse, eds.
Handlung als Skulptur / Action as Sculpture. Lygia Clark & Franz Erhard Walther
(Fulda: VILLA Franz Erhard Walther, 2024). Exhibition catalogue.
2022 Schreyer, Lucia. Das Papier spricht – Der Körper zeichnet – Die Hand denkt:
Zur Polysemantik, Funktion und Schlüsselrolle der Werkzeichnungen (1963–1974)
Franz Erhard Walthers (Bielefeld: transcript, 2022).
2021 Spiegelberger, Rene S., et al. Franz Erhard Walther: Manifestationen / Manifestations
(Berlin: DCV Books, 2021). Exhibition catalogue.
2020 Baumann, Jana, et al. Franz Erhard Walther: Shifting Perspectives
(Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag GmbH, 2020). Exhibition catalogue.
Verna, Gaëtane, et al. Franz Erhard Walther: Call to Action
(Toronto: The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery, 2020). Exhibition catalogue.
Walther, Franz Erhard. Franz Erhard Walther: Vier Sätze: 107 biographische Zeichnungen
(Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2020).
2019 Burschel, Carlo, et al. Junger Kunstkreis Fulda: Aufbruch in die Nachkriegsmoderne –
Die Druckgraphik – Franz Erhard Walthers Hinwendung zur Avantgarde der 1960er Jahre
(Stuttgart: Arnoldsche Art Publishers, 2019). Exhibition catalogue.
2018 González, Julieta, and María Emilia Fernández.
Franz Erhard Walther: Objetos, para usar / Instrumentos para procesos
(Mexico City: Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo, 2018). Exhibition catalogue.
Usabiaga, Daniel Garza, and Franz Erhard Walther.
Franz Erhard Walther – Arquitectura. La destrucción del espacio
(Mexico City: Estancia Femsa – Casa Luis Barragán, 2018). Exhibition catalogue.
2017 Fernandes, João, et al. Franz Erhard Walther: Dialogues
(Madrid: Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, 2017). Exhibition catalogue.
2016 Croquer, Luis, et al. Franz Erhard Walther: The Body Draws
(Seattle: Henry Art Gallery, 2016). Exhibition catalogue.
2015 Hoban, Stephen, et al. Franz Erhard Walther: First Work Set
(New York: Dia Art Foundation, 2015). Exhibition catalogue.
2014 Filipovic, Elena, et al. Franz Erhard Walther: The Body Decides
(Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2014). Exhibition catalogue.
Groll, Dieter. Der andere Werkbegriff: Franz Erhard Walthers
(Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2014).
Weibel, Peter, ed. Franz Erhard Walther: OBJEKTE, benutzen
(Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2014).
2013 Fink, Luisa Pauline, et al. Franz Erhard Walther (Ostfildern: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2013).
Exhibition catalogue.
Wappler, Friederike, et al. Franz Erhard Walther, Perpetuum mobile. Lager · Sockel · Handlung
(Düsseldorf: Richter | Fey Verlag GmbH, 2013). Exhibition catalogue.
2011 Nachtigäller, Roland. Franz Erhard Walther: Die Erinnerung der Form
(Herford: MARTa Herford GmbH, 2011). Exhibition catalogue.
Taüber, Rita E., Marc Gundel, Christoph Zuschlag, et al.
Franz Erhard Walther – Die Bilder sind im Kopf (Cologne: Wienand Verlag GmbH, 2011).
Exhibition catalogue.
Walther, Franz Erhard. Franz Erhard Walther: Sternenstaub. Ein gezeichneter Roman.
71 ausgewahlte Erinnerungen (Berlin: DISTANZ Verlag GmbH, 2011).
2009 Noack, Wita, et al. Franz Erhard Walther: Skulptur antwortet (Berlin: form + zweck, 2009).
Exhibition catalogue.
2004 Cuenat, Philippe. Franz Erhard Walther: Abc… Museum Wortbilder
(Geneva: Musee d'art moderne et contemporaine, 2004).
2003 Halley, Peter. Franz Erhard Walther / Work Needs the Body – A Strong Misreading.
Das Werk braucht den Korper – eine uberzeugende Fehlinterpretation
(Fulda: Vonderau Museum, 2003).
2001 Brockhaus, Christoph. Franz Erhard Walther: Das Neue Alphabet / The New Alphabet /
Le Nouvel Alphabet 1990–1996 (Duisburg: Stiftung Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum
Zentrum Internationaler Skulptur, 2001). Exhibition catalogue.
2000 Köttering, Martin. Franz Erhard Walther: Orte der Entstehung – Orte der Wirkung
(Nordhorn: Städtische Galerie, 2000). Exhibition catalogue.
1999 Walther, Franz Erhard, and Simone Twiehaus.
Franz Erhard Walther: der Kopf zeichnet, die Hand denkt
(Ostfildern-Ruit: Hatje Cantz Verlag GmbH, 1999). Exhibition catalogue.
1998 Schneider, Eckhard, et al. Franz Erhard Walther: ich bin die Skulptur
(Hannover: Kunstverein Hannover, 1998). Exhibition catalogue.
Zdenek, Felix, et al. Franz Erhard Walther: Gelenke im Raum, Werke 1963–1998
(Hamburg: Deichtorhallen, 1998). Exhibition catalogue.
1997 Rüdiger, Ulrike, and Gunnar F. Gerlach.
Franz Erhard Walther: Mit dem Körper sehen. Werkentwicklung – Werkbeispiele 1957–1997
(Gera: Kunstsammlung Gera, 1997). Exhibition catalogue.
1996 Köb, Edelbert, Franz Erhard Walther, and Michael Lingner.
Franz Erhard Walther: Kunsthalle Ritter (Stuttgart: Verlag Gerd Hatje, 1996).
1994 Loers, Veit. Franz Erhard Walther: Sieben Werkgesänge, Eine Ausstellung von 1964
(Fulda: Vonderau Museum, 1994). Exhibition catalogue.
1993 Damsch-Wiehager, Renate, et al.
Franz Erhard Walther: Antwort der Körper: Text; Zeichnung; Raum Körper, Körper Raum
(Stuttgart: Cantz Verlag, 1993). Exhibition catalogue.
Seng, Gisbert, and Gisela Fiedler-Bender. Franz Erhard Walther: die Sprache im Material
(Kaiserslautern: Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern, 1993). Exhibition catalogue.
Gorner, Veit. Franz Erhard Walther: Nachzeichnungen (Stuttgart: Edition Cantz, 1993).
1992 Bernard, Christian, et al. Franz Erhard Walther (Nice: Villa Arson, 1992). Exhibition catalogue.
1991 Lange, Susanne. Franz Erhard Walther: 1. Werksatz (1963–1969)
(Frankfurt: Museum für Moderne Kunst, 1991).
1990 Lingner, Michael, et al.
das Haus in dem ich wohne: Die Theorie zum Werkentwurf von Franz Erhard Walther
(Klagenfurt: Ritter Verlag, 1990).
Lingner, Michael, et al. Franz Erhard Walther: Lagerform = Werkform
(Düsseldorf: Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, 1990). Exhibition catalogue.
Nievers, Knut. Franz Erhard Walther: die Architektur ist innen
(Kiel: Stadtgalerie im Sophienhof, 1990). Exhibition catalogue.
1989 Dückers, Alexander, and Uwe Wieczorek.
Franz Erhard Walther: Zeichnungen, Werkzeichnungen, 1957–1984
(Berlin: Staatliche Museen Preubischer Kulturbesitz, 1989). Exhibition catalogue.
1986 Crone, Rainer, and Joseph Kosuth. Franz Erhard Walther: Works 1963–86
(New York: John Weber Gallery, 1986). Exhibition catalogue.
1985 Bohunovsky-Barnthaler, Irmgard, et al. Franz Erhard Walther: Ort und Richtung angeben
(Klagenfurt: Edition Galerie Carinthia, 1985).
1983 Lingner, Michael, and Arnulf Rohsmann. Organon (Klagenfurt: Klagenfurt Ritter Verlag, 1983).
1982 Lingner, Michael. Franz Erhard Walther: 40 Sockel: Schritte seitwärts
(Munich: Kunstraum München, 1982). Exhibition catalogue.
1981 Pauseback, Michael. Franz Erhard Walther: Handlung Werk
(Berlin: Nationalgalerie Berlin, 1981). Exhibition catalogue.
1980 Stemmler, Dierk, et al. Franz Erhard Walther: Arbeiten 1959–1963
(Bonn: Stadtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn, 1980). Exhibition catalogue.
1977 Adriani, Götz, and Carl Vogel. Franz Erhard Walther: Arbeiten 1969–1976: 2. Werksatz 1972
(Tübingen: G. Adriani, 1977). Exhibition catalogue.
1976 Kern, Hermann, and Carl Vogel. Franz Erhard Walther: Diagramme zum 1. Werksatz
(Munich: Kunstraum München, 1976). Exhibition catalogue.
1972 Adriani, Götz, ed. Franz Erhard Walther: Werkmonographie; Arbeiten 1955–1963,
Material zum 1.Wertsatz 1963–1969 (Cologne: M. DuMont Schauberg, 1972).
1969 Licht, Jennifer. Spaces (New York: The Museum of Modern Art, 1969). Exhibition catalogue.
1968 Walther, Franz Erhard. Franz Erhard Walther: OBJEKTE, benutzen
(Cologne: Verlag Gebruder König, 1968).
SELECTED REVIEWS
2024 Hoy, Estelle. “Franz Erhard Walther” apartamento (spring/summer 2024).
2010 Smith, Roberta. “A Time to Play, in a Flashback to the ’70s Art World”
New York Times: Art and Design (27 April 2010).
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
Centre Pompidou, Paris
Daimler Art Collection, Stuttgart-Möhringen, Germany
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas
Deutsche Bank Collection, Frankfurt
Dia Art Foundation, New York / Beacon
FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon, France
FRAC Bretagne, Rennes, France
FRAC Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Marseille, France
Fundação de Serralves – Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Porto
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany
Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Institut d'art contemporain Villeurbanne / Rhone Alpes, France
Kunsthaus, Zürich
Kunstmuseum Krefeld, Germany
Kunstmuseum Luzerne, Switzerland
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
Musée d‘Art Contemporain, Marseille, France
Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, France
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid
Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Illinois
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Austria
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany
Tate, London
Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands