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Galerie Mueller, Basel April 4 – June 28, 2025
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Sonder
Sonder
Amanita, New York January 16 – February 23, 2025
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Rush of Color: Works from the Kemp Collection
Rush of Color: Works from the Kemp Collection
Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, Germany November 27, 2024 – March 30, 2025
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Minimalism: Color, Line, Form
Minimalism: Color, Line, Form
Arkansas Museum of Fine Arts, Little Rock October 26, 2024 – April 6, 2025
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Electric Op
Electric Op
Buffalo AKG Art Museum, Buffalo, New York September 27, 2024 – January 27, 2025
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Al Held, West End
Al Held, West End
Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, California State University Long Beach September 12 – December 12, 2024
Al Held: Works on paper, 1960 – 1989
Al Held: Works on paper, 1960 – 1989
McClain Gallery, Houston September 3 – November 2, 2024
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Americans in Paris: Artists Working in Postwar France, 1946–1962
Americans in Paris: Artists Working in Postwar France, 1946–1962
Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts September 3, 2024 – January 5, 2025
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In the Making: Contemporary Art at SBMA
In the Making: Contemporary Art at SBMA
Santa Barbara Museum of Art July 21, 2024 – March 9, 2025
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Hard-Edge Sacrifice: Alice Aycock, Karl Gerstner, Al Held, Robert Smithson
Hard-Edge Sacrifice: Alice Aycock, Karl Gerstner, Al Held, Robert Smithson
Meredith Rosen Gallery, New York July 10 – August 10, 2024
Al Held: About Space
Al Held: About Space
White Cube, Bermondsey, London June 26 – September 1, 2024
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Summer Choices: A Group Exhibition
Summer Choices: A Group Exhibition
Crown Point Press, San Francisco June 4 – September 3, 2024
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Americans in Paris: Artists Working in Postwar France, 1946–1962
Americans in Paris: Artists Working in Postwar France, 1946–1962
Grey Art Museum, New York University, New York March 2 – July 20, 2024
The Visual Elements - Space
The Visual Elements - Space
Huntington Museum of Art, Huntington, West Virginia December 2, 2023 – March 24, 2024
Imaginary I
Imaginary I
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin November 11, 2023 – April 7, 2024
To Weave the Sky: Textile Abstractions
To Weave the Sky: Textile Abstractions
El Espacio 23, Miami November 2, 2023 – August 3, 2024
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Works in Black and White
Works in Black and White
Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco September 14 – October 13, 2023
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The 1960s: Beyond Op and Pop
The 1960s: Beyond Op and Pop
The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York June 24 – September 17, 2023
The Painter's Hand: U.S. Abstraction since 1950
The Painter's Hand: U.S. Abstraction since 1950
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire June 10 – December 16, 2023
Order & Disorder
Order & Disorder
Rodolphe Jannsen Gallery, Brussels May 25 – July 8, 2023
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Al Held: Works on Paper from 1960
Al Held: Works on Paper from 1960
David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan May 20 – July 22, 2023
Al Held: Watercolours
Al Held: Watercolours
White Cube, Paris April 19 – May 27, 2023
The Historic Woodstock Art Colony: The Arthur A. Anderson Collection
The Historic Woodstock Art Colony: The Arthur A. Anderson Collection
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz February 4 – July 23, 2023
Hurry Slowly
Hurry Slowly
Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld Contemporary Art Museum, University of California Long Beach September 6 – December 22, 2022
In Dialogue: Unexpected Visual Conversations
In Dialogue: Unexpected Visual Conversations
Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida August 6, 2022 – June 25, 2023
8th Biennial of Painting
8th Biennial of Painting
Museum van Deinze en de Leiestreek, Deinze, Belgium June 26 – October 2, 2022
Summer Group Show
Summer Group Show
Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco June 9 – July 23, 2022
Summer Choices
Summer Choices
Crown Point Press, San Francisco May 11 – August 27, 2022
Heute Nachte geträumt
Heute Nachte geträumt
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland March 19 – August 14, 2022
Color: A Spring Exhibition
Color: A Spring Exhibition
Crown Point Press, San Francisco March 17 – April 29, 2022
City
City
White Cube, off-site project, West Palm Beach, Florida January 6 – 29, 2022
Konkret! Hommage an Ulrich Schumacher die Sammlung des Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop
Konkret! Hommage an Ulrich Schumacher die Sammlung des Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop
Emil Schumacher Museum, Hagen, Germany November 21, 2021 – March 13, 2022
Correspondence
Correspondence
White Cube, Aspen off-site project, Aspen, Colorado June 8 – July 4, 2021
Al Held, Sarah Morris and Takis
Al Held, Sarah Morris and Takis
White Cube, off-site project, West Palm Beach, Florida January 28 – February 28, 2021
Tracing the Fragments
Tracing the Fragments
K11 Musea, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong January 17 – February 28, 2021
Slow Looking/Deep Seeing
Slow Looking/Deep Seeing
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina Greensboro January 16 – June 19, 2021
Figure and Form: States of Dissolution
Figure and Form: States of Dissolution
White Cube, off-site project, West Palm Beach, Florida December 10, 2020 – January 23, 2021
Al Held: The Sixties
Al Held: The Sixties
White Cube, Bermondsey, London November 20, 2020 – February 27, 2021
Les Murs Reculent
Les Murs Reculent
Musée Matisse, Nice, France October 8, 2020 – March 31, 2021
Al Held: Watercolors
Al Held: Watercolors
David Klein Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan June 20 – August 22, 2020
Recent Acquisitions
Recent Acquisitions
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York January 29 – May 17, 2020
Al Held: Modern Maverick
Al Held: Modern Maverick
White Cube, Hong Kong November 22, 2019 – January 11, 2020
Encounters
Encounters
American Academy in Rome October 15 – December 8, 2019
Bauhaus: Our Play, Our Party, Our Work
Bauhaus: Our Play, Our Party, Our Work
Israel Museum, Jerusalem July 9, 2019 – April 18, 2020
Systems of Viewing
Systems of Viewing
Western Gallery, Western Washington University, Bellingham July 1 – August 17, 2019
Abstract USA
Abstract USA
Museum No Hero, Delden, The Netherlands June 8, 2019 – January 5, 2020
Downtown Painting: Presented by Alex Katz
Downtown Painting: Presented by Alex Katz
Peter Freeman, Inc., New York June 5 – July 20, 2019
Double Edged: Geometric Abstraction Then and Now
Double Edged: Geometric Abstraction Then and Now
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina Greensboro May 25 – August 18, 2019
Printing Abstraction
Printing Abstraction
Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, Missouri November 30, 2018 – March 31, 2019
Lost, Loose and Loved: Foreign Artists in Paris 1944-1968
Lost, Loose and Loved: Foreign Artists in Paris 1944-1968
Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid November 21, 2018 – April 22, 2019
The Historic Woodstock Art Colony: The Arthur A. Anderson Collection
The Historic Woodstock Art Colony: The Arthur A. Anderson Collection
New York State Museum, Albany, New York November 10, 2018 – December 31, 2019
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Art Within Art: The Everson at 50
Art Within Art: The Everson at 50
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York October 13, 2018 – January 20, 2019
Pollock and the New York School
Pollock and the New York School
Complesso del Vittoriano - Ala Brasini, Rome, Italy October 10, 2018 – February 24, 2019
Irving Sandler: Points of View
Irving Sandler: Points of View
Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase College, State University of New York September 26 – December 23, 2018
Spheres of Influence: Al Held, Michael Craig-Martin, Judy Pfaff and Stanley Whitney
Spheres of Influence: Al Held, Michael Craig-Martin, Judy Pfaff and Stanley Whitney
Senior & Shopmaker Gallery, New York September 13 – October 27, 2018
Three Americans: Al Held, Nicholas Kruschenick, Kimber Smith
Three Americans: Al Held, Nicholas Kruschenick, Kimber Smith
Galerie Mueller, Basel, Switzerland September 8 – October 29, 2018
American Masters 1940 – 1980
American Masters 1940 – 1980
National Gallery of Australia, Canberra August 24 – November 11, 2018
1960s: A Survey of the Decade
1960s: A Survey of the Decade
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina Greensboro July 14, 2018 – February 17, 2019
Giant Steps: Artists and the 1960s
Giant Steps: Artists and the 1960s
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York June 30, 2018 – January 6, 2019
Al Held: Paris to New York, 1952-69
Al Held: Paris to New York, 1952-69
Cheim & Read, New York May 17 – July 6, 2018
Al Held in Paris: 1952-53
Al Held in Paris: 1952-53
Nathalie Karg Gallery, New York May 2 – June 15, 2018
Pictures without Shadows: A Selection from the Kemp Collection
Pictures without Shadows: A Selection from the Kemp Collection
Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, Germany March 25 – July 15, 2018
Line, Form and Colour – Works from the Berardo Collection
Line, Form and Colour – Works from the Berardo Collection
Museu Coleção Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal March 22 – September 16, 2018
Al Held – Luminous Constructs: Paintings & Watercolors from the 1990s
Al Held – Luminous Constructs: Paintings & Watercolors from the 1990s
David Klein Gallery, Detroit, Michigan March 17 – April 28, 2018
Expanding Space – Ronald Bladen, Al Held, Yvonne Rainer, George Sugarman
Expanding Space – Ronald Bladen, Al Held, Yvonne Rainer, George Sugarman
Loretta Howard Gallery, New York November 2 – December 21, 2017
Disorderly Conduct: American Painting and Sculpture, 1960-1990
Disorderly Conduct: American Painting and Sculpture, 1960-1990
Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham, North Carolina September 21, 2017 – February 25, 2018
nonObjectives
nonObjectives
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska May 16 – July 23, 2017
Shaping a Modern Legacy: Karl and Jennifer Salatka Collect
Shaping a Modern Legacy: Karl and Jennifer Salatka Collect
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania March 25 – October 15, 2017
Inspired by Matisse: Selected Works from the Collection
Inspired by Matisse: Selected Works from the Collection
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, New Jersey February 5, 2017 – July 29, 2018
Inventing Downtown: Artist-Run Galleries in New York City, 1952–1965
Inventing Downtown: Artist-Run Galleries in New York City, 1952–1965
Grey Art Gallery, New York University, New York, NY January 10 – April 1, 2017
Big Picture: Art after 1945
Big Picture: Art after 1945
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington July 23, 2016 – March 3, 2017
Al Held: Brushstrokes, India Ink Drawings from 1960
Al Held: Brushstrokes, India Ink Drawings from 1960
Van Doren Waxter, New York May 12 – July 8, 2016
Al Held: Black and White Paintings 1967
Al Held: Black and White Paintings 1967
Cheim & Read, New York February 18 – March 26, 2016
American Array
American Array
Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii October 8, 2015 – January 8, 2017
Three Graces: Polly Apfelbaum, Tony Feher and Carrie Moyer
Three Graces: Polly Apfelbaum, Tony Feher and Carrie Moyer
Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York September 26, 2015 – January 3, 2016
Choice: Contemporary Art from the Akron Art Museum
Choice: Contemporary Art from the Akron Art Museum
Transformer Station/Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio September 11 – December 6, 2015
Corita Kent and the Language of Pop
Corita Kent and the Language of Pop
Harvard Art Museums, Boston, Massachusetts September 3, 2015 – January 3, 2016
TXT/MSG
TXT/MSG
Spalding House/Honolulu Museum of Art, Honolulu, Hawaii July 29, 2015 – January 10, 2016
Testing Testing: Painting and Sculpture Since 1960 form the Permanent Collection
Testing Testing: Painting and Sculpture Since 1960 form the Permanent Collection
Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill July 17, 2015 – January 3, 2016
On the Front Lines: Military Veterans at The Art Students League of New York
On the Front Lines: Military Veterans at The Art Students League of New York
Art Students League of New York June 19 – August 7, 2015
Coordinates
Coordinates
Madison Museum of Contemporary Art, Madison, Wisconsin June 6 – August 23, 2015
Showing Off: Recent Modern and Contemporary Acquisitions
Showing Off: Recent Modern and Contemporary Acquisitions
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado May 17, 2015 – April 17, 2016
Al Held: Particular Paradox
Al Held: Particular Paradox
Van Doren Waxter, New York May 6 – July 2, 2015
Al Held & Robert Mangold: B/W & Color
Al Held & Robert Mangold: B/W & Color
Weatherspoon Art Museum, University of North Carolina Greensboro September 6 – December 7, 2014
Make It New
Make It New
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts July 4 – October 13, 2014
Shifting Planes: Held, Kelly, McLaughlin
Shifting Planes: Held, Kelly, McLaughlin
Van Doren Waxter, New York October 2 – December 20, 2013
From Abstract Expression to Colored Planes
From Abstract Expression to Colored Planes
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington March 16, 2013 – August 1, 2015
Al Held: Alphabet Paintings 1961–1967
Al Held: Alphabet Paintings 1961–1967
Cheim & Read, New York February 28 – April 20, 2013
The Geometric Unconscious: A Century of Abstraction
The Geometric Unconscious: A Century of Abstraction
Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska October 5, 2012 – January 20, 2013
The Artist's Hand: American Works on Paper 1945-1975
The Artist's Hand: American Works on Paper 1945-1975
Museum of Art, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington September 28 – December 15, 2012
Abstract Drawings
Abstract Drawings
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, D.C. June 15, 2012 – January 6, 2013
Al Held: Black and White 1967
Al Held: Black and White 1967
Loretta Howard Gallery, New York March 1 – April 14, 2012
Il Guggenheim, L'avanguardia Americana 1945-1980
Il Guggenheim, L'avanguardia Americana 1945-1980
Palazzo delle Esposizioni, Rome February 7 – May 6, 2012
Al Held
Al Held
Pace Prints Chelsea, New York January 17 – March 28, 2012
Painterly Abstraction, 1949-1969: Selections from the Guggenheim Collections
Painterly Abstraction, 1949-1969: Selections from the Guggenheim Collections
Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain June 14, 2011 – January 8, 2012
Al Held Paintings 1959
Al Held Paintings 1959
Craig F. Starr Gallery, New York June 6 – August 19, 2011
New Colors: Selections from the Kemp Collection
New Colors: Selections from the Kemp Collection
Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, Germany March 26 – August 7, 2011
Al Held: Concrete Abstraction
Al Held: Concrete Abstraction
Ameringer McEnery Yohe, New York December 9, 2010 – January 29, 2011
Abstract USA 1958-1968: In the Galleries
Abstract USA 1958-1968: In the Galleries
Rijksmuseum Twenthe, Enschede, The Netherlands September 11, 2010 – February 20, 2011
Psychedelic: Optical and Visionary Art Since the 1960s
Psychedelic: Optical and Visionary Art Since the 1960s
San Antonio Museum of Art March 13 – August 1, 2010
New Works: Highlights from the Permanent Collection
New Works: Highlights from the Permanent Collection
Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas December 22, 2009 – May 23, 2010
Pearlstein/Held: Five Decades
Pearlstein/Held: Five Decades
Betty Cuningham Gallery, New York November 19, 2009 – February 13, 2010
Pop to Present
Pop to Present
Cantor Arts Center, Stanford University, California March 18 – August 16, 2009
Al Held: Prints 1983 – 1999
Al Held: Prints 1983 – 1999
Pace Prints Gallery, New York February 5 – March 7, 2009
Al Held: Paintings 1989 – 1993
Al Held: Paintings 1989 – 1993
Waddington Galleries, London November 26 – December 19, 2008
Al Held: Paintings 1979 – 1985
Al Held: Paintings 1979 – 1985
Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York November 10, 2008 – January 10, 2009
Circa 1958: Breaking Ground in American Art
Circa 1958: Breaking Ground in American Art
Ackland Art Museum, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill September 21, 2008 – January 4, 2009
Al Held: Watercolors
Al Held: Watercolors
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco September 4 – October 4, 2008
Al Held: The Evolution of Style
Al Held: The Evolution of Style
University Art Museum, Long Beach, California June 26 – August 10, 2008
Fernand Leger: Paris – New York
Fernand Leger: Paris – New York
Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland June 1 – September 7, 2008
From Picasso to Warhol
From Picasso to Warhol
The Art Museum at the University of Kentucky, Lexington May 25 – August 24, 2008
Sensory Overload: Light, Motion, Sound and the Optical in Art
Sensory Overload: Light, Motion, Sound and the Optical in Art
Milwaukee Art Museum January 24, 2008 – June 7, 2009
Modern and Contemporary Masterworks
Modern and Contemporary Masterworks
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston December 8, 2007 – March 2, 2008
Al Held: Gravity's Strings
Al Held: Gravity's Strings
Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida September 15 – October 28, 2007
What is Painting? Contemporary Art from the Collection
What is Painting? Contemporary Art from the Collection
Museum of Modern Art, New York July 7 – September 17, 2007
Grand Gestures: The Gordon F. Hampton Collection
Grand Gestures: The Gordon F. Hampton Collection
University Art Museum, Long Beach, California June 28 – August 12, 2007
In Memory of Al Held 1928 – 2005
In Memory of Al Held 1928 – 2005
Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zürich, Switzerland January 12 – February 25, 2006
Al Held: American Abstract Expressionist Painter, 1928 – 2005
Al Held: American Abstract Expressionist Painter, 1928 – 2005
J. Johnson Gallery, Jacksonville Beach, Florida January 7 – March 17, 2006
Al Held: Public Art
Al Held: Public Art
Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, Florida February 26 – October 30, 2005
Al Held: Public Projects
Al Held: Public Projects
Robert Miller Gallery, New York January 11 – 15, 2005
Al Held: Beyond Sense
Al Held: Beyond Sense
Robert Miller Gallery, New York November 20, 2003 – January 3, 2004
Al Held: Recent Paintings
Al Held: Recent Paintings
P.S. 1 MoMA, Long Island City, New York September 1 – November 1, 2002
New York Renaissance: Masterworks from the Whitney Museum
New York Renaissance: Masterworks from the Whitney Museum
Palazzo Reale, Milan March 21 – September 15, 2002
Expanding Universe: The Recent Paintings of Al Held
Expanding Universe: The Recent Paintings of Al Held
Contemporary Arts Center, New Orleans January 12 – March 4, 2002
A Defining Generation, Then and Now: 1961 and 2001
A Defining Generation, Then and Now: 1961 and 2001
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts September 30 – December 9, 2001
Al Held in Black and White: Paintings and Works on Paper
Al Held in Black and White: Paintings and Works on Paper
Ameringer/Howard/Yohe, New York September 4 – October 11, 2001
Al Held: Large-Scale Watercolor Paintings
Al Held: Large-Scale Watercolor Paintings
Pillsbury and Peters Fine Art, Ltd., Dallas May 18 – July 7, 2001
Al Held: The Italian Watercolors
Al Held: The Italian Watercolors
Ameringer/Howard Fine Art, Inc., Boca Raton, Florida December 14, 2000 – January 6, 2001
Al Held: Unfolding
Al Held: Unfolding
Robert Miller Gallery, New York October 21 – November 25, 2000
The American Century: Art & Culture 1950 – 2000
The American Century: Art & Culture 1950 – 2000
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York September 26, 1999 – February 13, 2000
Abstractions Americaines 1940 – 1960
Abstractions Americaines 1940 – 1960
Musee Fabre, Montpellier, France July 3 – October 3, 1999
Al Held: The Last Series
Al Held: The Last Series
Robert Miller Gallery, New York October 14 – November 14, 1998
Thirty-Five Years at Crown Point Press
Thirty-Five Years at Crown Point Press
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. June 8 – September 1, 1997
Al Held: Recent Paintings
Al Held: Recent Paintings
André Emmerich Gallery, New York March 27 – April 19, 1997
Pintura Estadounidense Expresionismo Abstracto
Pintura Estadounidense Expresionismo Abstracto
Centro Cultural Arte Contemporaneo, Mexico City October 10, 1996 – January 12, 1997
Thinking Print: Books to Billboards, 1980 – 1995
Thinking Print: Books to Billboards, 1980 – 1995
The Museum of Modern Art, New York June 20 – September 10, 1996
Al Held: Graphite/Charcoal Drawings
Al Held: Graphite/Charcoal Drawings
André Emmerich Gallery, New York April 4 – May 11, 1996
Al Held: Aquarelle
Al Held: Aquarelle
Hans Strelow, Dusseldorf February 2 – April 13, 1996
From the Collection: Abstraction, Pure and Impure
From the Collection: Abstraction, Pure and Impure
Museum of Modern Art, New York October 20, 1995 – May 21, 1996
Al Held: Time Past – Time Future
Al Held: Time Past – Time Future
André Emmerich Gallery, New York March 24 – April 22, 1995
Al Held: Painting in Paris 1950 – 1952
Al Held: Painting in Paris 1950 – 1952
Robert Miller Gallery, New York September 13 – October 8, 1994
Spheres of Influence
Spheres of Influence
Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Stamford, Connecticut October 1 – November 20, 1993
Al Held: Italian Watercolors
Al Held: Italian Watercolors
Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign August 27 – September 26, 1993
Al Held: Watercolors and Acrylics
Al Held: Watercolors and Acrylics
Landau Fine Art, Montreal April 25 – June 15, 1993
Not for Sale: Loans from the Private Collection of New York Art Dealers
Not for Sale: Loans from the Private Collection of New York Art Dealers
Tel Aviv Museum of Art October 22 – December 27, 1992
Al Held: New Paintings
Al Held: New Paintings
André Emmerich Gallery, New York October 8 – November 7, 1992
Al Held: Paintings and Works on Paper
Al Held: Paintings and Works on Paper
Allene Lapides Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico August 21 – September 11, 1992
Al Held, Milton Resnick 1955-1965
Al Held, Milton Resnick 1955-1965
Manny Silverman Gallery, Los Angeles February 12 – March 21, 1992
Al Held
Al Held
Edwin A. Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, Kansas January 24 – March 8, 1992
Al Held: The Italian Watercolors
Al Held: The Italian Watercolors
André Emmerich Gallery, New York September 10 – October 12, 1991
Three Installations of Al Held paintings at Madison Avenue and 57th Street, New York
Three Installations of Al Held paintings at Madison Avenue and 57th Street, New York
André Emmerich Gallery/Galbreath Co. storefront 57th Street, New York Fall 1991 – Fall 1992
Al Held: Paintings 1990
Al Held: Paintings 1990
Heland Wetterling Gallery, Stockholm April 25 – May 20, 1991
Al Held: Etchings and Color Woodblock Prints
Al Held: Etchings and Color Woodblock Prints
Crown Point Press, New York November 10 – December 15, 1990
Al Held: New Paintings
Al Held: New Paintings
André Emmerich Gallery, New York November 6 – December 1, 1990
Al Held: Arbeiten von 1989
Al Held: Arbeiten von 1989
Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zürich, Switzerland April 20 – May 23, 1990
Al Held: After Paris, 1953 – 1955
Al Held: After Paris, 1953 – 1955
Robert Miller Gallery, New York January 4 – February 3, 1990
Al Held: Watercolors 1989
Al Held: Watercolors 1989
Marianne Friedland Gallery, Toronto November 11 – 30, 1989
Al Held: Recent Paintings
Al Held: Recent Paintings
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco October 12 – November 11, 1989
Art in Place: Fifteen Years of Acquisitions
Art in Place: Fifteen Years of Acquisitions
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York July 7 – October 29, 1989
Al Held: New Paintings
Al Held: New Paintings
André Emmerich Gallery, New York March 2 – 25, 1989
Al Held: Watercolors
Al Held: Watercolors
André Emmerich Gallery, New York October 13 – November 5, 1988
Al Held: New Paintings
Al Held: New Paintings
Donald Morris Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan April 23 – May 28, 1988
For 25 Years: Crown Point Press
For 25 Years: Crown Point Press
Museum of Modern Art, New York November 27, 1987 – March 8, 1988
Generations of Geometry
Generations of Geometry
Whitney Museum of American Art at Equitable Center, New York August 1987
Drawing After 1940
Drawing After 1940
Museum of Modern Art, New York June 25 – October 13, 1987
Al Held: New Paintings
Al Held: New Paintings
André Emmerich Gallery, New York April 2 – 25, 1987
Al Held: Zeichnungen
Al Held: Zeichnungen
Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zürich, Switzerland March 27 – May 2, 1987
1967: At the Crossroads
1967: At the Crossroads
Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia March 13 – April 26, 1987
Al Held: Taxi Cabs 1959
Al Held: Taxi Cabs 1959
Robert Miller Gallery, New York March 4 – 28, 1987
Al Held: Drawings
Al Held: Drawings
Juda Rowan Gallery, London January 22 – February 28, 1987
Boston Collects: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture
Boston Collects: Contemporary Painting and Sculpture
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston October 22, 1986 – February 1, 1987
Al Held: Drawings 1980-1986
Al Held: Drawings 1980-1986
André Emmerich Gallery, New York October 15 – November 8, 1986
Seven American Masters
Seven American Masters
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. July 4 – November 12, 1986
Al Held: Recent Paintings
Al Held: Recent Paintings
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco April 16 – May 17, 1986
After Matisse
After Matisse
Queens Museum, New York March 30 – May 25, 1986
Twentieth-Century American Art
Twentieth-Century American Art
Whitney Museum of American Art at Equitable Center, New York February 13, 1986 – April 15, 1987
An American Rennaisance: Painting and Sculpture Since 1940
An American Rennaisance: Painting and Sculpture Since 1940
Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida January 12 – March 30, 1986
Large Drawings
Large Drawings
Museum of Modern Art, New York November 25, 1985 – April 15, 1986
Geometric Abstraction: Selections from a Decade, 1975 – 1985
Geometric Abstraction: Selections from a Decade, 1975 – 1985
The Bronx Museum of the Arts, New York October 3 – December 29, 1985
Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art 1910 – 1985
Contrasts of Form: Geometric Abstract Art 1910 – 1985
Museum of Modern Art, New York October 2, 1985 – January 7, 1986
Al Held: New Paintings
Al Held: New Paintings
André Emmerich Gallery, New York October 2 – 26, 1985
Al Held: Four Phases 1957 – 1984
Al Held: Four Phases 1957 – 1984
André Emmerich Gallery, New York April 25 – May 18, 1985
Al Held: Major Paintings and Works on Paper
Al Held: Major Paintings and Works on Paper
Marianne Friedland Gallery, Toronto November 10 – 29, 1984
Action Precision: The New Direction in New York 1955 – 1960
Action Precision: The New Direction in New York 1955 – 1960
Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California June 28 – September 9, 1984
Al Held: New Paintings
Al Held: New Paintings
Richard Gray Gallery March 27 – April 27, 1984
Al Held: Paintings
Al Held: Paintings
André Emmerich Gallery, New York March 22 – April 14, 1984
American Art Since 1970
American Art Since 1970
La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art March 10 – April 22, 1984
Al Held: Zeichnungen von 1976
Al Held: Zeichnungen von 1976
Gimpel-Hanover & André Emmerich Galerien, Zürich February 1984
The American Artist as Printmaker: 23rd National Print Exhibition
The American Artist as Printmaker: 23rd National Print Exhibition
The Brooklyn Museum October 28, 1983 – January 22, 1984
Language, Drama, Source & Vision
Language, Drama, Source & Vision
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York October 8 – November 27, 1983
Al Held: New Paintings
Al Held: New Paintings
Donald Morris Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan May 7 – June 4, 1983
Abstract Painting: 1960-69
Abstract Painting: 1960-69
P.S. 1, Long Island City, New York January 16 – March 13, 1983
Al Held: New Editions, Stone Ridge
Al Held: New Editions, Stone Ridge
Pace Editions, New York 1983
Al Held: New Paintings
Al Held: New Paintings
André Emmerich Gallery, New York November 4 – 27, 1982
Al Held: 1954-1959
Al Held: 1954-1959
Robert Miller Gallery, New York March 6 – April 3, 1982
Surveying the Seventies
Surveying the Seventies
Whitney Museum of American Art at Champion, Stamford, Connecticut February 12 – March 31, 1982
A Private Vision: Contemporary Art from the Graham Gund Collection
A Private Vision: Contemporary Art from the Graham Gund Collection
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston February 7 – April 4, 1982
Al Held: Recent Paintings
Al Held: Recent Paintings
Juda Rowan Gallery, London February 2 – March 6, 1982
Al Held: Drawings
Al Held: Drawings
The American Academy in Rome 1982
Amerikanische Malerei: 1930 – 1980
Amerikanische Malerei: 1930 – 1980
Haus der Kunst, Munich, West Germany November 14, 1981 – January 31, 1982
Al Held
Al Held
Gimpel-Hanover & André Emmerich Galerien, Zürich November 13, 1981 – January 9, 1982
1981 Biennial Exhibition
1981 Biennial Exhibition
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York February 2 – April 5, 1981
Al Held: New Paintings 1980
Al Held: New Paintings 1980
André Emmerich Gallery, New York November 22 – December 10, 1980
Art in Our Time
Art in Our Time
Milwaukee Art Museum October 9 – November 30, 1980
Al Held: Recent Paintings
Al Held: Recent Paintings
Quadrat Bottrop Moderne Galerie, Bottrop, West Germany June 8 – August 3, 1980
Al Held: Recent Paintings
Al Held: Recent Paintings
Annely Juda Fine Art, London April 10 – May 10, 1980
Al Held: 1959-1961
Al Held: 1959-1961
Robert Miller Gallery, New York March 29 – April 26, 1980
L'Amerique aux Independents 1944 – 1980
L'Amerique aux Independents 1944 – 1980
Grand Palais des Champs-Elysees, 91eme Exposition, Societe des Artistes Independants, Paris March 13 – April 13, 1980
Al Held: Recent Paintings
Al Held: Recent Paintings
Gimpel-Hanover & André Emmerich Galerien, Zürich February 16 – March 22, 1980
Constructivism and the Geometric Tradition: Selections from the McCrory Corporation Collection
Constructivism and the Geometric Tradition: Selections from the McCrory Corporation Collection
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York October 14 – November 25, 1979
The 1970s: New American Painting
The 1970s: New American Painting
The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York June 15, 1979 – February 10, 1981
Art Inc.: American Paintings from Corporate Collections
Art Inc.: American Paintings from Corporate Collections
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Alabama March 7 – May 6, 1979
Al Held: New Paintings
Al Held: New Paintings
André Emmerich Gallery, New York February 17 – March 7, 1979
Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture
Recent Acquisitions: Painting and Sculpture
Museum of Modern Art, New York September 12 – November 26, 1978
Al Held: New Paintings
Al Held: New Paintings
André Emmerich Gallery, New York April 29 – May 17, 1978
Al Held: Paintings and Drawings 1973 – 1978
Al Held: Paintings and Drawings 1973 – 1978
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston February 15 – April 1, 1978
Al Held
Al Held
Donald Morris Gallery, Birmingham, Michigan November 5 – December 10, 1977
A View of a Decade
A View of a Decade
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago September 10 – November 10, 1977
Documenta VI
Documenta VI
Kassel, Germany June 24 – Fall 1977
Al Held: Paintings and Drawings
Al Held: Paintings and Drawings
Annely Juda Fine Art, London May 10 – June 25, 1977
Al Held
Al Held
Galerie Roger d'Amecourt, Paris March 9 - ?, 1977
Al Held: Frühe Werke/Early Works
Al Held: Frühe Werke/Early Works
Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zürich, Switzerland January 15 – February 19, 1977
Al Held: Neue Bilder und Zeichnungen/Recent Paintings and Drawings
Al Held: Neue Bilder und Zeichnungen/Recent Paintings and Drawings
Galerie André Emmerich, Zürich January 15 – February 19, 1977
Surface, Edge and Color
Surface, Edge and Color
Whitney Museum of American Art, Downtown Branch, New York December 8, 1976 – January 12, 1977
Al Held: New Paintings
Al Held: New Paintings
André Emmerich Gallery, New York November 13 – December 1, 1976
Al Held
Al Held
Adler Castillo Gallery, Caracas, Venezuela September 1975
Al Held
Al Held
Jared Sable Gallery, Toronto April 26 – May 17, 1975
Al Held: Drawings
Al Held: Drawings
André Emmerich Gallery, New York March 15 – April 3, 1975
34th Biennial of Contemporary American Painting
34th Biennial of Contemporary American Painting
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. February 22 – April 6, 1975
Al Held [retrospective]
Al Held [retrospective]
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York October 11 – December 1, 1974
Al Held
Al Held
Galerie Müller, Cologne, Germany October – November 1974
Al Held: Recent Paintings and Drawings
Al Held: Recent Paintings and Drawings
Donald Morris Gallery, Detroit June 8 – July 6, 1974
Al Held
Al Held
Galerie André Emmerich, Zürich January 16 – February 16, 1974
Al Held: New Paintings
Al Held: New Paintings
André Emmerich Gallery, New York October 5 – 24, 1973
Al Held: New Paintings
Al Held: New Paintings
André Emmerich Gallery, New York April 1 – 19, 1972
Whitney Annual 1972
Whitney Annual 1972
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York January 25 – March 19, 1972
Al Held: Recent Paintings
Al Held: Recent Paintings
Donald Morris Gallery, Detroit October 16 – November 13, 1971
American Painting 1970
American Painting 1970
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond May 4 – June 7, 1970
Al Held
Al Held
Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zürich May 1 – 30, 1970
Al Held: New Paintings
Al Held: New Paintings
André Emmerich Gallery, New York March 14 – April 1, 1970
1969 Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Painting
1969 Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Painting
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York December 1969 – February 1970
29th Exhibition by the Society for Contemporary Art
29th Exhibition by the Society for Contemporary Art
The Art Institute of Chicago April 22 – June 1, 1969
Al Held: Recent Paintings
Al Held: Recent Paintings
Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia November 20 – December 26, 1968
The Pure and Clear: American Innovations
The Pure and Clear: American Innovations
Philadelphia Museum of Art November 13, 1968 – January 21, 1969
In Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
In Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Museum of Modern Art, New York October 31 – November 3, 1968
Al Held
Al Held
André Emmerich Gallery, New York October 5 – 24, 1968
Documenta IV
Documenta IV
Kassel, Germany June 27 – October 6, 1968
Al Held
Al Held
San Francisco Museum of Art January 9 – February 25, 1968
1967 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Paintings
1967 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Paintings
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York December 13, 1967 – February 4, 1968
The Visual Assault
The Visual Assault
Georgia Museum of Art, Athens, Georgia November 12 – December 15, 1967
Large Scale American Paintings
Large Scale American Paintings
The Jewish Museum, New York July 11 – September 17, 1967
Al Held
Al Held
André Emmerich Gallery, New York/Al Held Studio, New York (simultaneous exhibitions) April 15 – May 4, 1967
Al Held: Bilder
Al Held: Bilder
Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zürich, Switzerland March 17 – April 28, 1967
Vormen van de Kleur
Vormen van de Kleur
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam November 19, 1966 – January 15, 1967
Two Decades of American Painting
Two Decades of American Painting
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo October 15, 1966 – September 13, 1967
Art of the United States: 1670–1966
Art of the United States: 1670–1966
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York September 28 – November 27, 1966
Systemic Painting
Systemic Painting
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York September 24 – November 27, 1966
American Schilderijen Collages
American Schilderijen Collages
Museum Voor Stad en Lande, Groningen, The Netherlands September 20 – October 30, 1966
Al Held
Al Held
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam March 25 – May 1, 1966
Al Held
Al Held
Galerie Müller, Stuttgart January 21 – February 18, 1966
1965 Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Painting
1965 Annual Exhibition: Contemporary American Painting
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York December 8, 1965 – January 30, 1966
Signale: Held, Kelly, Mattmüller, Noland, Olitski, Pfahler, Plumb, Turnball
Signale: Held, Kelly, Mattmüller, Noland, Olitski, Pfahler, Plumb, Turnball
Kunsthalle, Basel June 26 – September 5, 1965
Concrete Expressionism
Concrete Expressionism
Loeb Student Center, New York University April 6 – 29, 1965
Al Held: Bilder
Al Held: Bilder
Galerie Renée Ziegler, Zürich, Switzerland October 1964
Al Held
Al Held
Galerie Gunar, Düsseldorf June 2 – July 16, 1964
Post Painterly Abstraction
Los Angeles County Museum of Art April 23 – June 7, 1964
67th Annual American Exhibition: Directions in Contemporary Art
67th Annual American Exhibition: Directions in Contemporary Art
The Art Institute of Chicago February 28 – April 12, 1964
Annual Exhibition 1963 – Contemporary American Painting
Annual Exhibition 1963 – Contemporary American Painting
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York December 11, 1963 – February 2, 1964
Toward a New Abstraction
Toward a New Abstraction
The Jewish Museum, New York May 19 – September 15, 1963
Al Held
Al Held
Poindexter Gallery, New York November 13 – December 1, 1962
1961
1961
Dallas Museum of Contemporary Art April 3 – May 13, 1962
Geometric Abstraction in America
Geometric Abstraction in America
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York March 20 – May 13, 1962
Al Held
Al Held
Galería Bonino, Buenos Aires October 30 – November 11, 1961
American Abstract Expressionists and Imagists
American Abstract Expressionists and Imagists
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York October 13 – December 31, 1961
Al Held
Al Held
Poindexter Gallery, New York May 1 – 20, 1961
Al Held
Al Held
Poindexter Gallery, New York January 18 – February 6, 1960
Neue Amerikanische Malerei
Neue Amerikanische Malerei
Kunstmuseum, St. Gallen, Switzerland March 14 – 26, 1959
Twenty-Seven Collages
Twenty-Seven Collages
Area Gallery, New York March 6 – 26, 1959
Donald Berry/Al Held Paintings
Donald Berry/Al Held Paintings
Poindexter Gallery, New York December 15, 1958 – January 10, 1959
[group exhibition]
[group exhibition]
Brata Gallery, New York October 25 – November 14, 1957
[group exhibition]
[group exhibition]
Tanager Gallery, New York May 10 – 29, 1957
Mid-season Salon
Mid-season Salon
Camino Gallery, New York December 14, 1956 – January 3, 1957
Peintures Held
Peintures Held
Galerie Huit, Paris April 5 – 17, 1952
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