Artist

Maurizio Cattelan

Born in Padova, 1960 and lives in New YorK, USA

A self-taught artist, Maurizio Cattelan began his career designing furniture but turned to conceptual art in the early 1990s and quickly garnered a reputation for a sense of humour and for blurring the distinction between art and reality.
He described himself as a lazy artist. Some of his actions backed up the latter claim. In 1992, for example, he assembled a group of donors to award him a $10,000 grant that stipulated that he not exhibit any artwork for one year. At the 1993 Venice Biennale by subletting his exhibit space to a perfume company.
The artist “retired” in 2011 after his Guggenheim retrospective but continues to work on projects like Toilet Paper Magazine, which he founded. In 2013 he curated a show in Turin, titled Shit n Die, during the Artissima week.

Exhibitions

Maurizio Cattelan: We

Leeum Museum of Art is pleased to present We, a solo exhibition by Maurizio Cattelan. Featuring 38 works from the three decades since his emergence in the 1990s, this exhibition is the largest survey of the artist's oeuvre.

31 Jan 2023 - 16 Jul 2023
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art

Seoul

Exhibitions

Maurizio Cattelan: The Last Judgement

Maurizio Cattelan's first solo exhibition in China presents 29 works from his 30+ year career that confront themes of death, social mores, the colossus of art history and the nature and value of art in globalised, contemporary society.

20 Nov 2021 - 20 Feb 2022
UCCA Center of Contemporary Art

Beijing

Exhibitions

Les Ritals

With the valuable collaboration of: Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto: Michelangelo Pistoletto, Fondazione Armando Testa, Fondazione Piero Manzoni, Hauser & Wirth: Piero Manzoni, Perrotin: Maurizio Cattelan, Tornabuoni Arte: Carla Accardi et Lucio Fontana

19 Oct 2021 - 12 Jan 2022
Galleria Continua Paris

Paris

Exhibitions

Maurizio Cattelan: Breath Ghosts Blind

For the occasion of his new solo show, the artist has conceived a site-specific project for the spaces...

15 Jul 2021 - 20 Feb 2022
Pirelli HangarBicocca

Milan

Exhibitions

Third Dimension: Works from The Brant Foundation

In the second exhibition at The Brant Foundation’s New York space, "Third Dimension" features over 20 artists integral to its collection

13 Nov 2019 - 03 Sep 2020
The Brandt Foundation

New York

Art Spaces

Massimo De Carlo Pièce Unique

Galleries in Paris

Gagosian Geneva

Galleries in Geneva

Tornabuoni Arte Florence

Galleries in Florence

Gagosian Gallery Hong Kong

Galleries in Hong Kong

Perrotin Hong Kong

Galleries in Hong Kong

Massimo De Carlo London

Galleries in London

Massimo De Carlo, Hong Kong

Galleries in Hong Kong

Tornabuoni Arte Milan

Galleries in Milan

Massimo De Carlo, Casa Corbellini-Wassermann

Galleries in Milan