Georg Herold
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Biography
Born 1947 in Jena, Germany
Lives and works in Cologne, Germany
Georg Herold is one of the most influential German artists of his generation, known for a multifaceted practice that spans sculpture, painting, installation, drawing, video, and text. His recent solo exhibitions include Kunstmuseum Bonn; Museum Brandhorst, Munich; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent; Kunsthalle Baden-Baden; Kunstverein Hannover; Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg; Kunsthalle Zürich; and The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Herold’s work will be presented in Long Story Short – An Art History from the Brandhorst Collection from the 1960s to the Present at Museum Brandhorst (23 October 2026 – 31 January 2027). He has participated in major international exhibitions including documenta IX, Kassel; Skulptur Projekte Münster; and the 52nd Venice Biennale. His work has also been presented at the Centre Pompidou, Paris; Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin; Tate Liverpool; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; and New Orleans Museum of Art.
Herold’s works are held in major public collections, including San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Centre Pompidou, Paris; Tate, London; Sammlung Brandhorst, Munich; Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg; and Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg. -
Georg Herold
Kunstraub I, II, III (Art Theftology I, II, III), 1985Roof battens, fabric
Part I: 200 x 169 x 7 cm / 78.7 x 66.5 x 2.8 inches
Part II: 200.5 x 168 x 4.5 cm / 78.9 x 66.1 x 1.8 inches
Part III: 201 x 207 x 5.5 cm /79.1 x 81.5 x 2.2 inches -
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Installation view, Georg Herold f., Capitain Petzel, Berlin, 2026. Ph: GRASC
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Georg Herold: da wo die..., Kunstmuseum Bonn, 2017–2018, photo: David Ertl
Georg Herold
Untitled, 2011Caviar, acrylic, lacquer on canvas203.5 x 380 cm
80.1 x 149.6 inchesB-GHEROLD-.26-0004Further images
Exhibitions
Georg Herold: da wo die..., Kunstmuseum Bonn, 2017–2018
Georg Herold. Multiple Choice, Museum Brandhorst Munich, 2012Literature
Georg Herold. Multiple Choice, exh. catalog Museum Brandhorst Munich, 2012, p. 26-27Publications
Georg Herold: da wo die …, Kunstmuseum Bonn, 2017, p. 10-11ExhibitionsExternal ExhibitionsNewsPressPublicationsRequest more information



