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George Condo

Biography

Born

Born in Concord, NH, 1957

Education

Lowell University, Massachusetts, 1976 – 1978

Selected Solo Exhibitions

2025

Karpidas Collection, 'George Condo: Selections from the Karpidas Collection', Dallas TX
Hauser & Wirth / Sprüth Magers, 'George Condo. Pastels', New York NY

2024

DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art, 'The Mad and the Lonely', Hydra, Greece

Selected Group Exhibitions

2024

Kunsthalle Vogelmann, 'Surrealism - Worlds in Dialogue', Heilbronn, Germany

2023

Bellagio Gallery of Fine Art, 'Icons of Contemporary Art', Las Vegas NV
Venus Over Manhattan, 'Retinal Hysteria', New York NY

Nahmad Contemporary, 'Ugly Painting', New York NY

Hauser & Wirth, 'Escape', Southampton NY

Awards and Honors

2018

BOMB 37th Anniversary Gala Honorees

2013

New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting & Sculpture Honoree

Bibliography

Selected Bibliography

2023

Rouart, Julie, Mascaro, Kate, de Sardes, Guillaume (eds.), 'George Condo. Humanoids', Paris: Éditions Flammarion, Monaco: Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, 2023, ill. (exh. cat.)

2022

Jake Brodsky, Long Museum (eds.), 'George Condo. The Picture Gallery', Shanghai: Shanghai Culture Publishing House, Long Museum, 2022, ill. (exh. cat.)

Baker, Simon, 'George Condo: Painting Reconfigured', London: Thames & Hudson, 2022, ill.

Artist's Books, Writings

2018

Condo, George, Kold, Anders, Rozell, Mary, 'Ed Ruscha. VERY. Works from the UBS Art Collection', Berlin: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2018, ill. (exh. cat.)

2015

Condo, George, 'Mister Nicotine. The George Condo Purple Book', Paris: Purple Institute, 2015, ill.

Publications

2023

Cayre, Eleanor, Kissick, Dean (eds.), 'Ugly Painting', New York: Nahmad Contemporary, 2023, pp. 7-11, ill. (exh. cat.)
Troncy, Eric, FitzGerald, Michael, 'El eco de Picasso', Málaga: Museo Picasso Málaga, 2023, pp. 72-73, 183, ill. (exh. cat.)

2022

Gioni, Massimiliano, Derrida, Jacques, Marcus, Daniel (et al.), 'Dark Light: Selections from the Tony and Elham Salamé Collection—Aïshti Foundation', Jal El Dib: Aïshti Foundation, 2022, pp. 176-181, ill. (exh. cat.)

Press

2025

Akel, Joseph, 'George Condo: Pastels', on: brooklynrail.org, April 2025, ill.

Akel, Joseph, 'George Condo' in: The Brooklyn Rail Magazine, Brooklyn, April 2025, p. 55, ill.

Estiler, Keith, 'George Condo Explores the Psyche Through "Pastels"', on: hypebeast.com, 15 January 2025, ill.
Mankus, Modestas, 'George Condo’s ‘Pastels’ to Show at Hauser & Wirth and Sprüth Magers', on: ourculturemag.com, 15 January 2025, ill.
'Here Are the 17 Must-See New York Gallery Shows of the New Year', on: culturedmag.com, 6 January 2025

Carollo, Elisa, 'George Condo On Channeling the Fragmented Human Psyche in His Work', [interview], on: observer.com, 30 January 2025, ill.

Dodgson, Colin, 'What’s the Last Think You Want to See Before You Go?,' in: Middle Plane Magazine, London, no. 10, Spring/Summer 2025, pp. 119-125, ill. 

2024

___, 'CULTURED's Favorite Conversations Between Actors, Artists, and Other Creatives in 2024', on: culturedmag.com, 24 December 2024, ill.
Bozoni, Argyro, 'The top exhibitions of 2024', on: lifo.gr, 18 December 2024, ill.
Twersky, Carolyn, 'The Must-See Art Shows and Exhibitions of 2025', on: wmagazine.com, 17 December 2024, ill.

Lesser, Casey, 'Jeff Koons, Jenny Holzer, Amy Sherald, and others donate works to “Artists for Kamala” benefit sale staged by Artsy', on: artsy.net, 27 September 2024, ill.
Goffo, Andrea, 'George Condo' [interview], on: musemagazine.it, 13 September 2024, ill.
Scott, Travis, 'Crash, Destroy, and Dismantle' [interview], in: Cultured, September 2024, pp. 140-146
Scott, Travis, 'Travis Scott and George Condo Are Unlikely Friends. They Compare Notes on Careers Spent Breaking the Rules' [interview], on: culturedmag.com, 5 September 2024
___, 'George Condo: The Mad and the Lonely', on: apollo-magazine.com, 9 August 2024, ill.
Carollo, Elisa, 'How Collector Dakis Joannou Helped Turn Hydra into an Art World Destination', on: observer.com, 8 August 2024, ill.
Chaillou, Timothée, 'Entretien avec George Condo: <<J'ais toujours voulu être réaliste. Un réaliste peint les choses telles qu'il les voit, et non telles qu'elles paraissent.>>', on: connaissancedesarts.com, 10 August 2024, ill.
Becker, Noah, 'Whitehot at "The Mad and the Lonely" - George Condo at DESTE Foundation Project Space, Slaughterhouse Hydra, Greece', on: whitehotmagazine.com, 13 July 2024, ill.
Engeleke, Harriet, 'Top Summer Shows to Travel For in Ibiza, Hydra, Monaco and More', on: whitewall.art, 26 July 2024, ill.
Rea, Naomi, '"The More Repellent You Are, the More Attractive You Become": George Condo on Contemporary Mythmaking' [interview], on: news.artnet.com, 8 July 2024, ill.
Kleidaria, Stauroula, 'Dakis Ioannou introduces us to the new inventive exhibition of the DESTE Foundation, this time by George Condo, entitled "The Mad and the Lonely"', on: glow.gr, 4 July 2024, ill.
Grimaldi, Giulia, 'Il Cubismo psicologico di George Condo' [review], on: ilgiornaledellarte.com, 17 July 2024, ill.
Kakouriotis, Spyros, 'Colors on the wave: Art exhibitions in the Greek islands', on: monopoli.gr, 28 June 2024, ill.
Yablonsky, Linda, 'From Athens to the island of Hydra: Greek odyssey beckons New York artists', on: theartnewspaper.com, 26 June 2024, ill.

Public Collections

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto

Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Olso, Norway

Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

Citigroup Art Advisory Service Collection, New York

Dakis Joannou Collection Foundation, Athens, Greece;

Deste Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Athens

Doron Sebbag Art Collection, ORS Ltd., Tel Aviv

Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Ministère de la Culture, Paris

Fonds Regional d’Art Contemporain, Ile de France, Paris

Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany

Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark

Moderna Museet, Stockholm

Museu d’Art Contemporani, Barcelona

Norton Gallery, Palm Beach, Florida

Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt

Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

Staedel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany

Tate Modern, London

The Broad Collection, Los Angeles CA

The Broad Art Foundation, Santa Monica CA

The Judith Rothschild Foundation, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania

The Karpidas Family Collection, Dallas

The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The Menil Collection, Houston TX

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

The National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

The Olbricht Collection, Berlin

The Pisces Collection, Donaueschingen, Germany

The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York