Michael Elmgreen (Denmark) & Ingar Dragset (Norway)
Live and work in Berlin, Germany
Solo Exhibitions
2008
Home is the Place you Left, Trondheim Kunstmuseum, Trondheim, Norway
Inauguration of Gedenkort für die im Nazionalsozialismus verfolgten Homosexuellen, Berlin, Germany
Side Effects, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
2007
This Is The First Day Of My Life, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden
A Change of Mind, Giornata del Contemporaneo organizzata da AMACI, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano,, Alto Adige, Italy
I Care For You, permanent installation, Villa Manin, Centre for Contemporary Art, Passariano, Italy
2006
Disgrace, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Miami, USA
The Incidental Self, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Would You Like Your Eggs A Little Different This Morning?, Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milano, Italy
The Welfare Show, The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
The Welfare Show, Serpentine Gallery, London, England
2005
Prada Marfa, Art Production Fund/Ballroom Marfa, Marfa, Texas, USA
The Brightness of Shady Lives, Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
Open House, Istanbul Pedestrian Exhibitions 2: Tünel - Karakoy, Istanbul, Turkey
The Welfare Show, Festspillutstillingen, Bergen Kunsthall, Bergen, Norway
The Welfare Show, Bawag Foundation, Wien, Austria
The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada (catalogue)
Forgotten Baby, Wrong Gallery, New York, USA
End Station, Bohen Foundation, New York, USA
Linienstrasse 160, Neue Mitte, Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany
2004
Intervention 37, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
Blocking the View, Tate Modern, London, England
Moving Energies #04, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
2003
Phone Home, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York, USA
Constructed Catastrophes, CCA, Kitakyushu, Japan
Short Cut, Fondazione Trussardi, Milan, Italy
Paris Diaries, Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, Paris, France
Please, Keep Quiet!, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Spaced Out, Portikus, Frankfurt A.M., Germany
2002
How Are You Today, Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milano, Italy
CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Suspended Space, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Powerless Structures, Fig. 229, Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain
Museum, Sala Montcada / Fondacio la Caixa, Barcelona, Spain
Museu de Arte da Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Brazil
Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2001
Powerless Structures, Fig 111, Portikus, Frankfurt A.M., Germany
A Room Defined..., Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
Linien Str. 160, Galerie Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Opening Soon, Gallery Tanya Bonakdar, New York, U.S.A.
Galleri Index, Stockholm, Sweden
Taking Place, Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
2000
Zwischen anderen Ereignissen, Galerie für zeitgenössiche Kunst, Leipzig, Germany.
Roslyn Oxley 9 Gallery, Sydney, Australia.
1999
Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Powerless Structures Fig. 57-60, The Project, New York, U.S.A.
1998
Powerless Structures, Fig. 45, Galleri Ingólfsstræti & Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Island.
1997
To Ken Ishii..., Galleri Struts, Oslo, Norway.
Powerless Structures, Gallery Campbells Occasionally, Copenhagen, Denmark.
12 Hours of White Paint, Galleri Tommy Lund, Odense, Denmark.
Group Exhibitions
2008
Reality Check, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sammlung/Collection, migros museum für gegenwartskunst, Zürich, Switzerland
Peer to Peer, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
The teardrop explodes, Stadtgalerie Schwaz, Schwaz, Tirol
Ad Absurdium/Energien des Absurden- von der Klassischen Moderne zur Gegenwart, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
Walls in the Street, Muzej savremene unmetnosti, Beograd, Serbia
Other Than Yourself- An Investigation between Inner and Outer Space,
2008
Reality Check, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
Sammlung/Collection, migros museum für gegenwartskunst, Zürich, Switzerland
Peer to Peer, Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
The teardrop explodes, Stadtgalerie Schwaz, Schwaz, Tirol
Ad Absurdium/Energien des Absurden- von der Klassischen Moderne zur Gegenwart, MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
Walls in the Street, Muzej savremene unmetnosti, Beograd, Serbia
Other Than Yourself- An Investigation between Inner and Outer Space,
T-B A21- Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
Thyssen-Bornemisza, Art Contemporary- Sammlung als Aleph, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria
La marge d'erreur, Centre d'art contemporain la Synagogue de Delme, delme, France
S.T.O.R.A.G.E: Ludovica Gioscia, The Agency Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Schöner Bauen- Besser Schauen, Arcjitektur- und Denkbilder, Museum Liner, Appenzell, Switzerland
All Inclusive, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2007
Skulptur Projekte Münster 07, Münster, Germany
Mapping the Self, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
For Sale, Christina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisboa, Portugal
Double Vision, Deutsche Bank Gallery, New York, USA
Cuestión Xeracional, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
When We Build Let Us Think We Build the Future, BALTIC Centre For Contemporary Art, Gateshead Quays, Gateshead, United Kingdom
Gjensyn & Fremtiden, Vigeland Museum, Oslo, Norway
Pensa/Piensa/Think, Centre d'art Santa Monica, Barcelona, Spain
Bodypoliticx, Witte de With, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
La cittá che sale, ARCOS, Sannio Contemporary Art Museum, Benevento, Italy
Silly Adults, Galeri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Rockers Island, Olbricht Collection, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
The Price of Everything, Whitney Museum of American Art/Independent Study Program Exhibition, USA
2. Moscow biennale of contemporary art, Moscow, Russia
Mapas, cosmogonias e pumtos e referencia, CGAC, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Into Me/Out of Me, Kunst-Werke, Berlin, Germany/ MACRO Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Roma, Italy
Cross-Border. Fotografie und Videokunst aus dem MUMOK Wien, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany
Un Fair/trade- Die Kunst der Gerchtigkeit, Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseeum Joanneum, Graz, Austria
Made In Germany, Sprengel Museum Hannover/Kunstverein Hannover/kestnergesellschaft Hannover, Germany
Absent Without Leave, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2006
This is not for you: Sculptural Discourses, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
All Our Tomorrows, Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany
Faster! Bigger! Better!, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Protections, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria
Fever Variations, Gwangju Biennale 2006, Seoul, South Kore
When the Moon Shines on the Moonshine, The Breeder, Athens, Greece
Into Me/ Out of Me, P.S.1, New York, USA
Anstoss Berlin- Kunst macht Welt, Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany
Why Pictures Now, MUMOK, Vienna, Austria
Culture Bound/East Wing Collection VII, Courtauld Institute of Art, London, United Kingdom
Kontacom 06, Contemporary Festival, Salzburg, Austria
Wrong, Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany
Broken Surface, Sabine Knust Galerie Maximilian Verlag, Munich, Germany
Exportable Goods, Krinzinger Projekte, Vienna, Austria
Group Therapy, Museion, Bolzano, Italy
Surprise, Surprise, ICA, London, United Kingdom
My Blue Genes, Vigerslevvej 44, 1.tv., Valby, Copenhagen, Denmark
2005
Kiss the Frog. The Art of Transformation, Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Oslo, Norway
Universal Experience, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA (catalogue)
Monuments for the USA, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, USA (catalogue)
Istanbul Pedestrian Exhibitions 2: Tünel - Karakoy, Istanbul, Turkey
Lichtkunst aus Kunstlicht, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Baby Shower, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
2004
Modus Operandi, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
Artists' Favourites, Institute for Contemporary Art, London, England
Lofoten International Art Festival, Lofoten, Norway (catalogue)
A arañeira. A colección. Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Die Zehn Gebote, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Germany (catalogue)
Sammlung Plum, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany (catalogue)
Works and Days, Louisiana Museum for Moderne Kunst, Humlebæk, Denmark
10 Year Anniversary Exhibition, Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Reordering Reality, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Revolving Doors, Fundación Telefonica, Madrid, Spain
2003
Living Inside the Grid, The New Museum, New York, USA (catalogue)
Happiness, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan (catalogue)
The Living Museum, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt a.M., Germany (catalogue)
Utopia Station, 50th Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy (catalogue)
Skulptur Biennale Münsterland, Münster, Germany (catalogue)
nation, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt A.M., Germany (catalogue)
Out.Look, Kunstverein Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen, Germany
Spectacular, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, Germany
2002
25th Bienal de Sao Paolo, Sao Paulo, Brazil (catalogue)
Shopping, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt. A.M., Germany (catalogue)
Critcal & Radical, Olivetti Fondazione, Rome, Italy
Preis der Nationalgalerie, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany (catalogue)
Beyond Paradise, Museum of Contemporary Art, Bangkok, Thailand
Bienal de Arte Pontevedra, Pontevedra, Spain (catalogue)
Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Living Inside The Grid, The New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA
Pause, Kwangju Biennial, Kwangju, South Korea (catalogue)
No Return, Abteiberg Museum, Mönchengladbach, Germany (catalogue)
Sudden Glory: Slapstick in Contemporary Art, CCAC, San Francisco, USA (catalogue)
2001
Inside Space, MIT List Centre, Boston, USA (catalogue)
TV Tokyo, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
Egofugal, 7th International Istanbul Biennal, Istanbul, Turkey (catalogue)
Strategies Against Architecture II, Fondazione per l'arte, Pisa, Italy
The End of All things, Galleria Massimo de Carlo, Milano, Italy
Hortus Conclusus, Witte de With, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (catalogue)
Group Show, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Hortus Conclusus, Witte de With, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
Schauspiel Haus, Hamburg, Germany
Neue Heimat, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt A.M., Germany (catalogue)
AUDIT, Casino Luxemburg, Luxemburg (catalogue)
2000
Manifesta III, Ljubljana, Slovenia (catalogue)
Borderline Syndrome, Manifesta 3, Ljubljana, Slovenia
5 shows, 5 curators, Staff USA/AC Project Room, New York
Waiting, Mjelby Art Centre, Halmsted
Sightings, Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson
Use your illusion, part 3, Arnolfini, Bristol, England
Sporting. Life, MCA, Sydney, Australia (catalogue)
Leaving the Island, Pusan Art Festival, Pusan
Century of Innocence, Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden (catalogue)
The works shown in this space..., neugerriemscneider, Berlin, Germany
AC Project Room/Staff USA, New York, U.S.A. (Curated by Connie Butler, MOCA)
IASPIS Galleriet, Stockholm, Sweden. (Curated by Daniel Birnbaum)
What if..., Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden. (Curated by Maria Lind) (catalogue)
Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, New York, U.S.A. (Curated by Jeffrey Walkowiak)
Echigo-Tsumarigo Triennial, Japan. (Curated by Nancy Spector) (catalogue)
1999
Signs of life, Melbourne Biennial, Melbourne, Australia (catalogue)
Opening, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Pavement, Martinez Gallery, New York, USA
Parking, Public Art Work, High Bridge Park, New York, USA
Extinction des feux, Art and Public, Geneve, Switzerland
Lè Grând Præmière Opénïng Shöw, Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen, Denmark
Search for the Spirit, NGBK, Berlin, Germany
1998
Berlin/Berlin, Berlin Biennale, Germany (catalogue)
Nordic Nomads, White Columns, New York, USA (catalogue)
Zone Franche, Grand Halle de Villette, Paris, France
Warming, The project, New York, USA
Cool Places, Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, Lithuania (catalogue)
Wrapped, Vestsjaellands Kunstmuseum, Sorø, Denmark
Junge Szene, Secession, Wien, Austria (catalogue)
High Infidelity, Kunstraum der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany
Bicycle Thieves, Gallery 400, Chicago, USA
Pakkhus, Momentum, Moss, Norway (catalogue)
Nuit Blanche, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France (catalogue)
Underground, Galleri Asbæk, Copenhagen, Denmark
1997
Full House, Galerie Schipper & Krome, Berlin, Germany
The Louisiana Exhibition, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark (catalogue)
6. Muestra de Performance Internacional, Mexico City, Mexico
The April Sessions, ICA, London, England
1996
The Scream, Borealis 8, Arken, Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark
Between You & Me, Overgaden, Copenhagen, Denmark
Update, Copenhagen, Denmark
Meningsdannelse 2, Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
Gallery Campbells Occasionally, Copenhagen, Denmark
1995
Art Against AIDS, Gallery Nicolai Wallner and Michael Andersen, Copenhagen, Denmark Fan Också (Damn), Forumgalleriet, Malmø, Sweden
Publications and Bibliography
2008
exh.cat. "Reality Check", Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark
"Der Kuss" by Jörg Lau, Die Zeit, May 29
"Germany remembers gay victims of the Nazis" by Kate Connolly, The Guardian, May 28
"Germany remembers Persecuted Gays" by Lawrence van Gelder, The New York Times, May 28
"Gay victims of Thrid Reich are honoured in Berlin with stark memorial" by Roger Boyes, The Times, May 28
"Zwei Männer und ein Denkmal" by Kai Luehrs-Kaisery, Berliner Morgenpost, May 28, p. 19
"Ein Kuss für die Ewigkeit" by Carolin Ströbeley, Die Zeit, May 28
"Männerküsse in Beton" by Sebastian Preuss, Berliner Zeitung, May 28
"Die Erben Andy Warhols" by Kai Luehrs-Kaiser, Die Welt, May 27, p.28
"Eine Liebesszene, sonst nichts" by Stephanie Wurster, TAZ Die Tageszeitung, May 27 p. 21 and 28
"Berlin inaugurates memorial to the Nazis' homosexual victims", International Herald Tribune, May 27
"Mehr als ein bisschen Frieden" by Andrea Hildenstock, Kunstzeitung, no. 142, June 2008, p. 29
"Gedenkstätte: Denkmal für die im Nationalsozialismus verfolgten Homosexuellen",Bauwelt, no.23, 2008, p. 4 exh. cat. "For Sale", Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art
"Et kys kan stadig være farligt" by Henriette Harris, Information, May 28, p.14-15
"Harter Beton und knutschende Jungs" by Tim Ackermann, Welt Kompakt, May 27, p.23
"Ein Kuss als doppelte Mahnung" by Anna Reimann and Michael Sontheimer, Spiegel Online, May 27
"Opfergruppe, die lange Zeit wenig Beachtung fand" by Mechthild Küpper, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, May 27
"Im Gebüsch gebaut" by Jan Feddersen, TAZ Die Tageszeitung, May 27, p. 14
"Der Troubadour im Chatroom" by Hans-Jürgen Linke, Frankfurter Rundschau, May 24
"Spennende og vellykket operaåpning by Peter Larsen, Bergens Tidende, May 22, p. 35
"Tidløs kjærlighet" by Erik Bjørnskau, Aftenposten, May 23, p. 1, 6-7
"Zu viel Politik - zu wenig Sex", Zitty, may 22 – June 4, p.32-35
"Kunstnerduo udgiver selvbiografi" by Peter Thygesen, Politiken, June 13
"Cifte Saglama" by Adnan Yildiz, Muhtelif, Spring 2008, p.11-13
"Verklärung einer fernen Geliebten" by Bernhard Doppler, Fazit / Duetschlandradio Kultur, May 21
"Når humoren rykker grænser" by Kirsten Bødker, Børsen, April 29, p.41
"Conscious Body" by Anna Sansom, DAMn, No. 15, February-March 2008, p.44-49
"This is what we share", nDisplayer, 02, 2008, p.47-52
"Somewhere over the rainbow" by Tóth Ali, The Room, spring-summer 2008, p.18 cat. "Lèche-Vitrine / Distribution & Merchandising Visuel Dans La Mode", Edition Du Regard
"Homo-fabrikken" by Osman Kibar, Dagens Næringsliv, D2, 25 January 2008,p. 1, 6-17 Smag2, Nr.2, 2008
"Åbner Festspillene med tegnefilm" by Finn Bjørn Tønder, Bergens Tidende, January 29, p.28
"Les Méthamorphoses d'Elmgreen & Dragset" by Marie Ferman, Dandy, No. 20, February-March 2008, p.34-35
2007
"Pek-a-boo!" by Adrian Searle, The Guardian, June 26, p. 23-26
cat. Anyang Public Art Project, APAP 2007
"Elmgreen & Dragset, ikke flere lidelseshistorier", Frankly, #9 2007, p. 54-59
"Monumento e Delitto? Monument and Crime?" by Paula Nicolin, Abitare, ‚476 10 2007, p. 94-97 exh. cat. "Into me/Out of Me", Hatje Cantz cat. "Kelvin – colour today", Die Gestalten Verlag 2007
"Expanded Fields" by Polly Staple, Frieze, September 2007, p. 145-147, image also p. 3 cat. "Architecture Now!", Taschen
"Elmgreen & Dragset, Das Künstlerduo", Tip, September 20.09, p. 30
"Kunst einschalten!", Monopol, November 2007, p.26 exh. cat. "Cuestión Xeracional", CGAC, Santiago de Compostela cat. "SpaceCraft", Die Gestalten Verlag cat. "Double Act – Künstler Paare" by Mark Gisbourne, Prestel Verlag
"Allis' assoterte" by Johanne Nordby Wernø, Dagbladet, August 13, p. 44-45
"Quirks and Attitude to Burn" by Holland Cotterby, The New York Times, June 8
"Kunst muss irritieren", Münstersche Zeitung, p.1
"Mindesmærke for homoseksuelle" by Kent Olsen, Jyllands Posten, July 25, p. 11
exh. cat. "La cittá che sale", ARCOS, Sannio Contemporary Art Museum, Benevento
"Hohle Primmadonnen" by Manuel Jennen, Münstersche Zeitung, p. 4
"2 Fragen an Elmgreen & Dragset" by Slike Hohmann, Monopol, # 8, 2007, p. 12
exh. cat. Skulptur Projekte Münster 07, Münster
exh. cat. "The Price of Everything... Perspectives on the Art Market", Whitney Museum of American Art / Independent Study Program Exhibition
"Ich bin indifferent" by Ossian Ward, Time Out, June 27-July 3, p. 43
"Desaparición", Pensa/Piensa/Think, #37, July-August 2007
cat. "Present, Percentage for Art in the Netherlands", Episode Publishers, Rotterdam exh. cat. 2 Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, "Footnotes on Geopolitics, Market, and Amnesia"
"Sand Box" by Fred A. Bernstein, The New York Times, April 1, p. 123-128.
"When the Moon Shines on the Moonshine" by Marina Fokidisan, Frieze, March 19
"Schwarzes Loch" by Holger Liebs, Süddeutsche Zeitung, May 24, p. 13.
"Aufklärungsbedarf", KulturSpiegel, June, p. 10-11.
exh. cat. "Made In Germany", Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Hatje Cantz Verlage
"States of Matter, Sculptural sublimations in a state of flux" by Annabelle Hirsch, Alexandra Link and Jeffrey Work, Sleek, Spring, p. 105-106
"Art imitates Idea" by Joni Taylor, Pol Oxygon, Issue 20, p.56-63.
"Interview with Elmgreen & Dragset by Maurizio Cattelan", Bing, May-September, p.60-63.
exh. cat. "Kunst/Art", Lufthansa Aviation Center, Frankfurt
"Hoffnung auf Ankunft", Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, April 25
exh. cat. "Rockers Island, Olbricht Collection", Museum Folkwang, Essen
"Color Proof #5" by Elmgreen & Dragset, Wonderland, Issue 5, p.66-67.
"This Is The First Day Of My Life" by Baltazar Castor, Panbladet, Issue 2, March, p. 16-17.
"Den Stängda Dörrens Öppning" by Martin Hägg, Landskrona Posten, April 7, p.30.
exh. cat. "Viewing Room", Vol.2, Daiwa Radiator Factory, Japan
"Verk Utan Modstand" Svenska Dagbladet, April 7
"Berlin's Harshly Felt Divide" by Benjamin Weinthal, GayCityNews, March 15-21, p.2 and p.25.
"Queer bar på Malmö Konsthall" by Jon Vossurt, QX, March 15
"Kom tæt på hverdagen og bøsselivet på Malmö Kunsthal" by Ditte Vilstrup Holm, Politiken, March 13 exh. cat. "Mapas, cosmogonias e pumtos e referencia", CGAC, Santiago de Compostela
"Underliggjörerne" by Julie Fjeldstad, Morgenbladet, February 16
"Journal of a maid" and "Disgrace" by Marie Belot, Bing, January-April, p42-45 and p.46-49.
2006
Review by Anna van Leeuwen, Mister Motley, p. 56-57.
exh. cat. "Kontracom 06. Contemporary.Festival.Salzburg", Salzburg
exh. cat. "Faster! Bigger! Better!", ZKM, Karlsruhe, Verlag Walther König
exh. cat. "Fever Variations, I", Gwangju Biennale 2006
exh. cat. "Not A Drop But The Fall", Künstlerhaus Bremen, Revolver
symp. cat. "Under Construction", European Kunsthalle, Verlag Walther König
symp. cat. "Art of Welfare", Office for Contemporary Art, Norway
cat. "Desenhos (drawings): A-Z", Collection Madeira Corporate Services
cat. "Nybrud - dansk kunst i 90'erne", Rune Gade & Camilla Jalving, Aschehoug
cat. "Overblik - 63 danske samtidskunstnere", Michael Jeppesen, Politikens Forlag
"Elmgreen/Dragset, Hekmag, Fall/Winter 2006/2007, p. 152-153.
"Keepers of the flame" by Nicholas Bostone, Out Magazine, December, p. 94-95.
"Réflexes conditionnés" by Nicolas Trembley, Numéro, November, p. 34-36.
"Das Atelier der Welt", Art - das Kunstmagazin, October, p. 28.
"Traum von Raum" by Daniel Sander, KulturSpiegel, September, p. 12-16.
"How Are You Today?", Aaron Moulton, Flash Art Italy, Aug-Sep, p. 80-83.
"Poesie in Beton" by Carsten Bauhaus, Männer Aktuell, June-July, p. 28-31.
"The Welfare Show" by Melanie Puff, Kunstforum International, May-June, p. 389-391.
"Power Structures" by Supitcha Tovivich, art4d, April, p. 64-68.
"Das mahnmal der anderen Seite" by Waltraud Schwab, taz, March 28, p. 23.
"arfa or Marfa?" by Aric Chen, Spoon, January - February, p. 56-61.
"Guard your sanity in the waiting room of life" by Laura Cumming, The Observer, February 5.
"The lost world" by Adrian Searle, The Guardian, January 31, p. 18-20.
"Cultural Desert" by Charlotte Cripps, The Independent, January 30, p. 39.
"We were only being boring" by Rachel Campbell-Johnston, The Times, January 24, p. 17-18.
"Die Kälte der Ewigkeit" by Nikolaus Hablützel, Die Tageszeitung, January 23, p. 17.
2005
exh. cat. "The Welfare Show", Verlag Walter König
exh. cat. "Universal Experience. Art, Life, and the Tourist's Eye", Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Ed. Francesco Bonami, p. 146-147.
exh. cat. "Monuments for the USA", CCA Wattis Institute, San Francisco, Ed. Ralph Rugoff, p. 60-63.
exh. cat. "Kiss the Frog. The Art of Transformation", Oslo National Museum, Ed. Kari J. Brandtzaeg, p. 104-107.
"Art works. Perform", Ed. Jens Hoffmann and Joan Jonas, Thames and Hudson, London, p. 36-37 and p. 187-88.
Süddeutsche Zeitung, October 26, "Prada, Texas" by Cordula Vielhauer, p. 15.
The New York Times, October 8, "Vandal Hated the Art, but, Oh, Those Shoes" by Barbara Novovitch, p. A11.
Artforum, October, "Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset", Klosterfelde (Linienstrasse) by Jennifer Allen, p. 286-287.
Flash Art, October, "Prada opens closed boutique in desert", p. 51.
Texte zur Kunst, September, "Einsatz in zwei Wänden" by André Rottmann, p. 185-187.
Time Out Istanbul, September, "Istanbul Yaya Sergileri 2" by Sanat Sezonu, p. 38-40.
Süddeutsche Zeitung, September 20, "Etnik Paranoia, Laute Lage im Klischee: Die neunte Kunstbiennale in Istanbul" by Holger Liebs, p. 19.
ArtReview, September, "Super Store" by Nav Haq, p. 66-69.
Frieze, June-August, "Monuments for the USA" by Eve Meltzer, p. 93.
New York Times, April 1, "All Aboard. End Station" by Roberta Smith, p. E27.
Flash Art, July-September, review by James Westcott, p. 74
Time Out New York, April 28-May 4, "Elmgreen & Dragset, End Station", Benjamin Carlson, p. 74.
2004
Kunstforum Sept-Oct 04, "Gläserner Sarg", review by Edgar Schmitz
"Turbulenz. Portikus Projekte 2001-2004", Ed. Jochen Volz, Portikus Frankfurt am Main
exh. cat. "Die Zehn Gebote", Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, Ed. Klaus Biesenbach
exh. cat. "Sammlung Plum", Museum Kurhaus, Kleve
"Coupling. Gender Identity in Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset's Art" by Jenny Lund, in: ARKEN Bulletin, ARKEN Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj, Denmark, Ed. Christian Gether, p. 64-72.
Evening Standard, May 11, "Watch the Birdie" by Luke Leitch, p. 8.
Guardian, May 12, "Watch the Birdie" by Jonathan Jones, p. 3.
Janus 16, spring, "Consubverting" interview with the artists by Jens Hoffmann
Tema Celeste 103, "(Con-) Fusion Architecture"
exh. cat. Revolving Doors, Fundatíon Telefónica, Madrid
2003
exh. cat. Spaced out, Elmgreen & Dragset, Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Ed. Daniel BirnbaumBerlingske Tidende, 30 September, "Masser af international succes" by Torben Weirup
Politiken, 3 October, "Vi skal stadig dø", review by Trine Ross
exh. cat., Dreams and Conflicts. The Dictatorship of the Viewer, 50th International Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Ed. Francesco Bonami, Maria Luisa Frisa
exh. cat., Living Inside the Grid, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, Ed. Dan Cameron Cream 3. Contemporary Art in Culture, London/New York, pp. 128-131.
Contemporary, No. 51, New York: New Museum of Contemporary Art - Living inside the grid, Kim Zamet, pp.82-83.
Interni, No. 532, June, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset, Germano Celant, pp. 290-29.5
The Guardian, June 16, The Spell of Venice; Ape answers art's demands, Fiachra Gibbons, p.4.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, May 24, Abschied und Neubeginn im Portikus, p. 57.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, May 25, Die Bulldozer warten schon
Abschiedsfest zum Portikus-Abriss, Konstanze Crüwell, p. R3.
Frankfurter Rundschau, May 24, Die Stadt als Kunstwerk. Abschied von der Kunsthalle Portikus, Claudia Michels, p. 25.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, May 14, Ohne Autobahn keine deutsche
Identität. Internationale nation: Ausstellung im Frankfurter Kunstverein, Michael Hierholzer, p. 45.
Corriere della Sera, May 9, Pronto, mandante i ghisa: c'e un incidente in Galleria, Gian Guido Vecchi
Il manoifesto, May 9, Quella Fiat da galleria, Riccarda Mandrini, p. 15. Libero, May 8, 2003,
Anche questa é un' opera d´arte e Trussardi la presenta al mondo, Alessandra Menzani, p. 19. La Repubblica, May 8, Trussardi prendre l´arte e la porta da ogni parte, p. XIII.
Boiler, Issue 1/Great Escape, Interview, Ivanmaria Vele.
The Breeder, issue 9, insert.
(a-n) magazine, March, Space campaigns and living work, Lars Bang Larsen, pp. 30-33.
Art in America, Michael Elmgreen and Ingar Dragset at Emmanuel Perrotin, Ellen McBreen, p. 155-56.
Paris-art.com, March, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset. Paris Diaries, Pierre-Evariste Douaire, www.paris-art.com.
The Village VOICE, Feb. 26-Mar.4, Vol. XLVIII, ShortList, Kim Levin, p. 68.
Adresseavisen, February 21, Proveoserer i hele verden, Dag Yngland, p. 26.
Kunst, 2003:01, Sofistikerte rominvasjoner, Camilla Eeg, pp.58-63.
Politiken, January 3, Birger Thøgersen, Interview, Kultursektionen, p.1, p.5.
2002
exh. cat., No return, Sammlung Haubrock, Abteiberg Museum, Mönchengladbach.
Ruf, Kunsthalle Zürich / Hatje Cantz monography, Elmgreen & Dragset: Museum.
Ed. Chuz Martinez, Fundacio La Caixa, Barcelona.
exh. cat., Pause, ,Kwangju Biennial, Ed. Inseon Kim, Kwangju.
Art Now, Ed. B.Riemschneider & U.Grosenick, Taschen Verlag.
2001
Michael Hierholzer, Wenn sich Boden und Decke wölben, Frankfurter Algemeine, 3.2.01
exh. cat. A little bit of history repeated, Kunst-Werke Berlin, p. 20/21.
exh. cat. Maskuliniteter, Nikolaj Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen
exh. cat. I like theater & theater likes me, Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg, pp. 10-15.
exh. cat. egofugal, 7th International Istanbul Biennial, Turkey
exh. cat. audit, Casino Luxembourg, Forum d' art contemporain, Rent, Jacob Fabricius, pp. 48-53.
exh. cat. From #4, July, Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, Breeze od AIR/Hortus Conclusus, Introduction by Tanya Elstgeest, pp. 74-77.
Monograhy, Elmgreen & Dragset: A Room Defined by its Accessibility, Ed. Sven Bjerregaard/ Marianne Torp, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen.
die tageszeitung, Oct. 13/14, Neuer Initiationsritus, Petra Schellen, p. 27.
Trans>Arts. Cultures. Media, #9/10, Small Twists - Bigger Splashes! A conversation with Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset, Jens Hoffmann, pp. 294-304.
Artforum International, Oct., Michael Elmgreen&Ingar Dragset. Klosterfelde, Jennifer Allen, pp. 167/168.
die tageszeitung, July 12, Pferdeposter im staatlichen Elend, Axel John Wieder, p. 17.
Material 5, Borderline, Gianni Jetzer, pp. 89-91.
Texte zur Kunst, Juni, 11. Jg., issue 42, Auf gleicher Wellenlänge, Vanessa Joan Müller, pp. 182-184.
Osnabrücker Zeitung, June 15, Blick auf die Erdkugel, Christian Huther.
die tageszeitung, May 11, Der Luxus der Leere, Katrin Bettina Müller, p. 22.
Journal Frankfurt, May, NATO-Kunst, Silke Hohmann, p. 47.
The Boston Globe, Feb. 20, Exhibition mixes art and architecture, Christine Temin.
Frankfurter Rundschau, Feb. 20, Heute in den verbeulten Portikus.
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Feb. 14, In der wei§en Zelle schwingt nun die Frankfurter Welle, Rudolf Schmitz.
Frankfurter Neue Presse, Feb. 6, Der Kunstcontainer wird zur Raumskulptur, Gabriele Nicole.
Boston Herald, Feb. 2, Home is where the cliches aren't. Visual Arts, Joanne Silver.
Sandra Danicke, Huch, Frankfurter Rundschau, 3.2.01
2000
exh. cat. The Port of Pusan, Pusan Contemporary Art Festival, im Gook, Pusan. exh. cat., Elmgreen & Dragset: Zwischen anderen Ereignissen, Ed. Jan
exh. cat. Century of Innocence -The History of The White Monochrome, Rooseum, Malmö, pp. 44-45.
exh. cat. Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Sporting Life
exh. cat. Hugo Boss Prize 2000, Guggenheim, New York, Queering the cube, Alison. Gingeras, pp. 43-45.
Artext, no. 71, Manifesta 3, p. 83.
Nu: The nordic art review, vol. II, no. 5, Has the title stolen the show?, Sara Arrhenius, pp. 78/79.
Texte zur Kunst, Sept., issue 39, Auf den zweiten Blick, Sabeth Buchmann, pp. 200-203.
Martin Pesch. Wegen Umbau Geöffnet, Frankfurter Rundschau
Nick Dent, Art Beats, Blue Magazine, no. 25
Daniel Birnbaum, Best Of 2000, ArtForum, December
Hugo Boss Prize 2000, Guggenheim, Catalogue
Lars Bang Larsen, White Out, Frieze, issue 53
Jens Hoffman, Aperto: Performance, Flash Art no. 214
Andreas Schlägl, Flash Art, no. 212
Borderline Syndrome, Manifesta III, catalogue
Zwischen anderen Ereignissen, Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, catalogue
1999
A Fireplace in Harlem, Art/Text no. 66, Aug/Oct, by Lawrence Chua.
Art in America, Nov., Bill Arning, pp. 163-164
NU, issue no. 1/99, by Franklin Sirman.
Nordic Normads, Frieze issue 45, by Gregory Wiliams.
New York Times, Februar 19, by Holland Cotter.
Signs of Life, Melbourne Biennial. (catalogue)
Melting the ice, ArtNews, Jan 1999, by Alan Jolis.
Berlin Biennale, Kunstforum bd. 143, by T. Wulffen a.o.
Honcho, June 1999, by Bill Arning.
1998
Junge Szene, Secession. (catalogue)
ArtForum, March, Louisiana Exhibition, Alexandre Melo
Monograhy, Elmgreen & Dragset: Powerless Structures, M.Kremer, H.U.Obrist, S.Kofod Olsen, Nifca
Junge Szene, Springerin, Sept/Nov 98, by Ruth Mauer.
Momentum, Springerin, Sept/Nov 98, by Andrea Kroksnes
Powerless Structures, Solo. (catalogue)
Berlin/Berlin, Berlin Biennale. (catalogue)
Drau§en und Drinnen, KunstForum, bd. 140, by Michael Hübl.
Nuit Blanche, Frieze, Isuue 40, by Sophie Berrebi.
Loisiana Exhibition, Art Forum, March 98, by Alexandre Melo.
Nuit Blanche, Musée d’art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. (catalogue)
Pakkhus, Momentum, (catalogue)
beyond the local context, Siksi, no. 3-4, by Lotte Sandberg.
1997
Powerless Structures, Frieze, issue 34, by Lars Bang Larsen.
Louisiana Exhibition. (catalogue)
Art/Text, no. 60, Terry S. Meyers.
Alternative Learning, Documents sur l’art, no. 11, by Lars Bang Larsen.
1996 Between You & Me, Danish Cultural Ministry’s Exhibition Space for Young Art. (catalogue)
Borealis 8, Arken, Museum of Modern Art, 1995 Index, no. 3-4 95. (catalogue)
Public Collections
Fundación ARCO, Madrid, Spain
Ballroom Marfa / Art Production Fund / Elmgreen & Dragset, Chihuahua Desert, Highway 90 leading into Marfa, Texas, USA
Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Tiergarten, Berlin, Germany
Centro de Artes Visuales Helga de Alvear, Cáceres, Spain
CGAC, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
DekaBank-Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
DAIWA Radiator Factory, Hiroshima, Japan
Ellipse Foundation, Alcoitâo, Portugal
Fondazione Morra Greco, Naples, Italy
The Israel Museum of Modern Art, Jerusalem, Israel
Kistefos-Museet, Jevnaker, Norway
Astrup Fearnley Museet for Moderne Kunst, Oslo, Norway
Thyssen-Bornemisza Contemporary Art Foundation, Vienna, Austria
Kunstverein Springhornhof, Neuenkirchen, Germany
Landbrukshøgskolen på Ås, Norway
Landesmuseum Münster, Münster, Germany
Lufthansa Aviation Center, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Malmö Konstmuseum, Malmö, Sweden
The Margulies Collection, Miami, USA
MCA Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
Migros Museum, Zurich, Switzerland
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
MUMOK Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna, Austria
Museion- Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Bolzano, Italy
Museum Folkwang (semi-permanent loan from Sammlung Olbricht), Essen, Germany
Museum Kurhaus Kleve (semi-permanent loan from Sammlung Plum)
Nasjonalmuseet for Kunst, Arkitektur og Design, Oslo, Norway
Nordland Fylke, Tranøy, Norway
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Sammlung Christian Boros, Berlin, Germany
Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
Sammlung Haubrok, Berlin, Germany
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Horsens Kunstmuseum, Horsens, Denmark
Louisiana Museum of Contemporary Art, Humlebæk, Denmark
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Arken Museum for Moderne Kunst, Ishøj, Denmark
Musée national d'art moderne, Centre George Pompidou, Paris, France.
Verbrandt-Vanhaerents, Brussels, Belgium
Fonds National d'art Contemporain, Paris, France.
