The Kabakovs will have their first exhibition in Israel at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art beginning in July 2023. Stay tuned for more details!

Ilya & Emilia Kabakov’s exhibition Paintings about Paintings will resemble an outdated and rundown museum, incorporating never-before-seen paintings, interactive works, and installation. This will mark their first exhibition in Texas in over 20 years. 

Paintings about Paintings will focus on Ilya & Emilia Kabakovs’ most recent body of work, comprised of  twenty large-scale paintings created over the past seven years (some of which never-before-seen), sculptures, public projects, interactive works, and installation. The exhibition will present a series that addresses issues and stimuluses of theatre, architecture, and music, demonstrating the breadth of the artists’ practice. 

Based in Long Island, NY, and working together as a husband-wife team for the past three decades, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov have defined and pushed Eastern European conceptualism to epic levels. Their large-scale installations and paintings seamlessly merge both reality and myth to create hyper-theatrical environments. By integrating the visual culture of the former Soviet Union from the 1950s to '70s into the traditional lexicon of art history, their work addresses universal ideas of utopia, fantasy, and hope, as well as fear and oppression.

Their presentation at Dallas Contemporary marks the duo’s first exhibition in Texas since the Chinati Foundation installed School No. 6 in 1993. The exhibition is curated by Dallas Contemporary Executive Director Peter Doroshenko and will be accompanied by an exhibition catalogue designed by the artists.

Ilya & Emilia Kabakov: Paintings about Paintings is made possible with lead support from the Timashev Family Foundation and the generous support of Galleria Lia Rumma (Milan - Naples), Thaddaeus Ropac (London - Paris - Salzburg - Seoul), PACE Gallery, and Jamie and Robert Soros.

The nexus between architecture and installation art has long been a topic worthy of exploration. Installation transforms space and interacts with the audience; it must be designed, constructed and installed and therefore relies on architectural components.

Since the late eighties the acclaimed conceptual artists Ilya and Emilia Kabakov have created fantastical spaces that they call ‘total’ installations inviting viewers to immerse themselves in stories about utopian dreams. The use of common objects – things which help to create an atmosphere of memory – is a key instrument in their work; they incorporate such objects in their walkable room installations, which become something like a personal museum for the “little man”.

The show brings together a selection of sketches and drawings for their famous installations The Toilet realised at the IX Kassel Documenta 1992, The Palace of Projects permanently installed at the Zeche Zollverein, and The Red Pavilion, which was exhibited at the 45th Venice Biennale in 1993. Along with drawings for built works, theatre and ideas for unrealised installations such as The Vertical Opera to be performed in the Guggenheim Museum are presented. Most of the drawings on display do not reflect a thinking process that leads to their large-format installations, but rather ideas that exist from the very beginning in the minds of the artists and then are realised on paper by Ilya Kabakov.

A catalogue accompanies the exhibition.

Along with the exhibition, a light installation will be projected on the museum’s façade featuring the drawing How to Meet an Angel.

Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France

On view December 2, 2017, through February 24, 2018

Opening: 2 December 2017, 5-7 pm

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac is pleased to present Chamber Music, an exhibition of installations by pioneering conceptual artists Ilya and Emilia Kabakov. Russian-born and American-based, today they are recognized as among the most significant international artists to have emerged in the late 20th century.

Concert for a Fly (Chamber Music) is a historic installation, first exhibited in 1986 in Switzerland at the Neue Galerie, Dierikon, then in 1992 at the Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art and at the Kölnisher Kunstverein, Cologne. It forms part of an overall series of ten installations, where each represents a character.

Exhibited today in the Marais Gallery, the work is given renewed relevance. Emilia Kabakov states that this installation: ‘is about a person who cannot escape fears, problems, the oppression of everyday life. We do hope that today, in Paris, despite all the fears and innuendos of politics, this work, being so poetic, will be accepted once again and enjoyed.’

In the center of the installation, a paper fly hangs from the ceiling. Twelve empty chairs and music stands are arranged in a circle around it. Each stand holds a white sheet with colorful drawings and Russian texts, translated into English. Some also include musical scores. Everything seems to point towards the immobile fly, which acts as a focal point, directing our gaze upwards and orchestrating our movements. A continuous sound of classical music surfaces from an undefined source. It contains abstract notes, conjuring the viewer into a state of anticipation, as if waiting for a concert to begin.

A fascination with the parasitic nature of the fly and its corresponding anthropomorphic qualities has long gripped the artists; the fly is a recurring character and concept throughout their oeuvre. For them, the concept of the fly is as volatile as the fly itself. Concert for a Fly (Chamber Music) is an example of a ‘total installation’, a term coined by Ilya Kabakov. Art historian Oskar Bätschmann, in the artists’ catalog raisonné, describes these as encyclopedic constructions that can be entered, inviting and tempting the spectator to become an active participant. Even if the space is completely occupied by the installation, the viewer is left with a sense of illusion and lingering feeling of void. This hovering state is a recurring theme throughout their work.

Hence a second installation leads us into another room for Concert For A Fly (1993), accompanied by a musical arrangement by Joseph Morag. The room contains a used toilet with a single, vintage lightbulb. Crumbling walls and old paintwork surround a window that looks onto a void. A multitude of flies swarms around the window, congregating around the score for ‘A Fly Symphony’, resting on the lone music stand and contributing to the general sensation of melancholic neglect.

The Fallen Chandelier (1997), situation between these two installations, takes us by surprise. The chandelier has clearly snapped from the electrical wire and has crashed to the floor, a sound of clinking crystals fills the space. It speaks of the transitory nature of functionality, the absence or disappearance of practical objects and their re-materialization as ghost-like presences. ‘What happened here?’: an unexpected catastrophe, clearly something out of the ordinary, that uses the sudden inertia of the captivated visitor to jolt out of the everyday and into a state of thought and intrigue.

Over the last years, Paris has been of critical importance for the Kabakovs as the Strange City during Monumenta at the Grand Palais in 2014. While their work is deeply rooted in the Soviet social and cultural context in which the Kabakovs came of age, their work has achieved universal importance. Their large-scale projects include the Russian Pavilion of the 45th Venice Biennale in 1993, Documenta IX Kassel, Germany 1992, and the Grand Palais’ Monumenta 2014 The Strange City that traveled to Shanghai to the Powerstation in 2015.

In addition, to the historic installation, currently, their major paintings exhibition is on view until 6 January 2018.

The artists current museum exhibitions are at the Hirshhorn Museum Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: Utopian Projects (7 September 2017 – 4 March 2018) and at Tate Modern, their first major museum exhibition in the UK, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: Not everyone will be taken into the future (18 October 2017 – 28 January 2018), travelling to The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg and the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, in 2018.

Sprovieri Gallery, London, UK

On view November 24, 2017 through January 27, 2018

23 Heddon Street
London, W1B 4BQ

+44 (0)20 7734 2066

Tue-Sat, 10am – 6pm

Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France

On view October 19, 2017 through January 6, 2018

Opening: Thursday 19 October 2017, 6pm-10pm

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac is pleased to present an exhibition of new paintings by pioneer conceptual artist Ilya Kabakov. Never shown before, the works dating from 2014-2016 are presented for the first time in Paris. Russian-born and American-based, today Ilya & Emilia Kabakov are recognized as among the most significant international artists to have emerged in the late twentieth century. Considered by curator Robert Storr as ‘one    of the great story-tellers of our era’, Ilya Kabakov is known to have fundamentally rethought the nature of ‘conceptual’, ‘environmental’ and ‘performative’ art but also of painting through complex narrative forms. One of the characteristic ways he explores the conceptual potential of narration is through his practice of ‘painted collage’.

The exhibition presents three series that reflect the artist’s complex relationship with the past and the notions of personal and collective memory. Ilya Kabakov adopts a new painter’s persona for each series in which different realities overlap.

In the series Two Times (2014-2016) Ilya Kabakov merges visual fragments of soviet imagery with those of seventeenth century Baroque paintings such as Caravaggio’s, The Burial of Saint Lucy (1608) and François de Troy, Portrait de Charles Mouton (1690) in the Louvre. Ilya Kabakov confronts two very different forms of painting, time frames and realities in a single canvas. Since the collapse of the Soviet bloc, the images of happiness, progress and harmony conveyed by stereotyped propaganda have gained a form of folklore quality that is deceptive of its nostalgia. Painted in shapes with torn edges, these images seem to erupt from historical paintings like thoughts that resurface. Ilya Kabakov’s carefully thought-out compositions directly mirror the complexity of our mental space, which intertwines personal and collective memories.

The painting In the Right Direction, Nr 4 (2014) features four different cut-out scenes arranged in sequence: the first shows a ship departing, followed by a 1950s ski resort, then a grand 1930s interior and finally a sunlit nurse. Although the scenes appear as moments of happiness and leisure, the underlying deception of the utopic ideal resonates. The impressionist style of the background reveals the traits of one of the specific personas constructed by Ilya Kabakov. The Flying Painting During the Temporary Loss of Eyesight (2015) series combines abstract motifs of white planes and dots with urban subjects. Here, the artist adopts a character of a painter that longs to create a better reality.  The dots refer to earlier works where he added actual candy wrap to signify sweetness, by   unifying the surface of the canvas they also show a clear dialogue with conceptual painting. Paris has been of critical importance for Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, as their work achieved universal recognition during Monumenta 2014 with The Strange City at the Grand Palais, Paris and the Dream City at the Power Station in Shanghai in 2015. Other large-scale projects include the Russian  Pavilion of the 45th  Venice Biennale in 1993,  Documenta IX, Kassel, Germany in 1992.

This year Ilya & Emilia Kabakov are celebrated worldwide with the major exhibition at Tate Modern: Not Everyone  Will  be  Taken  Into  the  Future  (18 October 2017 – 28 January 2018), that will travel to The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg and the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow in 2018. A survey show of their installation models is currently on view at the Hirshhorn in Washington, DC. In London, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac is presenting three historic installations: Concert For A Fly (Chamber Music) (1986), Concert For A Fly (1993) and The Fallen Chandelier (1997) until 11 November, 2017.

Ilya Kabakov was born in Dnepropetrovsk, Soviet Union, in 1933. He studied at the V. Surikov Art Academy in Moscow and began his career as a children’s book illustrator in the 1950’s. At the time, he was also part of a group of conceptual artists in Moscow who worked outside the official Soviet art system. In 1985 he had his first solo exhibition in Switzerland, two years after he took up a six months residency at Kunstverein Graz, Austria. In 1988 Ilya Kabakov began working with his future wife Emilia Kabakov. From this point onwards, all their work is collaborative, and changed according to the specific  project  involved. Today,  Ilya and Emilia Kabakov are recognized as the most important Russian artists to  have  emerged in the  late  twentieth  century.

Emilia Kabakov was born in Dnepropetrovsk, Soviet Union, in 1945. She attended the Music College in Irkutsk in addition to studying Spanish language and literature at the Moscow University. She immigrated to Israel in 1973, and moved to New York in 1975. Emilia Kabakov has worked side by side with Ilya Kabakov since 1989.

Tate Modern, London, UK

On view October 17, 2017 through January 28, 2018

Enter the fantastical world of the Kabakovs in the first major UK exhibition dedicated to these pioneers of installation art.

The Kabakovs are amongst the most celebrated artists of their generation, widely known for their large-scale installations and use of fictional personas. Critiquing the conventions of art history and drawing upon the visual culture of the former Soviet Union – from dreary communal apartments to propaganda art and its highly optimistic depictions of Soviet life – their work addresses universal ideas of utopia and fantasy; hope and fear.

The exhibition charts the Kabakovs’ incredible artistic journey, from the early paintings, drawings, albums and sculptural works made by Ilya working as an ‘unofficial’ artist in his Moscow studio from the 1960s, through to his move to New York in the late 1980s – a turning point which marked the beginning of his collaboration with Emilia on immersive and often large-scale installations. Including architectural models of realized and unrealized utopian projects and public sculptures, the exhibition demonstrates the breadth of the Kabakovs’ practice.

Three major and rarely exhibited ‘total’ installations will be presented together for the first time: The Man Who Flew into Space from His Apartment 1985, Labyrinth (My Mother’s Album)1990 and Not Everyone Will Be Taken Into the Future 2001. Appearing as if they have been recently vacated, these uncanny environments draw spectators into the absurd and moving stories of these often fictional characters.

Coinciding with the centenary of the 1917 Russian Revolution, the exhibition Not Everyone Will Be Taken Into the Future explores the role of the artist in society in uncertain times.

… To sum up:
The way ahead is with Malevich alone.
But only a few will be taken – the best. Those whom the headmaster chooses HE KNOWS WHOM.
Ilya Kabakov, ‘Not Everyone Will Be Taken Into the Future’, A-YA, issue 5, 1983.

Not Everyone Will Be Taken Into the Future and Red Star Over Russia present the unique visual culture that arose from this momentous period in world history and the artistic responses of a generation that followed.

The exhibition is organized by Tate Modern in collaboration with the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, and the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

https://hirshhorn.si.edu/bio/ilya-emilia-kabakov-utopian-projects/

Solo Exhibitions

2019

11 Oct 2019, 23 Feb 2020
Ilya & Emilia Kabakov. Design for Different Projects. Choban Foundation, Berlin, Germany.
Sep 2019
Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, the State University of NY At New Paltz, USA.
Jun 2019
The Museum of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.

2018

24 Nov 2017 — 27 Jan 2018
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov. Sprovieri Gallery, London, United Kingdom.
19 Oct 2017 — 6 Jan 2018
Ilya & Emilia Kabakov: New Paintings. Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France.
17 Oct 2017 — 28 Jan 2018
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: Not Everyone will be Taken into the Future. Traveling retrospective. Catalogue. Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom.
18 Oct 2017 — 24 Feb 2018
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: “Music de Chambre.” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France.
6 Sep 2018, 13 Jan 2019
Ilya & Emilia Kabakov: Not Everybody Will be Taken Into The Future. The Tretjakov Museum, Moscow, Russia
17 Sep 2018
The Ship of Tolerance. Art, Action, Change and The Totally Thames Festival, London, England, UK.
7 Sep 2017, 29 Apr 2018
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: The Utopian Projects, The Hirshhorn Museum, Washington DC, USA.
Sep 2018
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Retrospective. The Contemporary, Dallas, USA.
14 Jun 2018
The Ship of Tolerance. Palermo, Italy.
20 May 2018, 18 Jul 2018
The Ship of Tolerance. The City of Rostock, Germany.
17 May 2018, 15 Jul 2018
Ilya & Emilia Kabakov: Different works. Kunsthalle Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
20 Apr 2018, 29 Jul 2018
Ilya & Emilia Kabakov: Not Everybody Will be Taken Into The Future. The Hermitage State Museum, St Petersburg, Russia.

2017

24 Nov 2017, 27 Jan 2018
“Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: Quotations.” Sprovieri Gallery, London, UK.
15 Sep 2017, 11 Nov 2017
“Ilya & Emilia Kabakov: Concert for a Fly (Chamber Music),” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London, UK.
1 Sep 2017 — 3 Oct 2017
“Cosmism” /portfolio” The Center Of Cosmic Energy”, Haus Der Kulturen Der Welt, HKW, Berlin.
21 Jul 2017
“20 Ways to Get an Apple, Listening to The Music Of Mozart”, installation, curated by Adelina Von Furstenberg, The First Armenian Triennale, Erevan Armenia.
15 Jun 2017 — 24 Sep 2017
“ Red Horizon: Contemporary Art and Photography From USSR and Russia: 1960 – 2010”, Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
23 May 2017
The Ship of Tolerance, Rome, Italy.
21 May 2017
Permanent installation/sculpture, Kistefos Foundation/Park –“The Ball”, Oslo, Norway.
17 Mar 2017 — 3 Sep 2017
“Moving Is In Every Direction: Environments, Installations, Narrative Spaces” /Installation:”The Ripped Of Landscape”/, Hamburger Banhof-Museum Fur Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany.
11 Feb 2017 — 15 Apr 2017
Ilya & Emilia Kabakov Paintings 2012,2015, Kewenig gallery, Berlin, Germany.

2016

30 Sep 2016 — 19 Nov 2016
Art & Language and Ilya Kabakov: The Non-Objective World, Sprovieri Gallery, London, England, UK.
18 Sep 2016 — 8 Jan 2017
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: The Kabakovs and the Avant-Gardes. Museo d’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland.
10 Sep 2016 — 9 Oct 2016
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Ship of Tolerance, Kunsthaus, Zug, Switzerland.
10 Aug 2016 — 8 Sep 2016
“The Arch of Life” at LongHouse Reserve, LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, NY, USA.
14 May 2016 — 4 Sep 2016
Ilya & Emilia Kabakov. (Installations on view: pianist and muse, the tribune, the arch of life, I want to go back, how to make yourself better, I will return on April 12th), Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy.

2015

10 Dec 2015 — 23 Jan 2016
Ilya & Emilia Kabakov: New Paintings, Pace Gallery, New York, NY, USA.
7 Aug 2015 — 6 Dec 2015
The Dream City, Power Station of Art, China.
25 Jul 2015 — 12 Sep 2015
Sculpture “The Arch of Life”, Echigo Tsumari art Triennale 2015, Niigata, Japan.
26 Jun 2015 — 11 Oct 2015
“The Strange City”, The Power Station of Art, Shanghai, China.

2014

1 Dec 2014 — 4 Jan 2015
Monumento A La Revolucion, El Faro de Oriente, Mexico.
3 Nov 2014 — 29 Nov 2014
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov. National Arts Club, Gramercy Park, New York, USA
27 Aug 2014 — 31 Jan 2015
“Angelology”/catalog, traveling /, Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso Museum, Mexico City, Mexico.
6 Jun 2014 — 14 Jul 2014
“Paintings about The Sun”, Villa Cast, Salzburg.
24 May 2014 — 17 Aug 2014
“I am beginning to Forget”. Ilya Kabakov In Swiss Private Collections, Kunsthaus, Zug, Switzerland.
10 May 2014 — 22 Apr 2014
“The Strange City”, Monumenta, Grand Palais, Paris, France.
10 May 2014 — 22 Jun 2014
“Ilya & Emilia Kabakov”, Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, Paris.
7 Feb 2014 — 11 May 2014
“El Lissitzky-Ilya & Emilia Kabakov. Utopia and Reality”, Kunsthaus, Graz, Austria.

2013

1 Dec 2013 — 19 Jan 2014
“Dreaming & Flying.Ilya Kabakov for Children”, Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany.
23 Nov 2013 — 23 Feb 2014
“A Collective Memory” by Ilya & Emilia Kabakov organized by Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE.
13 Nov 2013
Preview of Film by Amei Wallach at The Film Forum “ENTER HERE.”
2 Nov 2013 — 21 Dec 201e
“Ilya & Emilia Kabakov”, Pace Gallery, New York.
27 Sep 2013 — 8 Oct 2013
“The Ship of Tolerance”, Dumbo Art Festival, New York, USA.
18 Sep 2013
Conversation Between Ilya Kabakov & John Baldessari, House of Artists, Garage, Moscow.
18 Jul 2013 — 24 Nov 2013
“El Lissitzky, Ilya and Emilia Kabakov: Utopia and Reality?”, Multimedia Art Museum / Moscow House of Photography, Moscow, Russia.
7 Sep 2013 — 30 Oct 2013
“The Ship of Tolerance”, cooperation with The City of Moscow and “Garage”, concert by young international musicians from Moscow, Havana, New York, Geneva/ At The House of Music, Gorky Park, Moscow, Russia.
28 Jun 2013 — 21 Aug 2013
“El Lissitski, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov”, The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
13 Apr 2013 — 20 May 2013
“Ilya & Emilia Kabakov. Vertical Paintings & Other Works”, Ivory Press Gallery, Madrid, Spain.
27 Mar 2013 — 11 May 2013
“Ilya Kabakov. The Two Mountains”, Sprovieri Gallery, London.
18 Mar 2013 — 28 Apr 2013
“The Happiest Man”, University of Westminster, London, England.
14 Mar 2013
Symposium, The Art School, University of Pennsylvania, USA.

2012

1 Dec 2012 — 1 Apr 2013
“Ilya & Emilia Kabakov- El Lissitzky”, Vannabemuseum, Eindhoven, Holland.
9 Nov 2012
“The Pirate’s Ship” public project, Atlantic City, USA.
25 Oct 2012 — 2 Dec 2012
“The Monument To the Lost Civilization”, Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow, Russia.
21 Jun 2012 — 2 Sep 2012
“The Happiest Man”, Foundazione Hangar Bicocca, Milan, Italy.
1 Jun 2012 — 30 Jun 2012
Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, Galerieartist, Istanbul, Turkey.
31 May 2012 — 30 Jun 2012
“Ilya & Emilia Kabakov. “The Appearance of Collage”, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France.
25 May 2012 — 16 Sep 2012
“Ilya Kabakov. Return to Painting”, The Henie Onstad Art Centre. Høvikodden, Norway.
29 Jan 2012 — 6 May 2012
“Ilya Kabakov. Return to Painting”, The Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany.
19 Jan 2012 — 3 Mar 2012
Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, Galleria Lia Rumma. Milan, Italy.

2011

1 Dec 2011 — 1 Feb 2012
“Miami, Cuba”: “The Ship Of Tolerance.”
17 Nov 2011
“Angelologia”, Rondo Stzuki Gallery, Katowice, Poland.
6 Jul 2011 — 13 Jul 2011
Opera by Olivier Messiaen, “Saint François d’Assise”, Royal Opera of Madrid, Spain.
18 Mar 2011 — 18 Jun 2011
“The Ship Of Tolerance”, Shariah, United Arab Emirates.
20 Feb 2011 — 1 Jun 2011
“The Man Who Flew Into Space From His Apartment”, travel to Bergen Kunstmuseum.
20 Feb 2011 — 1 Jun 2011
“The Man Who Never Throw Anything Away”, Bergen Kunstmuseum, Norway.
28 Jan 2011 — 7 Apr 2011
“Ilya & Emilia Kabakov. Center of Cosmic Energy and Center Of Creativity”, Galerie Brigitte Schenk, Koln, Germany.

2010

23 Oct 2010 — 24 Dec 2010
“Angeologia”, The Model Arts And Niland Gallery, Sligo, Ireland.
16 Oct 2010 — 1 Feb 2011
“The Man Who Flew Into Space From His Apartment”, Nasjonal Museet for Kunst, Oslo, Norway.
2 Jul 2010
“Memorial To Life”, public permanent project, Marl, Germany.
25 May 2010
The Printer’s Mistake, The State Hermitage Museum. St. Petersburg, Russia.
13 May 2010 — 3 Jul 2010
Ilya &Emilia Kabakov, “Cannon”, Julie & Michail Kewenig Gallery, Koln, Germany.
29 Mar 2010
In honour of Ilya &Emilia Kabakov, London, Gala Dinner To Support The Hermitage Museum.
26 Mar 2010 — 27 Apr 2010
“The Flying Paintings”, Niccolo Sprovieri Gallery, London. England.
21 Mar 2010 — 20 Jun 2010
“Ilya Kabakov, Orbis Pictus: Der Kinderbuchillustrator Als Eine Soziale Figur”, Kunsthaus Zug. Zug, Switzerland.
17 Mar 2010 — 20 Apr 2010
“The Flying Paintings”, Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, Paris, France.
22 Feb 2010
Décor for Peter Eötvös’s Opera, The Tragedy of the Devil, National Theatre, Munich, Germany.

2009

17 Nov 2009 — 16 Jan 2010
“Ilya and Emilia Kabakov:Under The Snow”, Niccolo Sprovieri Gallery, London, England.
2 Nov 2009
“Labyrinth. My Mother’s Album”, Beraldo Museum Of Modern Art, Lisbon, Portugal/travel from Strasburg.
10 Oct 2009
“Monument To The City Of Bordeaux”,“The House Of Characters” /permanent/, Bordeaux, France.
26 Sep 2009
“How To Meet An Angel” /permanent sculpture, public commission/, Jellinek. Mentrum, Amsterdam. Holland.
27 Jun 2009 — 4 Oct 2009
“The Tennis Game”. (Installations on view: the tennis game), Le Moulin, France, Galeria Continua.
12 Jun 2009 — 6 Sep 2009
“Under The Snow”, Es Baluard, Museo D’Art Modern I Contemporanide, Palma.
23 May 2009 — 29 Aug 2009
Romeo and Juliette. (Installations on view: the paradise under the ceiling), Galleria Continua. San Gimignano, Italy.
17 Apr 2009 — 24 Aug 2009
“The Labyrinth. My Mother Album”, Musee d’Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France.
7 Feb 2009 — 22 Mar 2009
Entre Libre, Ilya Kabakov: 52 Entretiens Dans la Cuisine Communautaire, Galerie du Dourven. Trédrez-Locquémeau, Domaine due Douvren, France. Traveling to Museum of Contemporary Art, Bordeaux.

2008

4 Dec 2008 — 21 Feb 2009
” Sleep in The Garden”, installation, Sprovieri Progetti Gallery, London, England.
7 Nov 2008 — 15 Feb 2009
“Under The Snow”, CAC Malaga, Malaga, Spain.
23 Sep 2008 — 23 Oct 2008
“Ilya & Emilia Kabakov,” ARNDT Berlin, Mitte, Berlin, Germany.
18 Sep 2008 — 19 Oct 2008
“The Tennis Game,” Guelman Gallery at Winzavod, Moscow, Russia.
6 Feb 2008 — 9 Apr 2008
Traveling to: “Ilya & Emilia Kabakov: Orbis Pictus”, The Setagaya Art Museum, Setagaya.
7 Dec 2007 — 26 Jan 2008
“Ilya & Emilia Kabakov: Orbis Pictus”, traveling to: Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art. Hiroshima, Japan.

2007

21 Oct 2007 — 27 Jan 2008
“Under The Snow”, Museum Am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany.
15 Sep 2007 — 11 Nov 2007
“Ilya Kabakov Orbis Pictus. Children’s Book Illustrator As A Social Character” (travelling), The Museum Of Modern Art, Hayama, Japan.
14 Sep 2007 — 15 Nov 2007
“Ilya & Emilia Kabakov: Orbis Pictus”, The Museum of Modern Art, Hayama, Japan.
11 Sep 2007
“20 Ways To Get An Apple, Listening To The Music Of Mozart”, Paintings “Under The Snow”, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
6 Sep 2007 — 11 Nov 2007
Ilya & Emilia Kabakov “The Center Of Cosmic Energy”, Tufts University Art Gallery, Medford, MA
6 Jun 2007 — 1 Aug 2007
“The Ship Of Tolerance”, Venice, Italy.

2006

“The Red Vagon”, permanent installation for “The Kabakovs Wing”, The Wiesbaden Museum, Wiesbaden, Germany.
25 Sep 2006 — 1 Jan 2007
The Theatrical projects by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Versicherungskammer Bayern; Munich, Germany.
18 Sep 2006 — 15 Feb 2007
”The Ship Of Siwa” drawings., L’Opera National De Paris, Paris, France.
9 Sep 2006 — 5 Oct 2006
By Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Thaddaeus Ropac Gallery, Paris, France.
5 Jul 2006 — 5 Aug 2006
by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Galerie Brigitte Schenk, Koln, Germany.
28 Apr 2006 — 1 Jun 2006
Germany paintings., Michail Kewenig Gallery, Köln.
22 Apr 2006 — 27 May 2006
Paintings, Sean Kelly Gallery, N.Y., USA
2 Apr 2006 — 4 Jun 2006
”Evening, Morning, Night” install, catalog, Reykjavik Art Museum Iceland.
4 Mar 2006 — 2 Apr 2006
“The Thaw,” catalog, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium.
18 Jan 2006
”The Album of My Mother”, permanent installation, Schaulager, Basel. Switzerland.
13 Jan 2006 — 14 Feb 2006
“10 Albums by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov”, Atlas SztukiGallery, Lodz- Poland.

2005

23 Oct 2005 — 29 Oct 2005
Installation/Performance: The Ship Of Siwa, with Egyptian Children., Siwa, Egypt.
19 Oct 2005
The White Cube. Objects, Sculptures, Ceramic, Glass. Catalog., Niccolò Sprovieri Gallery, London, England.
18 Oct 2005 — 22 Dec 2005
The Utopia City by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov., Albion Gallery, London, England, Travelling from Kunsthaus Bielefeld and Kunsthaus Zug, Zug – Germany.
17 Jun 2005 — 14 Sep 2005
200 years since H.C. Andersen birthday, Install. Morning, Evening, Night by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Catalog., Nicolaj Art Center, Copenhagen – Denmark.
8 Mar 2005 — 5 Jun 2005
Where is Our Place? by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Install.Catalog., Musee Les Abattoirs, Toulouse; France.
27 Feb 2005 — 5 Jun 2005
The Utopia City by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov., Kunsthaus Zug, Zug, Switzerland, traveling from Kunsthaus Bielefeld.
22 Feb 2005 — 8 Mar 2005
Paintings for the Label (Label for Chateau Mouton,Rothschild) by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov. Catalog., The State Hermitage Museum, St, Petersburg – Russia. Traveling to Pushkin Museum, Moscow, Russia

2004

15 Dec 2004 — 30 Jan 2005
We Are Free!, Catalog., Stella Art Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
19 Nov 2004 — 30 Jan 2005
1900-2000 by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Zacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw, Poland, Warszawa – Moskwa / Mockva – Bapwava, Travel to The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
7 Nov 2004 — 2 Jan 2004
The Empty Museum by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov., Tallin Art Wall, Tallin, Estonia.
5 Nov 2004 — 6 Feb 2005
Where is Our Place? by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov. Catalog., MAXXI Museum of Contemporary Art: Rome, Italy.
30 Oct 2004
Where Is Our Place? by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov., Museo Nazionale Delle Art del XXI Secolo, Rome, Italy.
12 Sep 2004 — 14 Nov 2004
The Utopia City and Other Projects by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov. Catalog., Kunsthalle Bielefeld: Bielefeld, Germany.
11 Sep 2004 — 12 Dec 2004
Prints by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov., Mike Karstens Editions, Münster – Germany.
9 Sep 2004 — 2 Jan 2005
The Teacher and the Student, Charles Rosenthal and Ilya Kabakov., Cleveland Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland – Ohio.
23 Jun 2004 — 29 Aug 2004
Incident in the Museum and Other Installations, Catalog., The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg – Russia, Organized by Guggenheim Foundation Museum, New York – NY.
29 May 2004 — 8 Aug 2004
Where is Our Place? by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov. Catalog., Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
30 Apr 2004 — 4 Sep 2004
Verbal Photography/The Ship, Olga Georgievna… and Uncle Uda’s Album by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, photograph exhibition by Boris Mikhailov, Catalog., Museu Serralves, Museu de Arte Comtemporánea, Porto, Portugal.
30 Jan 2004 — 6 Mar 2004
Twenty Ways to Get an Apple Listening to the Music of Mozart” and other works by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov., Sean Kelly Gallery, New York – NY.
11 Jan 2004 — 4 Apr 2004
The Empty Museum by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov., The Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY.
4 Dec 2003 — 29 Feb 2004
10 Albums by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov., Tretjakov State Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1 Oct 2003 — 20 Oct 2003
Ilya Kabakov, Photo and video, the documentation of a life and creativity., House of Photography, Moscow, Russia.

2003

8 Aug 2003 — 1 Sep 2003
Ilya Kabakov., Galerie Im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Germany.
11 Jun 2003 — 30 Sep 2003
Where Is Our Place? by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov, Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice, Italy. 50th Venice Biennial.
29 May 2003 — 8 Aug 2003
Installation: Where Is Our Place? by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov., Traveling to Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan.
29 Apr 2003 — 12 Jul 2003
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov. Center of Cosmic Energy., Clara Maria Sels Galerie, Dusseldorf, Germany.

2002

5 Dec 2002
‘Unaufgehängtes Bild’ (Unhung Painting). Permanent installation., Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany.
22 Nov 2002 — 7 Jan 2004
‘Not Everyone will be taken into the Future. Materialien Zur Installation’ (Materials for the Installation), with Emilia Kabakov., Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France.
12 Oct 2002
‘Ilya Kabakov Children’s Books and Related Drawings, 1956-1987’., The Chinati Foundation, Marfa/TX, USA.
3 Oct 2002 — 16 Nov 2002
‘Ilya Kabakov’, Gallery Sprovieri, London, UK
8 Aug 2002 — 14 Sep 2002
‘Not Everyone will be taken into the Future. Materialien Zur Installation’ (Materials for the Installation), with Emilia Kabakov., Galerie im Traklhaus, Salzburg, Austria.
1 Jun 2002
‘Not Everyone Will Be Taken into the Future’, permanent installation with Emilia Kabakov., MAK Depot of Contemporary Art, Gefechtsturm Arenbergpark, Vienna, Austria.
9 Mar 2002 — 5 May 2002
‘Ausgestellt / Vorgestellt VI. Ilya Kabakov für Christian Tomaszewski’(Exhibited/ Presented VI. Ilya Kabakov for Christian Tomaszewski), installations: 16 Ropes, 20th August 1968. Catalog., Skulpturen Museum Glaskasten, Marl, Germany.
10 Feb 2002 — 31 Mar 2002
‘Universal System of Depicting Everything’, Book., Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen, Germany.

2001

25 Nov 2001 — 28 Feb 2001
‘Il Bambino Malato’ (The Sick Child), with Emilia Kabakov., Galleria Lia Rumma, Naples, Italy.
13 Jul 2001 — 30 Sep 2001
‘Ilya Kabakov: 10 Characters, Albums’, installation: Monument to a Lost Glove, Catalog., The RISD Museum, Providence/RI, USA.
23 Jun 2001 — 4 Aug 2001
‘Ilya Kabakov’, installation: 20th August, 1968., Galerie Clara Maria Sels, Düsseldorf, Germany.
12 Jun 2001
‘The Palace of Projects’, with Emilia Kabakov. Permanent Installation, inauguration. Catalog, Book., Kokerei Zollverein Essen, Stiftung Industriedenkmalpflege und Geschichtskultur, Essen, Germany.
5 May 2001
‘Premio Querini, Furla per l’Arte’., Fondazione Querini Stampalia, Venice, Italy.
31 Mar 2001 — 27 May 2001
‘The Tennis Game II’, with Boris Groys., Galleria Continua, San Gimignano, Italy.
22 Mar 2001 — 4 Jun 2001
‘Ilya Kabakov. 50 Installationen’ (50 Installations). Catalog., Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany.
18 Mar 2001 — 1 May 2001
20th August, 1968, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz, Austria.
10 Feb 2001
‘20 Ways to Get an Apple, Listening to the Music of Mozart’, with Emilia Kabakov., Columbus Museum of Art, Columbus/OH, USA.
8 Feb 2001 — 28 Feb 2001
‘The Empty Bottle’, with Emilia Kabakov., University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara/CA, USA.

2000

18 Dec 2000
‘The Collector’. Permanent installation., Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany.
10 Dec 2000 — 4 Mar 2001
‘Ilya Kabakov Stellt Vor: Leben und Werk von Charles Rosenthal 1898-1933.’ (Ilya Kabakov Presents: The Life and Creativity of Charles Rosenthal 1898-1933), installation: The Life and Creativity of Charles Rosenthal. Catalog., Das Städel, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
3 Dec 2000 — 4 Mar 2001
‘Ilya Kabakov. 50 Installationen’ (50 Installations)., Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany.
1 Sep 2000 — 31 Oct 2000
‘The Boat of My Life’, Nexus Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta/GA, USA.
25 Jun 2000 — 3 Sep 2000
‘Ilya Kabakov 1969-1998’, installations: 10 Characters; Three Green Paintings; He Went Crazy, Undressed Run Away Naked; The Red Corner; Incident in the Corridor near the Kitchen; The Three Nights; I’ll Return by April 12th; The Concert for a Fly; The Artist’s Despair or the Conspiracy of the Untalented; Monument to the Lost Glove; Reverse. Catalog., Center for Curatorial Studies Museum, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson/NY, U.S.A
15 Jun 2000 — 13 Jul 2000
‘The Palace of Projects’, with Emilia Kabakov (Organisation: Public Art Fund)., The Armory on 26st, New York/NY, USA.
2 Jun 2000 — 23 Jul 2000
‘The Boat of My Life’, Aspen Art Museum, Aspen/CO, USA.
7 Apr 2000 — 7 Jul 2000
‘Ilya Kabakov. 50 Installationen’ (50 Installations)., Kunstmuseum Bern, Berne, Switzerland.
20 Jan 2000 — 30 Apr 2000
‘The Boat of My Life’, Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee/WI, USA.

1999

11 Dec 1999 — 30 Jan 2000
‘Das Angeflogene Archiv’ (The Arriving Archive). Catalog., Galerie der Stadt Backnang, Turmschulhaus, Backnang, Germany.
4 Dec 1999 — 14 Feb 2000
‘The Corridor of Two Banalities’, with Joseph Kosuth., Center for Contemporary Arts, Kiev, Ukraine.
12 Nov 1999 — 31 Dec 1999
‘The Boat of My Life’, The David Winton Bell Gallerie, List Art Center, Brown University, Providence/RI, USA.
31 Oct 1999 — 31 Mar 2000
‘Der Rote Waggon. The Red Wagon’. Permanent installation. Catalog., Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany.
7 Aug 1999 — 3 Nov 1999
‘Life and Creativity of Charles Rosenthal’. Catalog., Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito, Mito, Japan.
9 Jul 1999 — 4 Sep 1999
Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium. ‘Een Ontemoeting/ Vstrecha. Jan Fabre & Ilya Kabakov’ (A Meeting), installation: The Meeting: I. Kabakov, J. Fabre, with Jan Fabre. Catalog., Ar/ge Kunst Galerie Museum, Bolzano, Italy.
8 Jul 1999 — 6 Aug 1999
The Old Reading Room, with Emilia Kabakov. Catalog, Universiteit Bibliotheek, Universiteit Van Amsterdam, Doelenzaal, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
25 Jun 1999 — 17 Oct 1999
‘The Boat of My Life’, Duke University Museum of Art, Durham/NC, USA.
25 Jun 1999 — 10 Sep 1999
The Old Bottle, with Emilia Kabakov (Organisation: Fondazione Antonio Ratti, in occasion of the master-course). Book., San Francesco, Como, Italy.
16 Apr 1999 — 27 Jun 1999
‘Ilya and Emilia Kabakov. Monumento Alla Civiltà Perduta’ (Monument to a Lost Civilization). Book., Cantieri Culturali Alla Zisa, Palermo, Italy.
14 Mar 1999 — 16 May 1999
Zeichnungen, Tekeningen, Drawings. Catalog., Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany.
14 Mar 1999 — 16 May 1999
‘Ilya Kabakov. Zeichnungen’ (Ilya Kabakov. Drawings), installation: Memorial to Useless Things. Catalog., Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover, Germany.

1998

10 Dec 1998 — 30 Apr 1999
‘The Palace of Projects’ ( ‘El Palacio de los Proyectos’), with Emilia Kabakov (Organisation: Artangel). Catalog., Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Palacio de Cristal del Retiro, Madrid, Spain. ‘El Palacio de los Proyectos.’
4 Dec 1998 — 21 Feb 1999
‘Zeichnungen, Tekeningen, Drawings’. Catalog., Stadsgalerij Heerlen, Heerlen, Netherlands.
4 Dec 1998 — 5 Jan 1999
‘Ilya Kabakov in Moscow’, exhibition and symposium organized by Andrei Erofeev., Manezh and Soros Center, Moscow – Russia.
1 Dec 1998 — 9 Jan 1999
‘My Grandfather’s Shed’, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France.
20 Oct 1998
‘Der Metaphysische Mensch’ (Metaphysical Man). Permanent installation. Catalog, Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany.
16 Oct 1998 — 3 Jan 1999
‘Ilya Kabakov’, installation: My Grandfather’s Shed. Catalog., Mönchehaus-Museum für Moderne Kunst, Goslar, Germany.
17 Sep 1998 — 17 Nov 1998
‘The Boat of My Life’. Catalog, Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana/IL, USA.
15 May 1998 — 30 Aug 1998
‘Treatment with Memories’. Catalog., Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany.
17 Apr 1998 — 23 Aug 1998
‘16 Installaties’ (16 Installations). Catalog., Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium.
4 Apr 1998 — 15 May 1998
‘The Collector’, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria.
23 Mar 1998 — 10 May 1998
‘The Palace of Projects’, with Emilia Kabakov (Organisation: Artangel). Catalog., The Roundhouse, London, UK.
28 Feb 1998 — 14 Mar 1998
‘Een Ontemoeting/ Vstrecha. Jan Fabre & Ilya Kabakov’ (A Meeting), installation: The Meeting: I. Kabakov, J. Fabre, with Jan Fabre. Catalog., Rozenboomkammer, Diepenheim, Netherlands. (Organisation: Kunstvereiniging Diepenheim).
31 Jan 1998 — 15 Mar 1998
‘Een Ontemoeting/ Vstrecha. Jan Fabre & Ilya Kabakov’ (A Meeting), installation: The Meeting: I. Kabakov, J. Fabre, with Jan Fabre. Catalog., Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium.

1997

9 Nov 1997 — 11 Jan 1998
‘Zeichnungen und Alben’ (Drawings and Albums)., Galerie Weisses Schloss (Galerie Raymond Bollag), Zurich, Switzerland.
30 Oct 1997 — 31 Jan 1998
‘The Hospital: Five Confessions’. Catalog., Capp Street Project, San Francisco/CA, USA.
28 Jun 1997 — 27 Jul 1997
‘The Reading Room’. Catalog., Guild Hall Museum, East Hampton/NY, USA.
12 May 1997
‘20 Ways to Get an Apple Listening to the Music of Mozart’., Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
10 Apr 1997
The Fallen Chandelier. Permanent installation. Pamphlet., Geschäftshaus ’Zur Palme’, Zurich, Switzerland.
29 Mar 1997 — 2 May 1997
‘The Artist’s Library’., Satani Gallery, Tokyo, Japan.
17 Mar 1997 — 10 Mar 1998
‘Monument to a Lost Glove’, (Organisation: Public Art Found)., Traffic Triangle at 23th Street and Broadway, New York, NY, USA
1 Mar 1997 — 5 Apr 1997
‘The Life of Flies’., Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York/NY, USA.

1996

23 Nov 1996 — 22 Dec 1996
‘Stimmen hinter der Tür’ (Voices Behind the Door). Book., Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig, Kutscherhaus der Herfurthschen Villa, Lipsia, Germany.
14 Oct 1996 — 24 Nov 1996
‘Koridor Dvoch Banalít’ (Corridor of Two Banalities), with Joseph Kosuth. Catalog, Považská Galéria Umenia v Žiline, Zilina, Slovenia.
5 Sep 1996
‘Healing with Paintings’. Permanent installation., Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
7 Jun 1996 — 8 Sep 1996
‘Sur le Toit/Op Het Dak’ (On the Roof). Catalog., Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium.
2 May 1996 — 25 May 1996
‘Books: A Retrospective of Drawings’, organized with Thea Westreich. Installation: The Artist’s Library., Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY, USA
19 Apr 1996 — 28 Jul 1996
‘Der Lesesaal, Bilder, Leporellos und Zeichnungen’ (The Reading Room, Paintings, Leporellos and Drawings), installations: see No 90. Catalog., Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany.
14 Apr 1996 — 9 Jun 1996
‘Ilya Kabakov. Storyteller. Installationer og ikke-realiserede projekter’ (Installations and Unrealized Projects), Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum, Aalborg, Denmark.
19 Jan 1996 — 17 Mar 1996
‘Ilya Kabakov. Storyteller. Installationer og ikke-realiserede projekter’ (Installations and Unrealized Projects)., Køge Bugt, Kulturhus, Portalen i Greve, Denmark.

1995

10 Sep 1995
‘No Water’. Permanent installation., MAK Depot of Contemporary Art, Gefechtsturm Arenbergpark, Vienna, Austria.
31 Aug 1995 — 22 Oct 1995
‘Incident at the Museum or Water Music’, music by Vladimir Tarasov., Centro de Arte Moderna da Fundação Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal.
13 Aug 1995 — 12 Nov 1995
‘Ilya Kabakov, Ein Meer von Stimmen. Eine Neuerwerbung der Emanuel Hoffmann-Stiftung und Werke aus der Zeit von 1965 bis 1993 in Schweizer Sammlungen’ (A Sea of Voices. A new acquisition of the Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation and works from 1965 to 1993 in Swiss collections), installation: Mother and Son. Permanent installation. Catalog., Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland.
15 Jul 1995
‘The School Library’. Permanent installation., Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
15 Jul 1995 — 6 Aug 1995
Festspielhaus Hellerau, Dresden, Germany. ‘Boot Meines Lebens und Nicht ausgeführte Projekte’ (The Boat of My Life and Unrealized Projects), (Organisation: Europäische Werkstatt für Kunst und Kultur Hellerau e.V.). Catalog.
19 May 1995 — 13 Jul 1995
‘Le Collectionneur’ (The Collector). Catalog., Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France.
16 May 1995 — 4 Sep 1995
‘C’est Ici Que Nous Vivons’ (We Are Living Here). Catalog., Forum du Centre national d’Art et de culture Georges Pompidou, Museé national d’Art moderne, Centre de création industrielle, Paris, France.
24 Mar 1995
‘Søppelmannen. The Garbage Man’, installation: The Man Who Never Threw Anything Away (The Garbage Man). Permanent installation. Book., Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo, Norway.
20 Jan 1995
‘The Communal Kitchen’. Permanent installation in 1993., Fondation Dina Vierny, Musée Maillol, Paris, France.

1994

8 Oct 1994 — 8 Jan 1995
‘Leikkaussali, Äiti ja Poika’ (Operation Room, Mother and Son), ‘Operasjoussal, Mor og Sønn’. Book., Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo, Norway.
22 Sep 1994 — 8 Jan 1995
The Red Corner., Kulturhuset, Stockholm, Sweden.
4 Jun 1994 — 31 Jul 1994
‘Óframkvaemd Verkefni’ (Unrealized Projects). Catalog., Önur Hæd Sýningarsalur, Reykjavik, Iceland.
31 May 1994 — 30 Jul 1994
‘In der Wohnung von Viktor Nikolajewich’ (In the Apartment of Victor Nicolaevich)., Jablonka Galerie, Cologne, Germany.
25 Apr 1994 — 3 Sep 1994
‘Korytarz dwóch banalnósci’ (The Corridor of Two Banalities), with Joseph Kosuth. Catalog., Centrum Sztuki Wspótczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland.
17 Apr 1994 — 17 Jul 1994
‘Le bateau de ma vie. L’album de ma mère. La rivière souterraine dorée’ (The Boat of My Life. My Mother’s Album. The Golden Underground River). Catalog., Le Magasin, Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France.
17 Mar 1994 — 5 Jun 1994
‘Zwischenfall im Museum der Wassermusik’ (Incident at the Museum or Water Music), music by Vladimir Tarasov., Hessisches Landesmuseum, Darmstadt, Germany.
2 Mar 1994 — 22 Apr 1994
‘Die Verzweiflung des Künstlers oder die Verschwörung der Untalentierten’ (Artist’s Despair or Conspiracy of the Untalented). Catalog., Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin, Germany.
3 Feb 1994 — 10 Apr 1994
‘Leikkaussali, Äiti ja poika’ (Operation Room, Mother and Son), (Organisation: Nykytaiteen Museo, Helsinki). Book., Ateneum, Helsinki, Finland.

1993

9 Oct 1993
‘Deserted School or School # 6’. Permanent installation., The Chinati Foundation, Marfa/TX, USA.
11 Aug 1993 — 3 Oct 1993
‘Das Boot Meines Lebens’ (The Boat of My Life)., Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria.
24 Jul 1993 — 4 Sep 1993
‘Illustration as a Way to Survive: Ülo Sooster-Ilya Kabakov’. Catalog., Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, UK.
10 Jul 1993 — 21 Sep 1993
‘Incident at the Museum or Water Music’, music by Vladimir Tarasov. Catalog., Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago/IL, USA.
26 Jun 1993
‘Concert for a Fly’, music by Vladimir Tarasov. Permanent installation., Château d’Oiron, France.
14 Apr 1993 — 15 Jun 1993
‘Illustration as a Way to Survive: Ülo Sooster-Ilya Kabakov’. Catalog., Traveling to: Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK.
11 Feb 1993 — 19 Mar 1993
‘Das leere Museum’ (The Empty Museum)., Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
29 Jan 1993 — 28 Mar 1993
‘Het Grote Archief’ (The Big Archive). Catalog., Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

1992

10 Dec 1992 — 6 Feb 1993
‘NOMA oder Der Kreis der Moskauer Konzeptualisten’ (NOMA or The Moscow Conceptual Circle). Book., Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany.
21 Nov 1992 — 21 Jan 1993
‘Ilya Kabakov’. Catalog., Galleria Sprovieri, Rome, Italy.
10 Oct 1992 — 20 Dec 1992
‘Illustration as a Way to Survive: Ülo Sooster-Ilya Kabakov’. Catalog., Kanaal Art Foundation, Koninklijke Academie voor Schone Kunsten, Kortrijk, Belgium.
10 Oct 1992 — 8 Nov 1992
‘Ter Nagedachternis aan Aangename Herinneringen’ (In Memory of Pleasant Recollections). Catalog., Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium.
Oct 1992
‘Unaufgehängtes Bild’ (Unhung Painting)., Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany.
12 Sep 1992 — 17 Oct 1992
‘Incident at the Museum or Water Music’, music by Vladimir Tarasov., R.F.F.A, New York/NY, USA.
4 Jul 1992 — 26 Sep 1992
‘52 Entretiens dans la Cuisine Communautaire’ (52 Dialogues on the Communal Kitchen), with Yuri Kuper. Book., Traveling to: La Criée, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Rennes, France.
20 May 1992 — 18 Jul 1992
‘Dans la Cuisine Communautaire: Noveaux documents et matériaux’ (On the Communal Kitchen: New Documents and Materials). Book., Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris, France.
28 Feb 1992 — 5 Apr 1992
‘He Lost His Mind, Undressed, Ran Away Naked’., Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion of Illinois, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign/IL, USA.
2 Feb 1992 — 29 Mar 1992
‘Das Leben der Fliegen’ (The Life of Flies). Book., Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany.

1991

20 Dec 1991 — 25 Jan 1992
‘52 Entretiens Dans la Cuisine Communautaire’ (52 Dialogues on the Communal Kitchen), with Yuri Kuper. Book., Ateliers Municipaux d’Artistes, Marseille, France.
15 Nov 1991 — 5 Jan 1992
‘Ilya Kabakov/ John Scott’, installation: Ten Characters. Catalog., The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada.
12 Jul 1991 — 10 Oct 1991
‘Ilya Kabakov’, installations: Communal Kitchen, Labyrinth (My Mother’s Album)., Sezon Museum of Modern Art, Nagano, Japan.
12 Feb 1991 — 16 Mar 1991
‘Die Zielscheiben’ (The Targets)., Galerie Peter Pakesch, Vienna, Austria.
4 Feb 1991 — 23 Mar 1991
‘Meine Heimat. Die Fliegen’(My Motherland. The Flies)., Galerie Wewerka & Weiss, Berlin, Germany.

1990

30 Sep 1990 — 30 Nov 1990
‘Das Schiff’ (The Ship)., Neue Galerie, Sammlung Ludwig, Aachen, Germany.
13 May 1990 — 24 Jun 1990
‘7 Ausstellungen eines Bildes’ (Seven Exhibitions of a Painting). Catalog., Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany.
7 Mar 1990 — 3 Jun 1990
‘Directions. Ilya Kabakov. Ten Characters.’. Catalog., Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington/DC, USA.
13 Jan 1990 — 10 Feb 1990
‘The Rope of Life and Other Installations’. Catalog., Fred Hoffman Gallery, Santa Monica/CA, USA.
6 Jan 1990 — 3 Feb 1990
‘He Lost his Mind, Undressed, Ran Away Naked’. Catalog., R.F.F.A, New York/NY, USA.

1989

14 Dec 1989 — 28 Dec 1990
‘Who Are These Little White Men?’. Catalog., Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia/PA, USA.
9 Dec 1989 — 28 Jan 1990
‘Ausstellung eines Buches’ (Exhibition of a Book). Catalog., DAAD-Galerie, West-Berlin, Germany.
6 Oct 1989 — 4 Nov 1989
‘Witte Schilderijen en Witte Mensjes’ (White Paintings and Little White Men)., De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
19 Sep 1989 — 4 Dec 1989
‘The Beautiful Sixties in Moscow’, with Michail Grobman. Catalog., The Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel.
16 Jun 1989 — 21 Jul 1989
‘Two Albums’., Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken, Germany.
2 Jun 1989 — 30 Jul 1989
‘Das Schiff, Die Kommunalwohnung, Zwei Installationen von Ilya Kabakov’ (The Ship, Communal Apartment, Two Installations of Ilya Kabakov). Catalog., Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.
23 Feb 1989 — 23 Apr 1989
‘Ilya Kabakov. The Untalented Artist and Other Characters’. Catalog., Institute of Contemporary Art, London, UK.
21 Feb 1989 — 2 Apr 1989
‘10 Albums: 10 Characters’. Catalog., Riverside Studios, London, UK.
29 Jan 1989 — 4 Mar 1989
‘Que sont ces petits hommes?’ (Who Are These Little Men?). Catalog., Galerie de France, Paris, France.

1988

8 Oct 1988 — 6 Nov 1988
‘Ten Albums’. Catalog., Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
19 Jun 1988 — 10 Jul 1988
‘Kabakov-Piwowarow’, installation: Concert for a Fly., Neue Galerie, Schlössli Götzental, Dierikon, Switzerland.
2 May 1988 — 5 Jun 1988
Erik Bulatov, Ilya Kabakov., Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany.
30 Apr 1988 — 4 Jun 1988
‘Ten Characters’. Catalog., R.F.F.A, New York/NY, USA.
20 Mar 1988 — 8 Apr 1988
‘Vor dem Abendessen’ (Before Supper), (Organisation: Grazer Kunstverein). Catalog., Opernhaus Graz, Foyer, Graz, Austria.

1987

20 Feb 1987 — 20 Apr 1987
‘Gegenwartskunst aus der Sowjetunion: Ilya Kabakov und Iwan Tchuikow’ (Contemporary Art from the Sowjet Union: Ilya Kabakov and Iwan Tchuikov). Catalog., Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland.

1986

19 Nov 1986 — 11 Jan 1987
‘Ilya Kabakov’. Catalog., Centre National des Arts Plastiques, Paris, France.
15 Aug 1986 — 3 Sep 1986
‘Rauminstallationen und Bildwerke aus den 80er Jahren’ (Installations and Paintings from the Eighties), installation: Concert for a Fly (Chamber Music)., Neue Galerie, Schlössli Götzental, Dierikon, Switzerland.
6 Jun 1986 — 3 Jul 1986
‘Ilya Kabakov: Am Rande’ (Along the Margins). Catalog., Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany.
18 Jan 1986 — 2 Mar 1986
‘Ilya Kabakov: En Marge’. Catalog., Traveling to: Galerie de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, France.

1985

31 Aug 1985 — 18 Nov 1985
‘Ilya Kabakov: Am Rande’ (Along the Margins). Catalog., Kunsthalle Bern, Berne, Switzerland.
11 Jun 1985 — 13 Jul 1985
‘Ilya Kabakov’. Catalog., Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris, France.