Marc Quinn: Light into Life
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Light into Life 4th May – 29th September, 2024 Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew Solo Exhibition Marc Quinn presents Light into Life at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew. Exploring the relationship between people and plants, this unique collaboration between Quinn and Kew’s teams of scientists and horticulturists encompasses monumental sculptures across…

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Self-conscious Gene, the Medicine Galleries 2 January, 0001
Science Museum
Solo exhibition

Self-conscious Gene is a monumental bronze sculpture commissioned by the Science Museum in London, which holds a world-class public collection of scientific, technological and medical advancement from across the globe. At 3.5m (11’6”) tall, the...

HISTORYNOW. #FreeBritney to get it off my heart, Instagram
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Take Care: Art and Medicine 8 April—17 July, 2022
Group exhibition

Take Care: Art and medicine 8 April - 17 July 2022 Kunsthaus Zurich The exhibition Take Care: Art and medicine explores health as a timeless human preoccupation. Concern with physical well-being in art is as...

History Paintings + 20 May—16 October, 2022
Yale Centre for British Art
Solo exhibition

History Painting + 20 May – 16 October 2022 Yale Center for British Art, New Haven The exhibition Marc Quinn: History Painting + presents six works displayed among the historical collections of the Yale Centre for...

HISTORYNOW 20 April—20 October, 2022
National Archaeological Museum, Venice
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HISTORYNOW 21 April – 23 October 2022 National Archaeological Museum of Venice Marc Quinn’s HISTORYNOW (2020 – present) series is presented for the first time at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Venezia. Curated by Aindrea Emelife and...

History Painting Emma [X] González Speaks at a Rally for Gun Control (Fort Lauderdale, 17 February 2018) RWB
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Face to Face: Marc Quinn meets Franz Xaver Messerschmidt, Belvedere Museum Vienna
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Belvedere Palace will juxtapose Marc Quinn’s eight-part sculpture series Emotional Detox with the iconic Character Heads by Baroque sculptor Franz Xaver Messerschmidt. The exhibition at the Upper Belvedere presents a powerful dialogue between contemporary art and major works from the museum’s historical collection. Messerschmidt’s work has long been an inspiration…

HISTORYNOW
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This Spring, Marc Quinn presents HISTORYNOW at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Venezia, marking a new material chapter in his decade-long History Paintings project. Forty-eight new paintings and an accompanying STELE sculpture are presented in dialogue with the museum’s own collection from classical antiquity, inviting reflections on society past and…

Gold and Magic 22 April—8 August, 2021
Arken Museum of Modern Art, Arken
Group exhibition

ARKEN Museum of Modern Art presents the special exhibition Gold and Magic in which golden treasures from The National Museum of Denmark enter into dialogue with works by some of the greatest contemporary artists. The...

Face to Face: Marc Quinn meets Franz Xavier Messerschmidt 23 February—3 July, 2022
Belvedere Museum
Solo exhibition

Face to Face: Marc Quinn meets Franz Xavier Messerschmidt 23 February 2022 until 3 July 2022 Belvedere Museum, Vienna For the first time, the Belvedere in Vienna will present Marc Quinn’s eight-part sculpture series Emotional Detox together with...

Christian Dior, Designer of Dreams 10 September, 2021 —20 February, 2022
Brooklyn Museum
Group exhibition

The New York premiere of the exhibition Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams traces the groundbreaking history and legacy of the House of Dior. The exhibition brings to life Dior's many sources of inspiration—from the splendor...

The Oneironaut VI (Emotional Detox)
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The Oneironaut V (Emotional Detox)
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The Oneironaut IV (Emotional Detox)
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The Oneironaut III (Emotional Detox)
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The Oneironaut II (Emotional Detox)
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The Oneironaut I (Emotional Detox)
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White Hot Ice
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HISTORYNOW. Christopher Columbus, The New York Times
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HISTORYNOW. A man taped himself to the Colorado Soldiers monument, Artnet
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HISTORYNOW. Clubbing, Dazed
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HISTORYNOW. Pride, The New York Times
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Held By Desire, Flying Dragon
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The Epitome of Desire
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A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020
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A joint statement from Marc Quinn and Jen Reid
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Artist Marc Quinn and Bristol resident Jen Reid unveil a new temporary, public installation, A Surge of Power (Jen Reid) 2020, on top of Edward Colston’s empty plinth in Bristol, England. This life-sized sculpture is based on an image the artist saw on Instagram of local resident Jen Reid standing…

Held by Desire (Through the Looking Glass)
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100 Heads - Adiam Yemane
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100 Heads - Fatuma Musa Afrah
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History Painting Ieshia Evans Protesting the Death of Alton Sterling (Baton Rouge, 9 July 2016) GPBWOR
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HISTORYNOW. America's most essential workers, The New York Times
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HISTORYNOW. Bafta-winning film-maker becomes hospital cleaner, The Guardian
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HISTORYNOW. Paterson first responders, The New York Times
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HISTORYNOW
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Marc Quinn’s HISTORYNOW (2020-present) series survey our increasing digital interdependence at a vital point in history. In 2020, our online world expanded drastically, a phenomenon catalysed by growing restrictions on physical connection and in-person contact related to the global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. With a few clicks of a…

HISTORYNOW

Marc Quinn’s HISTORYNOW (2020-present) series surveys our increasing digital interdependence at a vital point in history. In 2020, our online world expanded drastically, a phenomenon catalysed by growing restrictions on physical connection and in-person contact related to the global spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. With a few clicks of a…

Self-conscious Gene
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BBC World Service - 100 Heads
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Marc Quinn: Creating 100 sculptures of refugees is now available to listen to online. The programme was recorded over several months and follows Quinn in the creation of 100 Heads. Listen to the full BBC World Service programme here. Click here to visit the 100 Heads website.

Self-conscious Gene
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100 Heads

Marc Quinn’s 100 Heads is a major new series of sculptures. The project comprises one hundred concrete portrait busts of refugees made from an initial 3D scan of the sitter. 100 Heads challenge the perception of refugees as undifferentiated masses; instead emphasising their strength, uniqueness and individual identities. A prequel…

Sotheby’s MayDay Charity Auction 2020
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New series Far but Near, Lockdown Irises premiered at Sotheby’s 2020 MayDay Charity Auction. The auction lots were in the form of online experiences and 100% of sale profits are being donated to help the International Rescue Committee mitigate the spread of the Coronavirus in vulnerable communities. The series is…

Introducing 100 HEADS
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Marc Quinn has unveiled 100 Heads, a significant new series of not-for-profit sculptures. Visit the website at 100heads.org

‘Self-conscious Gene’ unveiled at the Science Museum
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Marc Quinn’s monumental sculpture titled Self-conscious Gene has been unveiled at the Science Museum in London, after almost a year in creation.

Held by Desire (The Dimensions of Freedom)
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Faust 2.0
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History Painting (Chaos) Lovers in a Riot (Vancouver, 15 June 2011) BPYGOL
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Prehistory (Chaos) Milky Way (23 August 2017) RBGOYG
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History Painting (Chaos) Lovers in a Riot (Vancouver, 15 June 2011) BMRYWB
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History Painting (Chaos) Venezuela Opposition Protest (Caracas, 3 May 2017) GMORYP
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History Painting (Chaos) Venezuela Opposition Protest (Caracas, 3 May 2017) RWCBOY
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Newscloud (Chaos) 21 August 2018 BFRYWB
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History Painting (Chaos) Lovers in a Riot (Vancouver, 15 June 2011) PGFFYR
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History Painting (Chaos) McKinney Pool Party (Dallas, 5 June 2015) TWFBGM
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History Painting (Chaos) McKinney Pool Party (Dallas, 5 June 2015) GRWYBB
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History Painting (Chaos) McKinney Pool Party (Dallas, 5 June 2015) YGPPRG
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History & Chaos 17 March—16 August, 2019
The Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas
Solo exhibition

Premiering for the first time at the Goss-Michael Foundation in Dallas are Quinn's Chaos Paintings. Created as an evolution of the artist's History Painting series, in which he appropriate images from the never-ending news cycles...

Our Journey
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We Share Our Chemistry with the Stars (MQ300)
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Labyrinth painting (CS300)
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Title to be confirmed [CAFA Art Museum exhibition - visitor bread hands installation]
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Raft Painting 823885
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Raft Painting 983471
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Raft Painting 326529
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Raft Painting 734078
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Raft Painting 739402
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Raft Painting 837456
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Solar Eclipse Principe Island, Gulf of Guinea May 29th 1919
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Solar Eclipse Tokyo May 21st 2012
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Solar Eclipse Hinode Spacecraft May 20th 2012
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Solar Eclipse Bangka, Indonesia March 9th 2016
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We Share Our Chemistry with the Stars (VW300L)
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All About Love "Heaven"
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All About Love "Life"
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All About Love "Breathe"
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The Garden of Forking Paths
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Totem
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Solar Eclipse NASA Gulfstream III aircraft flying above Oregon, USA August 21st 2017
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We Share Our Chemistry with the Stars (KD220)
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Labyrinth Painting MQ250 (Temple Cowley)
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Chromatic Labyrinth MQ300 (Salinas de Rosio, Spain)
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Chaos Paintings

Quinn’s Chaos Paintings are an evolution of his History Paintings in which Quinn continuously adds splashes and obscures the underlaying image with a chaotic and complex collection of brightly coloured paint. The final artwork, with the original news image now only visible in glimpses, appears as a visual manifestation of…

History & Chaos
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Premiering for the first time at the Goss-Michael Foundation in Dallas are Quinn’s Chaos Paintings. Created as an evolution of the artist’s History Painting series, in which he appropriate images from the never-ending news cycles and social media, the Chaos Paintings demonstrate how these images populate our mind. By continuously…

United Artists for Europe
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To coincide with the European elections over thirty leading contemporary artists, from all over Europe, united by donating artworks celebrating the European Union. The works were exhibited at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Ely House, from May 21-23 and then auctioned for charity auction on June 3 with all funds going to…

Immigrant Heritage Week Panel Discussion
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In April 2019 Marc Quinn was invited by New York City’s Mayors Office of Immigrant Affairs to present “Our Blood” in New York City. Joined by Fatuma Musa Afra, Sally Sussman and Mark Thompson the four panelists discussed art as a means for social change.

Under the Skin 8 March—1 May, 2019
CAFA Art Museum, Beijing
Solo exhibition

In March 2019 CAFA Art Museum will present Quinn's first solo museum exhibition in China. Curated by Wang Chunchen, 'Under the Skin' presents a selection of works that touch upon recurring themes of art and...

Marc Quinn: Under the Skin in Beijing
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In March 2019 CAFA Art Museum will present Quinn’s first solo museum exhibition in China. Curated by Wang Chunchen, ‘Under the Skin’ presents a selection of works that touch upon recurring themes of art and science; the human body; emotion; and the perception of beauty. These works have been drawn…

Marc Quinn: After Bloodhead
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Quinn discusses his practice and upcoming project called Our Blood at the 2019 Jaipur Literature Festival in India.

(RED) Eclipse on view at Miami, Art Basel
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Made especially for this year’s (RED) Auction, Quinn’s (RED) Eclipse will be sold to fight against AIDS.

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(RED) Eclipse 2018
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Solar Eclipse Northern Hemisphere August 11th 1999
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Our Blood
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Anthropocene series

Quinn’s circular Anthropocene series, paintings of eclipses relate to his earlier series of iris paintings,‘We Share Our Chemistry With the Stars’, and similarly use forms found within nature. These works derive their compositions from scientific photographs of various total and partial solar eclipses around the world. They are also taken…

The Raft Paintings

The ‘Raft Paintings’ employ one of the most ubiquitous and abject materials of modern life – the plastic bin bag – to connect with both the history of art and contemporary ecological concerns. In these works, Quinn’s paradoxical articulation of a single, associative material draws attention to numerous far-reaching themes,…

Marc Quinn x Yuval Noah Harari “21 Lessons for the 21st Century”
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From the author of ‘Homo Deus’ and ‘Sapiens’, Yuval Noah Harari’s new book ‘21 Lessons for the 21st Century’ grapples with a world that is increasingly hard to comprehend. Featured on the front cover is one of Quinn iris painting from the ‘We Share of Chemistry With the Stars’.

The Classical Now
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Marc Quinn’s sculpture “All About Love - Heaven” is on view in “Classical Now” an exhibition presented in partnership with Musée d’Art Classique de Mougins (MACM) and King’s College London.