On Kawara

On Kawara (29,771 days) engaged with chronological time and its function as a measure of human existence. A key figure in the conceptual art movement that emerged in New York in the 1960s, the artist’s work is organized into discrete series that together form a meditative examination of time and place. The artist has had numerous solo shows at venues including Tai Kwun, Hong Kong, 2025; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 2015; Museum Dhondt-Dhaenens, Sint-Martens-Latem, 2015; Dallas Museum of Art, 2008; and Städtischen Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau München, 2000. His work has also appeared in many group shows, recently held at venues including Bourse de Commerce – Pinault Collection, Paris, 2025; Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris, 2024; Palazzo Grassi – Punta della Dogana, Venice 2023; Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Vienna, 2022; and Hamburger Kunsthalle, 2022. On Kawara’s work is represented in museum collections internationally, including Centre Pompidou, Paris; Dia, Beacon; Glenstone, Potomac, MD; Kunstmuseum Basel; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo; Museum Ludwig, Cologne; Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt; National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo; Philadelphia Art Museum; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Tate, London; Toyota Municipal Museum of Art, Toyota City, Japan; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York.