EXHIBITIONS
Dora Maar's artistic career spanned over seven decades, from her first solo exhibition in 1934 to the first retrospective of her work in 1995.
Below is a list of solo and group exhibitions that have featured the work of Dora Maar.
Solo exhibitions
· Kéfer – Dora Maar, Galerie Van den Berghe, London, United Kingdom, June 1934
· Photographies de Dora Maar, Galerie de Beaune, Paris, February 5 – February 15, 1939
· Dora Maar, Vera Pagava, Galerie Jeanne Bucher, Paris, June 13 – June 30, 1944
· Dora Maar, Galerie Pierre, Paris, April 29 – May 23, 1946
· Dora Maar. Paysages, Berggruen & Cie, January 1957
· Dora Maar, The Leicester Galleries, London, United Kingdom, April 10 – May 1, 1958
· Dora Maar. Œuvres anciennes, Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, July 10 – July 27, 1990
· Dora Maar. Photos des années 30, Galerie 1900-2000, Paris, December 5 – December 28, 1991
· Dora Maar. Fotógrafa, Bancaixa, Valencia, Spain, January 20 – March 5, 1995
· Dora Maar. Œuvres sur papier, Galerie des Modernes, Paris, September 1, 1999 – January 31, 2000
· Dora Maar, Haus der Kunst Munich, Allemagne, October 13, 2001 - January 6, 2002
· Dora Maar photographe, Bataille, Picasso et les surréalistes, Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, February 7, 2002 - April 30, 2002
· Dora Maar, la fotografía,Picasso y los surrealistas, Centre Cultural Tecla Sala, Barcelone, Espagne, May 27, 2002 - July 14, 2002
· Dora Maar: Photographer, Dorsky Gallery, New York, United States, April 25 – June 28, 2004
· Dora Maar (1907-1997). Aquarelles et dessins, Galerie Laura Pêcheur, Paris, December 1, 2006 – January 31, 2007
· Dora Maar. Nonostante Picasso, Museo Fortuny, Venice, Italy, March 8 – July 14, 2014
· Dora Maar, Centre Pompidou, Paris, June 5 – July 29, 2019
· Dora Maar, Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom, November 19, 2019 – March 15, 2020
· Dora Maar. Secrets d’atelier, Maison Dora Maar, Ménerbes, June – November 2023
· Dora Maar, Paul Stolper Gallery, London, September 22 – October 28, 2023
· Dora Maar: Tour à tour / Le sol et l'air, Loeve&Co, Paris, April 4 – May 18, 2024
· Dora Maar. Autoportraits, Galerie Boquet, Paris, February 29 – April 27, 2024
· Dora Maar. Behind the Lens, Amar Gallery, London, United Kingdom, June 16 – August 18, 2024
· Jacqueline Lamba, Dora Maar. Celles qui avancent, Galerie Pauline Pavec – Galerie Boquet, Paris, September 12 – November 16, 2024
· Fotografía y dibujos. Dora Maar, Museo Lazaro Galdiano, Madrid, June 6 – September 14, 2025
Group exhibitions
· Le Mont Saint-Michel vu par Germain Bazin, Librairie Picard, Paris, October 9 – October 30, 1931
· Exposition internationale de la photographie, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Bruxelles, July 2 – July 31, 1932
· La Publicité par la photographie, Galerie La Pléiade, Paris, May 1934
· Exposition pour la constitution des artistes photographes, Galerie Studio Saint-Jacques, Paris, July 1934
· Salon international d’art photographique, Société française de photographie, Paris, October 6 – October 21, 1934
· L’Humour et le fantastique par la photographie, Galerie La Pléiade, Paris, February 1 – March 31, 1935
· Exposición Surrealista, Ateneo de Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Espagne, May 11 – May 21, 1935
· Documents de la vie sociale, Association des écrivains et artistes révolutionnaires, chez Galerie La Pléiade, Paris, May 1935
· Exposition Surréaliste, salle d’exposition de la commune de La Louvière, La Louvière, Belgique, October 13 – October 27, 1935
· Affiches photos, Galerie Billiet-Worms, Paris, October 18 – November 2, 1935
· Exposition internationale de la photographie contemporaine, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, January 16 – March 1, 1936
· Exposition surréaliste d’objets, Galerie Charles Ratton, Paris, May 22 – May 29, 1936
· International Surrealist Exhibition, New Burlington Galleries, Londres, Royaume-Uni, June 11 – July 4, 1936
· Fantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism, MoMA, New York, Etats-Unis, December 9, 1936 – January 17, 1937
· Exposition inaugurale, Galerie Gradiva, Paris, February 1937
· Kaigai Chôgenjitsushugi sakuhin ten (Exhibition of foreign surrealist artworks), Salon Nippon, Tokyo, Japon, June 9 – June 14, 1937
· Surrealist Objects & Poems, London Gallery, Londres, Royaume-Uni, November 24 – December 24, 1937
· Revue de la photographie 1938, Galerie La Pléiade, October 28 – November 24, 1938
· Exposition de l’École française de photographie, Kunstindustrimuseet, Copenhague, Danemark, March 1939
· Les artisans de France, 42, rue la Boétie, Paris, April 1940
· 21 paysages, Galerie René Drouin, Paris, July 1944
· Salon d’Automne, Palais des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, October 6 – November 5, 1944
· Salon d’Automne, Palais des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, September 28 – October 29, 1945
· Ensemble d’œuvres contemporaines offertes par les artistes et vendues aux enchères, au profit des ex-prisonniers de guerre et des déportés soviétiques, Galerie René Drouin, Paris, February 9 – February 17, 1945
· Exposition collective, Galerie Aliel, April 20 – May 15, 1945
· Still-Life by Seven French Contemporaries, Galerie Georges de Braux, Philadelphie, États-Unis, November 17 – December 5, 1947
· Sculptures et peintures contemporaines, Galerie Denise René, Paris, January 3 – February 6, 1948
· Salon de Mai, Palais de New York, Paris, May 7 – May 31, 1953
· Collection d’un amateur parisien, Pavillon Vendôme, Aix-en-Provence, July 15 – September 28, 1958
· The Altered Photograph, MoMA PS1, New York, Etats-Unis, April 22 – June 10, 1979
· A Penthouse Aviary, MoMA, New York, Etats-Unis, November 6, 1980 – January 20, 1981
· L’altra metà dell’avanguardia 1910-1940, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italie, February 16 – April 13, 1980
· La nouvelle photographie en France entre 1919 et 1939, Centre de la Vieille Charité, Marseille, June 13 – September 13, 1987
· La photographie française, Barbican Centre, Londres, Royaume-Uni, May 11 – July 17, 1988
· La Femme et le surréalisme, Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, November 21, 1987 – February 28, 1988
· I surrealisti, Civico Museo d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italie, June 7 – September 17, 1989
· Das Wort-Bild in Dada und Surrealismus, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Francfort-sur-le-Main, Allemagne, March 3 – May 15, 1990
· L'invention d'un art, Centre Pompidou, Paris, October 12, 1989 – January 1, 1990
· MANIFESTE, Centre Pompidou, Paris, June 17 – September 28, 1992
· De Brancusi à Boltanski, Castello di Rivoli, Museo d'arte contemporanea, Rivoli, Italie, October 2 – November 28, 1993
· Les otages et la lumière, National Gallery, Pinacothèque nationale Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athènes, Grèce, May 3 – June 7, 1993
· Women On the Edge: Twenty Photographers in Europe, 1919 - 1939, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, Etats-Unis, August 24 – November 28, 1993
· Women On the Edge: Twenty Photographers in Europe, 1919 - 1939, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Etats-Unis, February 24 – May 31, 1994
· Los cuerpos perdidos : fotografía y surrealistas, Fundación la Caixa, Madrid, November 23, 1995 – January 14, 1996
· Los cuerpos perdidos : fotografía y surrealistas, Fundació Catalunya La Pedrera, Barcelona, February 20 – April 14, 1996
· About Face: Artist's Portraits in Photography, Fogg Museum, Cambridge, Etats-Unis, July 19 – October 12, 1997
· Paris des Photographes 1905/1997 dans les collections du Musée national d'art moderne Centre Georges Pompidou, Bunkamura Museum of Art, Tokyo, Japon, September 13 – October 26, 1997
· Paris des Photographes 1905/1997 dans les collections du Musée national d'art moderne Centre Georges Pompidou, National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japon, November 1, 1997 – January 18, 1998
· Modernism in a Century of Change: Cubism and the Heroic Years of Abstraction, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Etats-Unis, October 1, 1997 – January 31, 1998
· Les Femmes photographes de la Nouvelle Vision, Hôtel de Sully, Paris, April 3 – June 7, 1998
· Fictions intimes : collections du Centre Georges Pompidou, Musée national d'art moderne et du Fonds national d'art contemporain, Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelone, Espagne, February 13 – May 24, 1998
· Le Jour est trop court : Simulations & expérimentations photographiques dans la France de l'Entre-deux-guerres, Musée Nicéphore Niepce de Chalon-sur-Saône, Chalon-sur-Saône, March 20 – June 1, 1998
· World Without End. Photography and the 20th century, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australie, December 2, 2000 – February 25, 2001
· Figures parfaites, Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, January 28 – April 1, 2001
· Surrealism : Desire Unbound, Tate Modern, Londres, September 20, 2001 – January 1, 2002
· Surrealismo, Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brésil, August 20 – October 28, 2001
· Paris-Barcelone : de Gaudí à Miró, Galeries nationales du Grand Palais, Paris, October 9, 2001 – January 14, 2002
· Paris-Barcelone : de Gaudí à Miró, Museu Picasso, Barcelone, Espagne, February 28 – May 26, 2002
· La Révolution surréaliste, Centre Pompidou, Paris, March 6 – June 24, 2002
· La Révolution surréaliste, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen - K21 Ständehaus, Düsseldorf, July 17 – November 24, 2002
· Paris Photographs from the Manfred Heiting Collection, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Etats-Unis, July 17 – October 6, 2002
· L'Homme-animal, Musée d'art moderne et contemporain de la Ville de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, April 8 – July 4, 2004
· Dora Maar i Picasso, dodir pogledim, Galerija Klovicevi Dvori, Zagreb, Croatie, September 30 – November 28, 2004
· Paris i els surrealistes, CCCB, Barcelone, Espagne, February 17 – May 22, 2005
· Paris y los surrealistas, Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao, Espagne, June 20 – September 18, 2005
· Portraits from the Manfred Heiting Collection, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Etats-Unis, February 28 – May 2, 2005
· Picasso / Dora Maar. Il faisait tellement noir..., Musée Picasso, Paris, February 14 – May 22, 2006
· Picasso: Love & War 1935–1945, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australie, June 29 – October 8, 2006
· Picasso y su coleccion, Museu Picasso, Barcelone, Espagne, December 19, 2007 – March 30, 2008
· Picasso and his collection, Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane, Australie, June 9 – September 14, 2008
· Close-up: Proximity and Defamiliarisation in Art, Film and Photography, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edimbourg, Royaume-Uni, October 24, 2008 – January 11, 2009
· Amazonas del arte nouveau, Fundación Mapfre, Madrid, Espagne, January 31 – April 27, 2008
· Sabotaging Reality. Surrealism in European Photographic Art, 1922–1947, Eesti Kunstimuuseum, Tallinn, Estonie, October 31, 2008 – January 11, 2009
· El sabotaje de lo real. Fotografía surrealista y de vanguardia, Museo Amparo, Puebla, Mexique, June 13 – August 31, 2009
· Angels of Anarchy: Women Artists and Surrealism, Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester, Royaume-Uni, September 26, 2009 – January 10, 2010
· La subversion des images, Centre Pompidou Paris, September 23, 2009 – January 11, 2010
· Subversion of images, Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthour, Suisse, February 26 – May 23, 2010
· La subversión de las imágenes, Fundación Mapfre, Madrid, Espagne, June 18 – September 12, 2010
· Gegen jede Vernunft : Surrealismus Paris-Prag, Wilhelm-Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Allemagne, November 14, 2009 – February 14, 2010
· Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris, Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, Etats-Unis, September 10, 2009 – January 3, 2010
· Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris, International Center of Photography, New York, Etats-Unis, January 29 – May 9, 2010
· Nuits électriques, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscou, Russie ; LABoral Centro de Arte y Creacion Industrial, Gijon, Espagne, November 14, 2009 – February 14, 2010
· The Surreal House, Barbican Centre, Londres, Royaume-Uni, June 10 – September 19, 2010
· Pictures by Women: A History, MoMA, New York, Etats-Unis, May 7, 2010 – April 18, 2011
· Dalí, Magritte, Miró. Surrealism in Paris, Fondation Beyeler, Bâle, Suisse, October 2, 2011 – January 29, 2012
· Le Surréalisme // Surrealism. The Poetry of Dreams, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australie, June 11 – October 2, 2011
· Utopia/ Dystopia: Construction and Destruction in Photography and Collage, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Etats-Unis, March 11 – June 10, 2012
· The Other Side of the Moon. Women Artists of the Avant-Garde, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen - K21 Ständehaus, Düsseldorf, Allemagne, October 22, 2011 – January 15, 2012
· The Other Side of the Moon. Women Artists of the Avant-Garde, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Danemark, February 14 – May 28, 2012
· La Ville magique, Musée LaM, Villeneuve-d’Ascq, September 29, 2012 – January 13, 2013
· Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Etats-Unis, October 10, 2012 – January 27, 2013
· Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C, Etats-Unis, February 17 – May 5, 2013
· Faking It: Manipulated Photography Before Photoshop, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Etats-Unis, June 2 – August 25, 2013
· Elles. Women Artists in the collection of the Centre Pompidou, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Etats-Unis, October 9, 2012 – January 13, 2013
· Voici Paris. Modernités photographiques, 1920-1950. La Collection Christian Bouqueret, Centre Pompidou, Paris, October 17, 2012 – January 14, 2013
· Voici Paris. Modernités photographiques, 1920-1950. La Collection Christian Bouqueret, Multimedia Art Museum, Moscou, Russie, February 21 – May 26, 2013
· El surrealismo y el sueño, Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Espagne, October 8, 2013 – January 12, 2014
· Le Surréalisme et l’objet, Centre Pompidou, Paris, October 30, 2013 – March 3, 2014
· Sade. Attaquer le soleil, Paris, Musée d’Orsay, October 14, 2014 – January 25, 2015
· Silent Partners: artist and mannequin from function to fetish, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Royaume-Uni, October 14, 2014 – January 25, 2015
· Mannequin d’artiste, Mannequin fétiche, Musée Bourdelle, Paris, April 1 – July 12, 2015
· Elles sont modernes, elles sont photographes, Centre Pompidou Málaga, Málaga, Espagne, October 19, 2015 – January 24, 2016
· Qui a peur des femmes photographes? 1839-1945, Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris, October 14, 2015 – January 25, 2016
· Picasso ! L'exposition anniversaire, Musée national Picasso-Paris, Paris, October 20, 2015 – January 31, 2016
· Picasso images. Le opere, l'artista, il personnage, Museo dell'Ara Pacis, Rome, Italie, October 14, 2016 – February 19, 2017
· Un génie sans piédestal, Picasso et les arts et traditions populaires, Musée des Civilisations de l'Europe et de la Méditerranée, Marseille, April 27 – August 29, 2016
· The Shape of Things: Photographs from Robert B. Menschel, MoMA, New York, Etats-Unis, October 29, 2016 – May 7, 2017
· Picasso la main savante l'oeil sauvage, Instituto Tomie Ohtake, São Paulo, Brésil, May 22 – August 14, 2016
· Paul Klee et les Surréalistes, Zentrum Paul Klee, Berne, Suisse, November 18, 2016 – March 12, 2017
· Miquel Barceló. Sol y Sombra, Musée national Picasso-Paris, Paris, March 22 – October 1, 2016
· The Thrill of the Chase: The Wagstaff Collection of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, March 15 – July 31, 2016
· The Thrill of the Chase: The Wagstaff Collection of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, September 10 – December 11, 2016
· The Thrill of the Chase: The Wagstaff Collection of Photographs at the J. Paul Getty Museum, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, Etats-Unis, February 13 – May 7, 2017
· Boisgeloup, l'atelier normand de Picasso, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, Rouen, April 1 – September 11, 2017
· Le Spectre du surréalisme. / Rencontres photographiques, Les rencontres d'Arles, Arles, July 3 – September 24, 2017
· Face à Picasso (Picasso-Méditerranée), Musée Mohammed VI, d'art moderne et contemporain, Rabat, Maroc, May 17 – July 31, 2017
· Picasso à la mer (Picasso-Méditerranée), Galerie des Hospices, Canet-en-Roussillon, June 22 – September 10, 2017
· Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography, 1911-2011, J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, Los Angeles, Etats-Unis, June 26 – October 21, 2018
· Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography, 1911-2011, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, June 23 – September 22, 2019
· Couples modernes, Centre Pompidou Metz, Metz, April 28 – August 20, 2018
· Picasso - des désastres de la guerre à la Colombe de la Paix (Frieden. Von der Antike bis heute), Kunstmuseum Pablo Picasso Münster, Münster, Allemagne, April 8 – September 2, 2018
· Guernica, Musée national Picasso-Paris, Paris, March 27 – July 29, 2018
· Picasso. Chefs-d'oeuvre !, Musée national Picasso-Paris, Paris, September 4, 2018 – January 13, 2019
· Photographie, arme de classe, Centre Pompidou, Paris, November 7, 2018 – February 4, 2019
· Sabartés por Picasso por Sabartés, Museu Picasso, Barcelone, Espagne, November 23, 2018 – February 24, 2019
· Picasso, la mirada del fotògraf, Museu Picasso, Barcelone, Espagne, June 7 – September 24, 2019
· Au coeur des ténèbres, Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, October 5, 2019 – January 5, 2020
· Pablo Picasso - Paul Eluard, Museu Picasso, Barcelone, November 8, 2019 – March 15, 2020
· Pablo Picasso - Paul Eluard, Musée d'Art et d'Histoire Paul Eluard, Saint-Denis, April 24 – September 20, 2020
· Picasso and paper, Royal Academy of Arts, Londres, Royaume-Uni, January 25 – April 13, 2020
· Picasso. Baigneuses et baigneurs, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, Lyon, July 15, 2020 – March 15, 2021
· Fantastic Women. Surreal worlds from Meret Oppenheim to Frida Kahlo, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Danemark, July 25 – November 8, 2020
· Fantastic Women. Surreal worlds from Meret Oppenheim to Frida Kahlo, Schirn Kunsthall Frankfurt, Francfort-sur-le-Main, Allemagne, February 13 – May 24, 2020
· Surrealism Beyond Borders, Metropolitan Museum, New York, Etats-Unis, October 11, 2021 – January 30, 2022
· L'Amour fou? Intimité et création (1910-1940), Musée de la ville de Poitiers et de la société des antiquaires de l'ouest, Poitiers, May 19 – July 5, 2021
· The New Woman Behind the Camera, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Etats-Unis, July 2 – October 3, 2021
· The New Woman Behind the Camera, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., Etats-Unis, October 31, 2021 – January 30, 2022
· Our Selves: Photographs by Women Artists from Helen Kornblum, MoMA, New York, Etats-Unis, April 16 – October 10, 2022
· Picasso au coeur des avant-gardes arabes, Institut du monde arabe-Tourcoing, Tourcoing, April 2 – July 10, 2022
· Les mondes surréalistes d'Elsa Schiaparelli, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris, July 6, 2022 – January 22, 2023
· Frida Kahlo, au-delà des apparences, Palais Galliera, Paris, September 15, 2022 – March 5, 2023
· Christian Bérard, au théâtre de la vie / Christian Bérard, Exentrique Bébé, Nouveau Musée National de Monaco, Monaco, Principauté de Monaco, July 9 – October 16, 2022
· The Picasso Century, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australie, June 10 – October 9, 2022
· Corps à corps - Histoire (s) de la photographie, Centre Pompidou, Paris, September 6, 2023 – March 25, 2024
· Goya dans l'oeil de Picasso (Célébration Picasso 1973-2023), Musée Goya - Musée d'art hispanique, Castres, June 30 – October 1, 2023
· Surréalisme au féminin ?, Musée de Montmartre, Paris, March 31 – September 10, 2023
· Faith Ringgold, Musée national Picasso-Paris, Paris, January 31 – July 2, 2023
· Flower Power. Flowers in Art and Culture, Musée des impressionnismes Giverny, Giverny, September 29, 2023 – January 7, 2024
· But Live Here ? No thanks : Surrealism + Anti-Fascism, Staedtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus und Kunstbau, Munich, Allemagne, October 15, 2024 – March 2, 2025
· Picasso and paper, The Cleveland Museum of Art, December 8, 2024 – March 23, 2025
· Marie-Laure de Noailles, peintre. Conversations, Villa Noailles, Hyères, June 27, 2024 – April 27, 2025
· Picasso, l'étranger, Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italie, September 20, 2024 – February 2, 2025
· Picasso : The Royan Sketchbooks, Museo Picasso Málaga, Málaga, Espagne, January 31 – May 4, 2025
· The Muses. Inspiring and Challenging Picasso, Artipelag, Stockholm, Suède, October 4, 2025 – February 8, 2026
· Picasso : Mémoire et Désir, Museo Picasso Málaga, Málaga, Espagne, November 14, 2025 – April 12, 2026
· 1924 Otros surrealismos, Fundación Mapfre, Madrid, Espagne, February 6 – May 11, 2025