Thomas Ruff
1958
born in Zell am Harmersbach, Germany
lives and works in Düsseldorf
1977 – 85
Kunstakademie Düsseldorf,
Prof. Bernd Becher
AWARDS, GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS
2016
Artist of the Year, American Friends of the Israel Museum (AFIM), New York
2011
PhotoEspaña 2011 Award, Madrid
2006
International Center of Photography Infinity Award, New York
2003
Hans-Thoma-Preis, Hans-Thoma-Museum, Bernau
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS (selection)
A4 Art Museum, Chengdu, China
Art Sonje Center, Seoul, South Korea
Art Institute of Chicago, IL, US
The Broad, Los Angeles, CA, US
Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art, Rivoli, Italy
Fondation Cartier, Paris, France
Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
Glenstone Museum, Potomac, MD, US
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, US
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Museum, Krefeld, Germany
Museum Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
K20/K21 – Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany
Kunstmuseum Basel / Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein–Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, US
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY US
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan
The National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, Denmark
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Pa, US
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA ,US
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY, US
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, US
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Tate Modern, London, UK
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Thomas Ruff, Künstlerverein Malkasten, Düsseldorf
Thomas Ruff, Mai 36 Galerie, Madrid, Spain
untitled# & d.o.pe., Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
Thomas Ruff: New work, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
2023
Thomas Ruff, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Thomas Ruff: d.o.p.e., Sprüth Magers, Berlin
2022
Doors of Perceptions: Thomas Ruff and James Welling, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany
Meta-photographie, MAMC Musée d‘Art Moderne et Contemporain, Saint-Étienne, France
Thomas Ruff: Tableaux Russes and Tableaux Chinois, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
2021
after.images - Works 1989-2020, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung, China
2020
Thomas Ruff, K20, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
2019
Thomas Ruff: Transforming Photography, David Zwirner, Hong Kong, China
Thomas Ruff: tripe & flower.s, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2018
Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
Thomas Ruff, Galleria Lia Rummac, Naples, Italy
Thomas Ruff. Photographs 1979 - 2017, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, London, UK
2017
Machine & Energy, Mast Foundation, Bologna, Italy
2016
Thomas Ruff, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo, Japan; 21st Century Museum, Kanazawa, Japan
2015
Thomas Ruff photograms, Galerie Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan
2014
Lichten, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf; S.M.A.K., Gent, Belgium
New Work, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerlan
2013
Photograms, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
Thomas Ruff: Photograms and ma.r.s., David Zwirner, New York, NY, US
2012
Nudes, Gagosian Gallery Davies Street, London, UK
2011
MCA DNA: Thomas Ruff, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL, US
Thomas Ruff, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Spain
Stellar Landscapes, Westfälisches Landesmuseum, Münster, Germany
2010
Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
2009
Thomas Ruff, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
Interiors, Centre National d‘Art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Thomas Ruff - Oberflächen, Tiefen, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
2008
zycles + cassini, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2007
Thomas Ruff. Das Sprengelprojekt, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Germany
Thomas Ruff, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
2006
Thomas Ruff, The Grammar of Photography, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
2005
Neue Jpegs, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
New Work, David Zwirner, New York, NY, USA
2004
Neue Nudes - Neue Substrate - Neue Maschinen, Johnen+Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
Thomas Ruff, Musee d‘art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
2003
Thomas Ruff, nudes und maschinen, Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, Germany
Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
2002
Interieurs, Porträts, Häuser, Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen, Germany
Thomas Ruff. Identificaciones, Museo Tamayo, Tamayo, Mexico
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo, Norway
Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
2001
Fotografien 1979 - heute, Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany
2000
LMVDR, Haus Lange, Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany
1999
Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
1997
Oeuvres 1979-97, Centre national de la photographie, Paris, France Goethe Institut, Paris, France
1996
Kunstverein Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
Rooseum, Malmö, Sweden
1995
Galerie Mai 36, Zurich, Switzerland
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
1994
White Cube, London, UK
Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
1993
Galerie Crousel-Robelin, Paris, France
Galerie Mai 36, Zurich, Switzerland
1992
Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Hamburg, Germany
1991
Galerie Lia Rumma, Naples, Italy
Kunstverein Bonn, Bonn, Germany
1990
Centre National d‘Art Contemporain Le Magasin, Grenoble, France Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
1989
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
De Appel Fondation, Amsterdam, Netherlands
1988
Ydessa Hendeless Art Foundation, Toronto, Canada
Galerie Mai 36, Luzern, Switzerland
Portikus, Frankfurt a. M., Germany
1987
Galerie Crousel-Robelin, Paris, France
Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
1986
Galerie Philip Nelson, Lyon, France
1984
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
1981
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2024
Poesie der Elemente, Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany
2023
Incarnations: Le corps dans la collection, Lyon Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France
Everybody Talks About The Weather, Fondazione Prada, Venice, Italy
Time: An Exploration Of Some Notions Of Time, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Deep Deep Down: Collection presentation, MUDAM Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Akris. Fashion. of course, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Still-Life, Still-City, Sehwa Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
Reaching for the Stars. Works from the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection, Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Florence, Italy
2022
Interactions, Istanbul Modern, Turkey
Sammlung, Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt, Frankfurt a. Main, Germany
Body|spaces, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
GIVE AND TAKE. IMAGES UPON IMAGES, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
2021
Le supermarché des images, Red Brick Art Museum, Peking, China
Thomas Ruff l.m.v.d.r.., Konrad Fischer Galerie, Berlin
2020
Black Album / White Cube. A journey into art and music, Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Le Supermarché des Images, Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
Subjekt und Objekt. Foto Rhein Ruhr, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
The lives and loves of images. Yesterday’s news today, Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie, Kunstverein Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
2019
The assembled human, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Bauhaus and Photography, Museum für Fotografie, Berlin
Un bout de chemin…, FRAC Bretagne, Rennes, France
L’invention d’un Monde. Photographies des Collections Robelin, FRAC Auvergne, Clermont Ferrand, France
2018
Fotografie uit Düsseldorf, huis marseille, museum voor fotografie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 bis Heute, The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, MA, USA
Prix Pictet: Space, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, UK
Shape of Light. 100 Years of Photography and Abstract Art, Tate Modern, London, UK
Keine Geschichte(n) der Fotografie, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
2017
Produktion. Made in Germany Drei, Kestnergesellschaft, Hannover, Germany; Kunstverein Hannover, Germany; Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
2016
WITH A TOUCH OF PINK - WITH A BIT OF VIOLET - WITH A HINT OF GREEN - Dorothee Fischer in memoriam, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
Pandora's Box - Jan Dibbets on Another Photography, Musée D'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
2015
Road Atlas, DZ BANK Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt a. Main, Germany
Perfect Likeness: Photography and Composition, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Sense (Un)Certainty: A Private Collection, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
Under the Clouds: From Paranoia to the Digital Sublime, Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal
Faces Now - European Portrait Photography since 1990, BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
Beyond The Surface - Jan Dibbets, Thomas Ruff, Juergen Staack, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
2014
American Scene Photography: Martin Z. Margulies Collection, Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Miami, USA
Propganda für die Wirklichkeit, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
(Mis)-Understanding Photography, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
2010
Nude Visions. 150 Jahre Körperbilder in der Fotografie, Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
Portrait einer Sammlung, Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz, Chemnitz, Germany
Exposed - Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera, Tate Modern, London, UK
Aber Schwarz ist doch gar keine Farbe!, Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
Es werde Dunkel! Nachtdarstellungen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Stadtgalerie Kiel, Kiel, Germany
BRAVE NEW WORLD, Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxemburg
Ich weiß gar nicht, was Kunst ist - Einblicke in eine private Sammlung, Marta Herford, Herford, Germany
2009
just what is it ..., ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Beg Borrow and Steal, Rubell Family Collection, Miami, USA
Kunst und Kalter Krieg - Deutsche Positionen 1945-1989, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin
DIE KUNST IST SUPER!, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
Das Porträt. Fotografie als Bühne, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Urban Spaces, Fundacion PROA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
60 Jahre - 60 Werke - Kunst aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin
Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA
2008
Blasted Allegories, Works from the Ringier Collection, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland
2007/08
Ilk Futuro del Futurismo. Dalla rivoluzione italieana all'arte contemporanea, GAMeC Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, Bergamo, Italy
2007
Vertigo, The century of off-media art from Futurism to the web, MAMbo Bologna, Italy
Voyages d'hiver. Allemagne & Photographie contemporaine, Musée des Beaux-arts de Cambrai, France
2006/07
Arbeiten mit Licht. Werke aus der Sammlung moderner Kunst und Privatbesitz, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
Peintres de la vie Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France
2006
Herzog & de Meuron, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Click Doubleclick - das dokumentarische Moment, Haus der Kunst, Munich / Paleis vor schoone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium
2005
Fast Nichts - Minimalistische Werke aus der Friedrich Christian Flick Collection im Hamburger Bahnhof, Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin
Zur Vorstellung des Terrors: Die RAF, Kunstwerke, Berlin
Coleccion de fotografia Contemporanea, Marco, Vigo, Spain
2004
German Art. Deutsche Kunst aus amerikanischer Sicht. Werke aus der Sammlung des Saint Louis Art Museum, Städel, Frankfurt a. Main, Germany
Telefonica's Contemporary Photography Collection, Fundacion Telefonica, Madrid, Spain
2002
Das zweite Gesicht. Metamorphosen des fotografischen Porträts, Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany
In Szene Gesetzt/Architektur in der Fotografie der Gegenwart, Museum für neue Kunst / ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
Biennale von Sao Paulo. Iconografias Metropolitanas, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Museum unserer Wünsche, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Zwischen Schönheit und Sachlichkeit, Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany
Mies van der Rohe 1907-1938, Caixa Forum, Barcelona, Spain
2001
Close Up - Zur Inszenierung von Nahsicht und Oberfläche, Kunstverein Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Mies in Berlin, Museum of Modern Art, New York / Die Berliner Jahre 1907-1938, Altes Museum, Berlin
Fotokunst der 90er Jahre aus der Sammlung Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin; Kunsthalle Kiel, Kiel, Germany
Wenn Berlin Biarritz wäre .../Architektur in Bildern der fotografischen Sammlung, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Das Versprechen der Fotografie/Aus der Sammlung der DG Bank, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt a. Main, Germany
2000
How you look at it. Fotografien des 20. Jahrhunderts, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
Ex(o)DUS, Haifa Museum of Art, Haifa, Israel
1999
Apposite Opposites: Photography from the MCA Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
Von Beuys bis Cindy Sherman, Sammlung Lothar Schirmer / Kunsthalle Bremen / Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Digitale Photographie, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
FACE TO FACE to Cyberspace, Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland
MISSING LINK - Menschen-Bilder in der Fotografie, Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
CHRONOS & KAIROS, Museum Fridericianum Kassel, Kassel, Germany
1998
artificial. MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
Wounds: between democracy and redemption in contemporary art, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Photographie - Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Blickwechsel, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany; Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany
1997
Die Epoche der Moderne. Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert, Martin Gropius-Bau, Berlin
Soweit der Erdkreis reicht, Museum für zeitgenössische Kunst, Kleve, Germany
Der klare Blick, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Positionen künstlerischer Fotografie in Deutschland seit 1945, Martin Gropius-Bau, Berlin
1996
Silent & Violent, MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, USA
by night, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris, France
10th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Distanz und Nähe, Kawasaki City Museum, Kawasaki, Japan
Zuspiel, Sprengelmuseum Hannover, Hannover, Germany
1995
Biennale Venedig, Deutscher Pavillon, Venice, Italy
The Institute of Cultural Anxiety, ICA, London, UK
Foundation Cartier: A Collection, The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, South Korea
Virtual Reality, National Gallery of Australia, Canberra, Australia
Kunst in Deutschland - Sammlung des Bundes, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der BRD, Bonn, Germany
1994
beeld, Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium
Aura, Wiener Sezession, Vienna, Austria
Junge Deutsche Kunst der 90er Jahre aus NRW, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyongju, Korea; Pao Galleries, Hong Kong Arts Centre, Hong Kong, China; Taipeh Fine Arts Centre; International Art Gallery, Peking, China; National Museum of Modern Art, Osaka, Japan
1993
Distanz und Nähe, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin; Ausstellungshalle Uluv, Prague, Czech Republic; Nationalmuseum Krakau, Poland; Galerie für Moderne Kunst, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Vancouver collects, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Konstruktion. Zitat - Kollektive Bilder in der Fotografie, Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover, Germany
1992
Documenta IX, Kasse, Germany
Photography in Contemporary German Art: 1960 to the Present, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN, USA; Dallas Museum of Art, TX, USA; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, UK; The Saint Louis Art Museum, MO, USA; Guggenheim Museum, NY, USA
Qui, quoi, ou? Un regard sur l'art en Allemagne en 1992, Musée d'art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
More than one photography, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY, USA
Post Human, FAE Musée d'Art Contemporain, Pully, Switzerland; Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy;
Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athen, Greece; Deichtorhallen, Hamburg; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
1991
Histoires d'Oeil, Espace Lyonnais d'Art Contemporain, Lyon; Nouveau Musée de Villeurbanne, Villeurbanne, France
In anderen Räumen, Museum Haus Lange und Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany
Architektur von Herzog & de Meuron, Architekturbiennale Venedig, Venice, Italy; Magasin, Grenoble, France; Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany; Art Center De Singel, Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium; Centre for Architecture, Athens, Greece
Typologies: Nine Contemporary Photographers,Orange County Museum of Art, Santa Ana, CA, USA; Akron Art Museum, OH, USA; The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C, USA
Metropolis, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
1990
New York: A New Generation, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, USA
Local Detail, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
Weiter sehen, Museum Haus Lange und Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany
1989
1. Internationale Foto-Triennale Esslingen, Villa Merkel, Esslingen, Germany
1988
Aperto 88, Biennale Venedig, Venice, Italy
Binationale, Kunstverein, Kunsthalle und Kunstsammlung NRW, Düsseldorf; Museum of Fine Art & ICA, Boston, MA, USA
1987
Foto/Realismen, Villa Dessauer, Bamberg, Germany; Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany
1986/87
Reste des Authentischen, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; Photographers Gallery, New York, NY, USA
1985
Künstlerische Photographie des 20. Jahrhunderts, Universitätsmuseum, Marburg, Germany
1982
Ausstellung B, Künstlerwerkstatt Lothringerstraße, Munich, Germany
SELECTED BOOKS AND CATALOGUES
2012
Thomas Ruff. Stellar Landscapes, Texts by Melanie Bono, Thomas Ruff, Kehrer, Heidelberg, 2012
Thomas Ruff. Modernism, Texts by Markus Kramer, Thomas Ruff, Kehrer, Heidelberg, 2012
Thomas Ruff. Photographs 1979–2011, Texts by Okwui Enwezor, Thomas Weski, Schirmer/Mosel, Munich, 2012
2010
Thomas Ruff: Schwarzwald Landschaft, Text by Jochen Ludwig, Christiane Grathwohl-Scheffel.PUB DATE 4/30/2010, Published by Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg.
2009
Thomas Ruff: Surfaces, Depths, Edited by Gerald Matt. Text by Catherine Hug, Douglas Fogle, Kurt W. Forster, Gerald Matt. Interview by Gerald Matt with Thomas Ruff.PUB DATE 11/30/2009, Published by Verlag für moderne Kunst Nürnberg.
Thomas Ruff: Jpegs, Text by Bennett Simpson.PUB DATE 5/31/2009, Published by Aperture.
Thomas Ruff, Skira, Texts by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Giorgio Verzotti, Milan, 2009
2006
Thomas Ruff: M.D.P.N., Edited by Fabrizio Tramontano. Essays by Giovanni Leoni, Giancarlo Cosenza and Luigi Cosenza. Introduction Giancarlo Cosenza.PUB DATE 1/1/2006, Published by Charta.
2004
Thomas Ruff: Machines, Essays by Caroline Flosdorff and Michael Stüber.PUB DATE 1/2/2004, Published by Hatje Cantz Publishers.
2003
Thomas Ruff: 1979 to the Present, Edited by Matthias Winzen. Essays by Ute Eskildsen, Valeria Liebermann and Per Boym.PUB DATE 12/2/2003, Published by D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc..
Thomas Ruff, Cruel and Tender. London: Tate Publishing, 2003
Thomas Ruff. Nudes, Harry N. Abrams Inc.,Texts by Michel Houellebcq, New York, 2003
2000
Eberswalde Library: Herzog & de Meuron. London: AA Publications, 2000.
1995
Thomas Ruff: Andere Porträts + 3D. Germany: Cantz, 1995.
1992
Thomas Ruff. Frankfurt am Main: Museum fur Moderne Kunst, 1992.
1991
Thomas Ruff. Dusseldorf: Druckerei Heinrich Winterscheidt, 1991.
1989
Thomas Ruff. Munich: Goethe Institute, 1989.
1988
Porträts. Velbert: Museen der Stadt, 1988.
ARTICLES
Frieze Magazine
Review (from issue 64): Thomas Ruff
Journal of Contemporary Art Online
Interview with the artist
postmedia
Tate Magazine
Surface Tension
The Brooklyn Rail
Interview with the artist
The Guardian Newspaper, UK
"The evil of banality", 2003 article by Adrian Searle
The Village Voice
"Ruff Trade", 2000 article by Jerry Saltz
Wall Street Journal
Planet to Pixel: Ruff Abstractions of the Universe, August 2009
Berlin Art Link
WHAT IS REAL? Thomas Ruff Photograms and ma.r.s, April 2013
The New York Times
ART IN REVIEW; Thomas Ruff -- 'l.m.v.d.r.', October 2001
WITH A TOUCH OF PINK - WITH A BIT OF VIOLET - WITH A HINT OF GREEN - DOROTHEE FISCHER - IN MEMORIAM
03. Jun 2016 - 23. Jul 2016
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