Barbara Kruger

American | 1945

Barbara Kruger is an American photographer who was born in 1945.

How much does a Barbara Kruger cost?

Barbara Kruger's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 63 USD to 1,562,500 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork.

What is Barbara Kruger's most expensive photography?

Since 1998 the record price for this artist at auction is 1,562,500 USD for Untitled (My face is your fortune), sold at Sotheby's New York in 2022. In the past 12 months, her prints & graphic art have averaged 26,401 USD.

Where can I see Barbara Kruger's works?

Her work is currently being shown at multiple venues like Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin and will be on exhibit at Skarstedt, London on February 27, 2025. Numerous key galleries and museums such as The Broad have featured Barbara Kruger's work in the past.

Barbara Kruger in the news

Barbara Kruger has been featured in articles for ArtDaily, Observer and Lenscratch. The most recent article is 11 Contemporary Art Exhibitions to Visit in 2025. written for Contemporary Lynx in February 2025.

Featured for Sale

Untitled (The Brutal, Relentless, Joyful, Fearful, End of it All ,2014

By Barbara Kruger

Christie's London

I shop therefore I am, 1990 ,1990

By Barbara Kruger

Adams Amsterdam Auctions

Untitled (Only the unborn have your right to life)

By Barbara Kruger

Christie's London

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At Auction

Notable Lots

Untitled (Unique)

By Barbara Kruger

+15%

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Untitled (Our prices are insane!) - Barbara Kruger

Untitled (Our prices are insane!) ,1987

By Barbara Kruger

-5%

below mid-estimate

Untitled (Perpetual Still Life) - Barbara Kruger

Untitled (Perpetual Still Life) ,1986

By Barbara Kruger

+78%

above mid-estimate

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Upcoming Lots

Untitled (How can I become a saint - Barbara Kruger

Untitled (How can I become a saint ,1994

By Barbara Kruger

Christie's London

Untitled (The Brutal, Relentless, Joyful, Fearful, End of it All - Barbara Kruger

Untitled (The Brutal, Relentless, Joyful, Fearful, End of it All ,2014

By Barbara Kruger

Christie's London

I shop therefore I am, 1990 - Barbara Kruger

I shop therefore I am, 1990 ,1990

By Barbara Kruger

Adams Amsterdam Auctions

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Recent Auction Results

Untitled (Kiss) ,2019

By Barbara Kruger

Grisebach

Culture Nature ,2020

By Barbara Kruger

+460%

above mid-estimate

Millea Bros.

Untitled (Kiss) ,1945

By Barbara Kruger

-20%

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Millea Bros.

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Current Exhibitions

Barbara Kruger: No Comment

ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum

Århus | Denmark

Nov 29,2024 - Apr 21,2025

Through Their Eyes: Selections from the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection

Manetti Shrem Museum

Davis | California | USA

Jan 26,2025 - Jun 22,2025

Extreme Tension: Art Between Politics And Society 1945–1990

Neue Nationalgalerie

Mitte | Berlin | Germany

Nov 18,2023 - Sep 28,2025

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Articles

11 Contemporary Art Exhibitions to Visit in 2025.

Contemporary Lynx 17/02/2025

A global guide to the year's must-see art experiences.

Manetti Shrem Museum Presents U.S. Debut of Italy's Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection Exhibition

ArtDaily 27/01/2025

The Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at the University of California, Davis, is thrilled to unveil the first U.S. presentation of Italy’s renowned Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection.

For Collector Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Art Offers New Ways to See the World

Observer 17/01/2025

Conversations with artists have, for her, led to important moments of learning and self-rediscovery, and she believes art can help us all become more tolerant and open.

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Coverage

“ ..“The Globe Shrinks” (2010) is a multiple channel video installation that continues Kruger’s engagement with the kindness and brutality of the everyday, the collision of declaration and doubt, the duet... ”
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Mary Boone Gallery, 24th Street

“ ..Using contrasting layers of text and image, Kruger’s work has for almost three decades probed the nature of a media-saturated society in late capitalism, and the significance of highly evolved cultures... ”
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Sprüth Magers, London

“ ..Coupled with the bold font, the red frames not only create a strong visual impact against the black and white imagery, more importantly they function as a key element in Kruger’s strategy to challenge... ”
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Skarstedt Gallery, London

“ ..Signed, sealed, delivered.” Drawing on her background in graphic design, Kruger adopts the same visual tools as mass media; the appropriated images and texts acting as both social commentary and political... ”
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Skarstedt Gallery, London

“ ..According to Kruger, the work reflects “how we are to one another” within “the days and nights that construct us.” These texts, along with Kruger’s own writings, resonate with particular potency in today’s... ”
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