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2016
Kunstforum Wien, Vienna
FEBRUARY 24 - JUNE 19, 2016
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2015
Villa Medici & Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome
OCTOBER 24, 2015 - JANUARY 31, 2016
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Gagosian gallery, Paris
« Balthus » : a retrospective
JANUARY 14 - FEBRUARY 28, 2015
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2014
The Last Studies, Balthus in Tokyo
Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum, Tokyo
Mitsubishi Ichigokan Museum


Balthus A Retrospective
Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Ueno Park, Tokyo, Japan
Kyoto Municipal Museum of Art, Okazaki Park, Kyoto, Japan
Espace 2 "Les Matinales" invites Dominique Radrizzani, curator of the Balthus Retrospective in Japan (French)

2013
The Last Studies
Gagosian Gallery (976 Madison Ave), New York, USA
Video

Cats and Girls—Paintings and Provocations
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
The New Republic_Don't Bowdlerize Balthus's Paintings—Or His Mystical Ideas_ Nov. 29,2013

NY Books_Drifting Off in a World of Their Own_ Nov 7,2013

2008
100th Anniversary
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Switzerland

2007
Time Suspended. Paintings and Drawings 1932–1960
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany

2002
Piero della Francesca Alberto Giacometti
Musée Jenisch Vevey, Switzerland

2001
Balthus
Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy

Balthus Remembered
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

1999
Un Atelier Dans Le Morvan, 1953–1961
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon, France

1996
Omaggio a Balthus
Accademia Valentino, Rome, Italy

Works on paper by Balthus
The Lefevre Gallery, London, England

Balthus
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain

1995
Balthus
Palace of Fine Arts, Beijing, China

Balthus
Hong Kong Musuem of Art, Hong Kong, China

1994
Le Chat au Miroir III by Balthus
Lefevre Gallery, London, England

Balthus, Zeichnungen
Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland

1993
Balthus
Tokyo Station Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

Balthus
Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland

1992
Balthus dans la maison de Courbet
Musée Maison natale Gustave Courbet, Ornans, France

1990
Balthus à la Villa Médicis
Villa Medici, Rome, Italy

Balthus, dessins, aquarelles, huiles
(Balthus, drawings, watercolors,oils)
Museum of Contemporary Art, Basil and Elise Goulandris Foundation, Andros, Greece

1989
Balthus
French Cultural Center in Rome, Italy

1984
Balthus
Municipal Museum of Art, Kyoto, Japan

Balthus
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

1983
Balthus
Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

1982
Balthus: Disegni e acquarelli
Festival of the Two Worlds, Palazzo Racani-Arroni, Spoleto, Italy

1980
Balthus in Chicago
The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, USA

1978
Balthus: Drawings
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France


1977
Balthus, Paintings and Drawings, 1934 to 1977
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, USA

1975
Balthus, peintures, aqaurelles, dessins
Gallerie Arts Anciens, Bevaix, Switzerland

1973
Balthus
Musée Cantini, Marseilles, France

1971
Balthus: Dessins et aquarelles
Galerie Claude Bernard, Paris, France

1969
Balthus
Donald Morris Gallery, Detroit, USA

1968

Balthus: A Retospective Exhibition
Tate Gallery, London, England

1967
Balthus: “La Chambre turque,” “Les Trois Soeurs,” Drawings and Water Colors 1933–1966
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, USA

1966
Balthus
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Akron Art Institute, Akron, OH; University of Minnesota Art Gallery, Minneapolis, MN; University of Iowa, Des Moines, IA; La Jolla Museum of Art, La Jolla, CA; Davidson Art Center, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT; University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Balthus
Galerie Henriette Gomès, Paris, France

Balthus
Musée des Arts Décoratifs. Paris, France

An Exhibition of Balthus Drawings
B. C. Holland Gallery, Chicago, USA

1964
Balthus
The Arts Club of Chicago, USA

Balthus
The New Hayden Gallery,
The Massachusettes Institue of Technology, Cambridge, USA

1963
Drawings by Balthus
E.V. Thaw & Co. New York, USA

1962
Balthus: Paintings 1929–1961
Pierre Matisse Gallery. New York, USA

1958
Balthus
Galleriea d’Arte Gala tea, Turin, Italy

Balthus
Obelisco Gallery, Rome, Italy

1957
Balthus
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, USA

1956
Balthus
The Musuem of Modern Art, New York, USA

Balthus
Gazette des Beaux-Arts (Wildenstein), Paris, France

1949
Balthus
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, USA

1948
Balthus
Galerie Renou-Colle, Paris, France

1946
Balthus: Peintures de 1936 à 1946
Galerie Beaux-Arts (Wildenstein), Paris, France

1943
Exposition Balthus
Galerie Georges Moos, Genève, Switzerland

1939
Balthus: Paintings and Drawings
(Illustrations for “Wuthering Heights”).
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, USA

1938
Balthus
Pierre Matisse Gallery, New York, USA

1934
Balthus
Galerie Pierre, Paris, France

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2016
Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, Paris
Derain, Balthus, Giacometti
JUNE 2 - OCTOBER 29, 2017
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14 July - 16 September 2007

The Balthus Foundation’s fifth annual exhibition since the death of the painter in 2001, echoed the cultural program of the municipality of Rossinière, which included a design competition, on the theme of the cat.

Curated by Stanislas Klossowski de Rola, the eldest son of Balthus, more than 200 works were displayed for nine weeks at the Grand Chalet in Rossinière. Among the paintings, drawings, prints, and sketches, the celebrated Le chat de la Méditerranée (1949) and Le roi des chats (1935) testified to the omnipresence of the feline companion in Balthus's work and life. The cat is already present in his first work, a series of forty drawings made when he was about ten years old, Mitsou, published in 1921 with a foreword by his mother's companion, Rainer Maria Rilke. Along side the two paintings and other studies by Balthus, were a Picasso etching, a drawing by Bonnard, a bronze by Folon, as well as a set of signed works by Théophile-Alexandre Steinen, the artist from Lausanne famous for his posters of the Parisian cabaret Le Chat noir.

Several oil paintings, a mosaic, and other painted objects by Balthus's widow, under her artist name, Setsuko, were also exhibited.

Over 150 objects, mostly from the private collection of the late Antoinette de Watteville, the first wife of Balthus, complemented the artwork, including porcelains, bronzes, antique mechanical figurines, and jewellery from different epochs and cultures.

2 July - 17 September 2006

The fourth exhibition of the Balthus Foundation, curated by Dominique Radrizzani, director of the Musée Jenisch in Vevey, successfully brought many visitors to the Grand Chalet in Rossinière.

The exhibition invited the viewer to reflect on the genius of Balthus as a landscape painter. An impressive series of preparatory studies, watercolours, and drawings hung alongside the celebrated paintings La Bergerie, the two versions of Paysage de Monte Calvello, as well as unfinished canvases. Shown in parallel were works by artists who inspired and nourished Balthus's talent, such as Renaissance drawings, work from Cézanne, Giacometti, and others. The photographs and a film of Harumi Klossowski further enriched the show, adding a contemporary viewpoint. A catalogue with reproductions of the entire exhibition was published.

26 June - 30 October 2005

The third exhibition of the Balthus Foundation was curated by Stanislas Klossowski de Rola, Balthus's eldest son.
The exhibition included nine important sketchbooks and 89 watercolours and drawings, some of which were previously unpublished. This was the first time that much of this work was available to the public, with over two-thirds of the exhibition being shown for the very first time.
An excerpt from a DVD made specifically for the exhibition was screened during the exhibition, inviting the visitor to discover the mysteries of these sketchbooks, a conceptual voyage through the artistic genesis and evolution of Balthus's work.


16 March - 15 June 2006

Les Desseins de Balthus exhibition travelled abroad for two months, visiting the following places:

- 16 March - 13 April 2006 in Munich, Germany
Institut français, under the direction of Monsieur Jean-Philippe Arnould
Palais Seyssel d'Aix, Kaulbachstrasse 13, 80538 München

- 19 April - mid June 2006 in Nîmes, France
Ecole supérieure des beaux-arts de Nîmes, under the direction of Monsieur Dominique Gutherz
Hôtel Rivet, 10 Grand Rue 30033 Nîmes cedex 9

4 July - 3 October 2004

The second exhibition organized by the Balthus Foundation was dedicated to the photography of Henri Cartier-Bresson and Martine Franck, reuniting all their portraits of Balthus, his entourage, and views of his studio. The exhibition was curated by Dominique Radrizzani, director of the Musée Jenisch in Vevey.

In conjunction with the exhibition, the Tourist Office of Rossinière sponsored a design competition, on the theme of the cat, in tribute to the memory of Balthus. The contest continues to be held, detailed information can be found at: www.roideschats.com

21 September - 16 November 2003

The opening of the exhibition, La Jeunesse de Balthus, at the Grand Chalet on 20 September served as a double inauguration, both for the renovation of the famous Grand Salon, as well as the reception for the first in an annual series of thematic exhibitions to be shown there.

Curated by Dominique Radrizzani, director of the Musée Jenisch in Vevey, this exhibition sought to illuminate a lesser known period in the life of Balthus. With previously unseen material, she was able to reconstruct the universe of the artist's formative years. It brought together a series of early paintings and drawings, as well as gouaches and canvases signed by the artist's parents. A selection of illustrated books, letters, photographs, and other original documents were also on view to complement the artwork.

100th BIRTHDAY
29 February 2008
A memorial service held on 29 February, marking the 100th birthday of Balthus, was attended by many friends and relatives of the painter at the Grand Chalet in Rossinière. The highlights of the event were marked by the inauguration of a headstone endowed by Monsieur Léonard Gianadda, President of the Pierre Gianadda Foundation and board member of the Balthus Foundation, as well as a mass celebrated at the Church of Rossinière.

EXHIBITION
16 June – 23 November 2008
To mark the centennial of the birth of Balthus, the Pierre Gianadda Foundation of Martigny [www.gianadda.ch] organized a large retrospective of his work. The exhibition was curated by Jean Clair, former director of the Picasso Museum in Paris and former board member of the Balthus Foundation, as well as Dominique Radrizzani, director of the Musée Jenisch in Vevey and board member of the Balthus Foundation.

CONCERTS
Two concerts were held in honour of Balthus:

-a recital by violinist, Vadim Repin, and pianist, Nikolai Lugansky at the Bâtiment des Forces Motrices in Geneva, on 30 September 2008.

-a recital by pianist, Martha Argerich, accompanied by the Chamber Orchestra of Lausanne, under the direction of Charles Dutoit, a the Church of Saanen on 28 January 2009, marking the end of the centennial year.

BOOK
Published by Editions Noir sur Blanc, in collaboration with the Balthus Foundation, Balthus, portraits privés , is a tribute to the artist through stories, testimonials, and photos from family and friends.

CONFERENCES
A series of conferences about Balthus and his work were organized in collaboration with the Alliance Française in several Swiss cities (Basel, Bern, Fribourg, Geneva and Zurich); speakers included art historian, Camille Viéville, and Dominique Radrizzani, director of the Musée Jenisch in Vevey and board member of the Balthus Foundation.

IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF BALTHUS
A weekend in Rome, from 26-28 September 2008, allowing members of the Circle of Friends to retrace the artist's footsteps in the eternal city.

12 August 2007
Balthus Foundation Tribute Concert at the Church of Château d'Oex, organized by the Menuhin Festival of Gstaad. Flutist, Emmanuel Pahud, and pianist, Eric le Sage, interpreted the works of Claude Bolling, J.S. Bach, Francis Poulenc, and César Franck.


20 August 2007
Concert at the Church of Rossinière for the Friends of the Balthus Foundation, with Khatia Buniatishvili, a young Georgian pianist. The concert was followed by a cocktail reception at the Grand Chalet.


25 September 2004
Concert organized by the Anglo-Suisse Artistic Foundation at the Grand Chalet.


29 August 2004
Open house at the Grand Chalet in celebration of its 250th anniversary.


29 March 2004
Concert at the Church of Saanen in Gestated led by conductor, Riccardo Muti, who directed the Philharmonic Orchestra of La Scala in a tribute to Balthus, with interpretations of works by one of the painter's favourite composers, Mozart. The concert was followed by a dinner created by celebrated chef Anton Mosimann.


19 September 2002
Performance exploring the relationship between Balthus and Rilke, with French actress, Irène Jacob, in Rossinière.


10 May 2002
Private pre-opening reception for the Friends of the Balthus Foundation of the exhibition, Balthus, de Piero della Francesca to Alberto Giacometti, at the Musée Jenisch in Vevey.


20 March 2002
Private viewing for the Friends of the Balthus Foundation of the exhibition, Balthus and Giacometti, at the Fondation de l'Hermitage in Lausanne.


16 February 2002
Amitié à Balthus. An evening with Philippe Noiret, the French actor read selected poems from Contemplations by Victor Hugo.


8,9 September 2001
Open house at the Grand Chalet during Journées du Patrimoine, with over 6,000 visitors.


7 September 2001
Opening of the Balthus retrospective at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice, curated by Jean Clair.


25 August 2001
Concert dedicated to the memory of Balthus, with a performance of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro at the Menuhin Festival of Gstaad.


21 January 2001
Yasmina Reza's play, The Unexpected Man, performed by Philippe Noiret and Catherine Rich.

Inauguration of the Circle of Friends.