SPENCER TUNICK
Born in Middletown, New York, 1967
International Center of Photography (ICP), New York
Lives and works in New York
2024
Brisbane Powerhouse, Melt Fest., Australia
2023
Brisbane Powerhouse, Australia
VB-valokuvakeskuksella, Kuopio, Finland
2022
Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia, in collaboration with Skin Check Champions
Glen Wild, NY
2021
Socle du Monde Biennale, Heart Museum, Herning, Denmark
Arad and Dead Sea, Israel, The Dead Sea Museum
2020
Sky Arts, London, England
2019
Whitsunday Islands, Australia
2018
Bodo Biennale, Bodo, Norway
Melbourne, Australia
2017
Ithaca, NY
Nantucket, MA
2016
MAMBO Museum of Modern Art, Bogota, ColombiaFerens Art Gallery, Hull, UK
Cleveland, Ohio
Dead Sea, Israel
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Nantucket, NY
2015
Garner Arts Center, New York
2014
Woodridge, New York
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2013
Black Rock Desert, Nevada
2012
Bavarian State Opera, Bayerische Staatsoper, Munich
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
2011
Dead Sea, Israel
Gaasbeek Castle, Belgium
2010
The Lowry, Salford and Manchester, UK
2009
Maui, Hawaii
2008
Vienna Kunsthalle, Austria, Ernst-Happel-Stadium
Cork and Dublin, Ireland
2007
University Museum of Arts and Sciences (MUCA), National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), Mexico City, Mexico
The Sagamore, Miami Beach, FL
Greenpeace, Switzerland
Dream Amsterdam Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Museum Kunst Palast Dusseldorf, Germany
Fundación COFF, San Sebastian, Spain
Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber (MACCSI), Caracas, Venezuela
Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon 2005, Lyon, France
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK, in collaboration with BBC Three, UK
Corpus 05, Brugge, Belgium
Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Florent Restaurant, New York (HIV Positive). 10th anniversary commission by POZ
Grand Central Station, New York
The Saatchi Gallery, London, England
Selfridges with the General Assembly, Ltd., London, UK
Institut de Cultura de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Museo de Arte de Contemporaneo, Santiago, Chile
XXV Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Art in General, New York
Helsinki City Art Museum, Helsinki, Finland
ArtBA, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Swiss Expo, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Musee d’Art Contemporain de Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Deptford Town Hall, London, UK.
Melbourne Fringe 2001, Melbourne, Australia
De Beyerd Centrum voor Beeldende Kunst, Breda, The Netherlands
Belluard Bollwerk International (BBI), Fribourg, Switzerland
Le Tribu dell’Arte, Galleria Communale Arte de Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Italy
Galeria Joao Graca, Lisbon, Portugal
Statements, Art 30 Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Vienna Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
Magazin 4, Vorarlberger Kunstverein, Bregenz, Austria
2024
Tide, Brisbane Powerhouse, Brisbane, Australia
2023
Spencer Tunick, VB-valokuvakeskuksella, Kuopio, Finland
Naked Pavement, Garner Art Center, Garnerville, New York
Public Interventions, Reflex Amsterdam, Netherlands
Nudes, ZAC - Zisa Arte Contemporanea, Palermo, Sicily
Desnudos, Centro Niemeyer, Avilés, Asturias, Spain
2010
Everyday People, The Lowry, Manchester, UK
Spencer Tunick: Explorations in Architecture, Hales Gallery. London, United Kingdom
Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
University Museum of Arts and Sciences (MUCA), National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM),
Mexico City, Mexico
Mexico City Museum, Mexico City, Mexico
Spencer Tunick – Serie Ciudades Desnudas: Caracas, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas,
Venezuela
Spencer Tunick: DREAM AMSTERDAM 2007, organized and curated by Jamain Brigitha. Dream
Amsterdam Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
i8 galleri, Reykjavik, Iceland
Museum Kunst Palast Dusseldorf, Germany
Hales Gallery, London, UK
Akureyri Art Museum, Akureyri, Iceland
Brugge Plus, Concetgebouw, Brugge, Belgium
BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
Corpus Ibericim, Kültur Büro Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
RuArts Foundation, Moscow, Russia
Public Works 2001 – 2004, I-20 Gallery, New York
Spencer Tunick, Hales Gallery, London
Manmade and Natural, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, OH
Nude Adrift, Institut de Cultura de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Spencer Tunick, Musee d’Art Contemporain de Montreal, Quebec
Nude Adrift, Hales Gallery, London
Spencer Tunick, Artcore, Toronto
Upstate, Part 1, I-20 Gallery, New York
Spencer Tunick: Nude Adrift, Dinaburg Arts, New York
Studio Miscetti, Rome, Italy
Deptford Town Hall. Curated by Miria Swain and Rawia Edwards. London, UK.
Spencer Tunick/Self. Curated by Elly Stegeman. De Beyerd Centrum voor Beeldende Kunst, Breda,
The Netherlands.
Le Tribu dell’Arte, Galleria Communale Arte de Moderna e Contemporanea, Rome, Italy
Reaction Zone, I-20 Gallery, New York
America Zone, Hales Gallery, London, UK
Galeria Joao Graca, Lisbon, Portugal
Perspective, FIAC 2000, Paris, France
Statements (I-20), Art 30 Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Someplace You Haven’t Been, Art & Public, Geneva, Switzerland
Magazin 4, Vorarlberger Kunstverein, Bregenz, Austria
Naked States, I-20 Gallery, New York
Naked Pavement, Exquisite Corpse, Burlington, Vermont
America Zone, Thicket Gallery, New York
Spencer Tunick, Alleged Gallery, New York
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2024
Winter Salon 2024, Perry Lawson Fine Art, Nyack, NY
2022
Naked Lunch, SPRING/BREAK Art Show, NY
2021
Socle du Monde Biennale, Heart Museum, Herning, Denmark
Emergency on Planet Earth, Centre del Carme Cultura Contemporania,
Valencia, Spain, Collaboration with Vinz Feel Free
2018
Bodo Biennale, Bodo, Norway
Naked Truth: The Nude in Irish Art, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
2017
Socle du Monde Biennale, To Challenge The Earth, The Moon, The Sun & The Stars,
HEART Herning Museum of Contemporary Art, Herning, Denmark
2016
SKIN: Freud, Mueck and Tunick, Ferens Art Gallery, Hull, UK
2010
The Right to Protest, Curated by Raphie Etgar, Museum on the Seam, Jerusalem, IsraelSensational Architecture, Curated by Camilla Boemio, Festa of Architecture,
Auditorium Parco della Musica, Viale Pietro De Coubertin, Rome, Italy
Party! Curated by Deborah Robinson, New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, West Midlands, UK
2009
3rd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, Against exclusion, curated by Jean-Hubert Martin, Moscow, Russia
2008
Bread and Soccer: In the Arena of Art, Curated by Trevor Smith and Jürgen Weishäupl Austrian Cultural
Forum NYC, New York
PEOPLE, curated by Mimmo Scognamiglio, Mimmo Scognamiglio Artecontemporanea. Milan, Italy
Lost Paradise - The Angel’s Gaze, curated by Michael Baumgartner, Zentrum Paul Klee. Bern, Switzerland
2007
Collection of Sylvio Perlstein: Busy Going Crazy, curated by David Rosenberg, La Maison Rouge. Paris,
France
2006
9th Havana Biennale, Wilfredo Lam Center for Contemporary Arts, Havana, Cuba
2005
Joy. Curated by Lara Boubnova and Enrico Lunghi. Casino-Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Biennale d’Art Contemporain de Lyon 2005, Lyon, France
dead kids do nothing, 31GRAND, Brooklyn, NY
Ingenuity, Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland, Cleveland, OH
Contemporary Photography in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction. Curated by Kyle Klewin.
New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, CT
Rite of Assembly, Weinstein Gallery, Minneapolis, MN
2004
Bodily Space: New Obsessions in Figurative Sculpture, curated by Holly Hughes, Albright-Knox Art Gallery,
Buffalo, New York
The Amazing & The Immutable: Selections from the collections of Robert Drapkin and Martin Margulies,
Contemporary Art Museum, Institute for Research in Art, University of South Florida, Tampa, Fl
I Need You, CentrePasquArt, Kunthaus Centre d’art, Biel Bienne, Switzerland
2003
Gli Altri, Gas Art Gallery, Turin, Italy
Agrupémonos Todos (Come Rally), curated by Javier Gonzalez de Durana and Daniel Eguskiza, MARCO,
Museum De Arte Contemporanea de Vigo, Vigo, Spain. Traveled to ARTIUM, Victoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Imagenes de lo publico y lo privado, Galeria Moises Perez de Albeniz, Pamplona, Spain
Project Paradise, Curated by Nina and Torsten Roemer, The Bunker in Alexanderplatz, Berlin, Germany.
10th Annual Watermill Benefit 2003, Watermill Center, Water Mill, NY
World Rehabilitation Fund spring into action Benefit Exhibition, Guggenheim Museum of Art, New York
Lucky Draw 2003, The Sculpture Center, Long Island City, NY
SITE Santa Fe 2003 Benefit Exhibition, Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
Art for Life 2003, Estate of Russell Simmons, Easthampton, NY
2002
The 12th City, XXV Bienal de São Paulo. Curated by Alfons Hug, São Paulo, Brazil.
The Nude in 20th Century Art, Curated by Nils Ohlsen. Kunsthalle in Emden, Germany
20th Anniversary Benefit Exhibition, Art in General, New York
Public-Private: Crossing Boundaries in Contemporary Photography, Curated by Sean Ulmer.
Sluffer Gallery, University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI
Art Downtown: New Photography, Curated by Richard Marshall. Wall Street Rising, New York.
New York in Texas, New Gallery, Dallas, TX.
Sonic Matters, Sonic Kolaborations, Curated by Todd Alden. Alleged Gallery, Los Angeles.
30th Anniversary Exhibition, Carl Schlosberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles
Flesh for Fantasy, Javogue & Ingalls Fine Art, Miami, FL.
2001
New Acquisitions, The Dakis Joannou Foundation Collection, Deste Center for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece
Metamorphosis and Cloning, Curated by Sandra Grant Marchand. Musee d’Art Contemporain de Montreal, Montreal, Quebec
The 1st Bienal de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Input, Museum Kunst Palast, Dusseldorf, Germany
I Love New York, I-20 Gallery, New York
Bienal Fotonoviembre, Curated by Alicia Murrieta Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
Obsessions, University Art Gallery San Diego (UCSD). Curated by Dan Fuller
Naked, curated by Murray Horne. Wood Street Galleries, The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pittsburg, PA
Beyond Origin, curated by Dimitrios Antonitsis, The Hellenic American Union, Athens, Greece
Landscape, De Chiara Stewart Gallery, New York
Benefit for the Association for Community Employment Programs for the Homeless (A.C.E.), Exit Art, New York
White Columns 2001 Benefit Exhibition, White Columns, New York
Luminous Wonders of the Electronic World: New Langton Arts 17th Annual Auction. Curated by Robert Shimshack, New Langton Arts, San Francisco, CA
22nd Annual Benefit of Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA.
Dos Mil Anos Luz (2000 Light), Curated by Angel de la Cruz, Instituto Oscar Dominguez De Arte
Contemporaneo IODAC, The Canary Islands, Spain
Photographing Maine: 1850-2000, Maine Coast Artists, Rockport, Maine
A Cuerpo, Galeria Luis Adelantado, Valenica, Spain
Doctor’s of the World 10th Anniversary Benefit Exhibition, Pier 60, Chelsea Piers, New York
Take Home a Nude, New York Academy of Art, New York
Elbow Room: Manhattan’s Public Spaces in Recent Art, curated by Grady Turner. Kim Foster Gallery, New York
15th Parnu Film Festival, Parnu, Estonia
HBO Documentary Film Festival, New York
Newport Film Festival, Newport, Rhode Island
1999
Back to Nature, Hales Gallery, London
Downtown Arts Festival, Curated by Simon Watson. New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
The Martin Margulies Collection, University of South Florida, Miami
Eksenter (Next Stop), Lofoten Arts Festival, Svolvaer, Norway
The Nude in Contemporary Art, curated by Harry Philbrick and Jessica Hough, The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT
New York, Artnet.com, New York
Artwalk NY, curated by Yvonne Force, The Puck Building, New York
Road Show, curated by Mike Weiss, DFN Gallery, New York
Move 3, New Image Art, Los Angeles
The Coalition Against Censorship, The Warhol Foundation, New York
1999 Benefit Exhibition, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York
1999 Benefit Exhibition, Art in General, New York
Rough Cut, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival, The American Museum of Natural History, New York
1998
Unframed Photo, A Benefit for Community Research Initiative on AIDS (CRIA), LiebmanMagnan, New York
Off the Hook, Luggage Store Gallery, San Francisco, CA
BALTIC, produced by BBC Three and Culture 10, Newcastle Gateshead, UK, 2005
1. BBC Three and Culture 10 (UK), 2005
Positively Naked, directed & produced by Arlene Donnelly Nelson & David Nelson, produced by Helen Hood Scheer, 2004
2. Newport International Film Festival (Newport, R.I.), 2005
3. Silverdocs (Washington, D.C.), 2005
4. Outfest (Los Angeles, CA.), 2005
5. Frame by Frame (New York, New York) 2004
Naked World, directed by Arlene Donnelly Nelson, produced by Juntos Films for HBO Documentaries, 2003
(35 mm film and video, color, black and white, 90 minutes)
1. America Undercover, HBO Documentaries, 2003
2. Tribeca Film Festival, 2003
Naked States, directed by Arlene Donnelly, produced by Juntos Films for HBO Documentaries, 2000
(35mm film and video, color, black and white, 80 minutes)
1. America Undercover, HBO Documentaries, 2001
2. Margaret Meade Film Festival, Museum of Natural History, 2001
3. American Film Institute (“Best Documentary”), 2001
4. Rough Cut, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2001
Martin, Lydia. “Wanted: 800 bare bodies for photo shoot,” The Miami Herald (September 19, 2007)
Tagliabue, John. “Switzerland: Go Naked on a Glacier,” The New York Times (July 19, 2007): p. A8
“Garden of Eden,” Time Out New York (July 5 – 11, 2007): pp. cover (ill), 28 – 29 (ill)
“Baring all,” The New York Times (May 13, 2003): Week in Review, Section 4, p. 2
“Mexico Bares Its Liberal Side, and More,” National Public Radio (May 8, 2007): All Things Considered
“Record Crowd Bares All for Mexico City Photo,” National Public Radio (May 7, 2007): Morning Edition
Enriquez, Sam. “Striking a naked pose in Mexico City,” Los Angeles Times (May 7, 2007)
Newsweek: En Español (May 7, 2007): Arte, pp. 44 – 45 (Mexico)
“20 mil desnudos en el Zocalo,” La Jornada (May 7, 2007): pp. cover, 2 – 4 (Mexico)
Milenio (May 7, 2007): pp. cover, 46 – 49 (Mexico)
The Miami Herald: Mexico Edition (May 7, 2007): pp. cover, 1 – 2
Excelsior (May 7, 2007): pp. cover, Comunidad pp. 1, 6 - 7
Méndez, María Gabriella. “El hombre que desnudó Caracas muestra sus fotos,” El Universal, January 19, 2007 (Venezuela)
2006
Gates, Anita. “Looking at Bodies (and Peeking Into Souls),” The New York Times (December 1, 2006): E22
Lovelace, Carey. “Art Amid the Rubble,” www.artnet.com/magazineus/features/lovelace/lovelace4-12-06.asp
Rohter, Larry. “With a New Leader, Chile Seems to shuck Its Strait Laces,” The New York Times (March 8,
2006): International, A4
Collings, Mathew. “New Type of writing about art,” Modern Painters (March 2006)
Adams, Brooks. “Report From Lyon, Time After Time,” Art in America (February 2006)
Conrad, Peter. “Just lie back and think of Gateshead…” The Observer (January 22, 2006): Review, pp. 20 –21
Higgins, Charlotte. “The naked and the dead cold – all in the name of art,” The Guardian (January 19, 2006):
pp. 20 - 21
2005
Borgeest, Bernhard. “Freikörperkyltur,” Focus (September 17, 2005): pp. 126 – 131.
Bellet, Harry. “A Lyon, 1,493 garcons et filles se mettent a nu sous l’objectif de Spencer Tunick,” Le Monde
(September 13, 2005): Culture, Art, p. 27
Dias, Doriam. “El Famoso Spencer Tunick Se Interesa En Costa Rica,” Artes & Letras, La Nacion, September 1, 2005
(July 18, 2005): p. 7
McCormack, Helen. “The Man who put the Nudes into Newcastle,” The Independent (July 18, 2005): pp. 12 - 13
Whetstone, David. “Getting naked in the name of art,” The Journal (July 18, 2005): front cover, pp. 6 – 7
“Naked City: Spencer Tunick in NewcastleGateshead,” www.bbc.co.uk/bbcthree/tv/naked_city.shtml (July
2005)
Hermans, Evert. “Iedereen wil uit de kleren,” De Standaard (May 9, 2005)
Associated Press. “2,000 brave cold for nude art,” CNN.com, World, front page, May 7, 2005
Time Out Moscow (April 2005)
Bensinger, Ken. “Mexico City, heating up,” Art + Auction, April 2005, p. 125 (ill.)
Erikson, Mathew. “Creating Art From Artifice,” The Hartford Courant, January 13, 2005
2004
Adams, Bruce and Altreuter, William. “Visual Art: The Art of Exposure,” and “naked in central terminal,”
Buffalo Spree (November 2004): pp. 38 - 43
“Nude in Cleveland,” Artnet News, Artnet.com, June 27, 2004
Cohen, David. “Gallery Going,” The New York Sun, Arts & Letters, June 10, 2004
Schwendener, Martha. “New York Critics’ Picks: Spencer Tunick,” artforum.com, May 2004
Maerkle, Andrew. “Photography, Spencer Tunick: Public Works 2001 – 2004,”http://flavorpill.net/mailer/issue205/index.html (May 2004)
Henry, Max. “Gotham Dispatch,” http://artnet.com/magazine/reviews/henry/henry3-19-04.asp
“Artist snaps naked, HIV positive group,” www.cnn.com (Reuters), March 13, 2004
2003
“Heroes and villains: The Year from A to Z,” Telegraph magazine (December 27, 2003)
“All change? 450 naked women lie stationary at Grand Central,” The Independent (October 27, 2003)
Gray, Madison J. Associated Press, October 27, 2003 (Published at nytimes.com, cnn.com,
abcnews.com, bbc.com, newsday.com, etc.)
“Flash Mobs” Beaux Arts Magazine, #233, pgs. 82-87 illus. (October 2003)
Smith, Andrew. “Nude Awakening” Surface Magazine: Annual Avant Guardian Issue, Issue #44:
Surplus page 244 (October 2003)
Laster, Paul. “Naked Ambition” ONEWORLD (October/November 2003) Art
McGowan, Kathleen. “The Art of Persuasion, Why do thousands of volunteers take it off for
Spencer Tunick?” Psychology Today (October 2003)
Wilson, Simon. “Good nudes day” The Royal Academy of Arts Magazine (Autumn 2003)
Anderson, Kurt. Interview with Spencer Tunick. Studio 360, National Public Radio, August 16-17, 2003
“Lo + Caliente: Barcelona se pone en carne viva” Rolling Stone Spain (June 2003) p. 17 (Barcelona)
“Spencer Tunick: Il temoigne de son art par la photo” Photo (June 2003)
“El gran provocador,” Viva: La Revista De Clarin (June 15, 2003)
Lyall, Sarah “He Called, and Naked Came 7,000 Strangers” The New York Times (June 9, 2003)
“Spencer Tunick: Mis instalaciones provocan emociones fuertes,” El Pais (June 6, 2003)
“Spencer Tunick” Tema Celeste 97 (May/June 2003) News & around (Barcelona)
Rimanelli, David. “Entries,” Artforum (Summer 2003): table of contents, 41
“Front Page: Chile’s Man of the Year,” Art in America (March 2003): 35
2002
Horny. H. “Alles bleibt anders: Frohliche Augklarung, klares Profil, kritische Reflexion,” Kurier, November 22, 2002: front page, 12-13. (Austria).
Cowan, James. “Photographer fleshes out plans for new work: Spencer Tunick: Artist hopes 5,000 will disrobe for Toronto shoot,” National Post, October 22, 2002 (Canada)
Martinec, Ivan and Manjujano, Victor M. “Tunick desnuda dl mito de un país pecato, El Mercurio, July 1, 2002: C9 (Santiago de Chile)
Gonzalez, Rodrigo M. “Culturaa Y Espectaculos: Cuatro mil personas posaron para Spencer Tunick,” la Tercera, July 1, 2002: 1, 34 (Santiago de Chile)
Vergara, Carlos. “Tunick: ‘Trae a tus padres y a tus amigos’: Locura y entusiasmo en Santiago por performance de Tunick,” Las Últimas Noticias, June 29, 2002: cover, 2 (Chile)
Basadra, Pablo. “El gran desnudo: Chile al desnudo con Spencer Tunick,” La Nación, July 1, 2002: cover, 36-37 (Santiago de Chile)
Porcelli, John. “Sao Paulo Journal, www.nerve.com (June 2002)
Tunick, Spencer, and Einhorn, Andrew. “Nude Adrift: Buenos Aires,” www.nerve.com, May 23, 2002
“Arte nua e crua se espalha pelo Parque do Ibirapuera,” Diano De S. Paulo, April 28, 2002: cover: (Brazil)
Tunick, Spencer and Bowles, Kristin. “Nude Adrift: Cape Town, South Africa,” www.nerve.com, April 26, 2002
Telemundo (Television Network), April 10, 2002
“Quedaremos Todos Asi?”, La Prensa, April 7, 2002 (Argentina)
Farlekas, Chris. “Flash (bulb) back to resort photos,” Times Herald-Record, January 11, 2001: 11
(Upstate New York)
Bedell, Barbara. “Catskill hotels on exhibit in NYC,” The Times Herald Record, Middletown, NY, Jan 3, 2002
“Artnet News: Tunick Selected Man of the Year in Chile,” www.artnet.com (December 17, 2002)
Hill, Peter. “Flesh Gun” Sydney Morning Herald (November 1-7, 2002)
Blafield, Ville. “Lahes 2000 rissuutui alastonmaksi Helsinkgissa,” Ilta-Sanomat, August 19, 2002: cover, 11
“Havis Amanda sai alastonta seuraa,” Helsinki Sanomat, August 19, 2002: cover, B1:Culture
Goecke, Yasmin Espinoza. “Nude Adift: Chile,” www.nerve.com, August 2, 2002
“Simplemente, espectacular: Casi 4.000 personas posaron para Tunick, Marambio, Fernando.”
Spencer Tunick: ‘Los chilenos estaban m emocionados,’” Editorial. Las Últimas Noticias, July 1, 2002: cover 2-5 (Santiago de Chile)
“Lawsuit Threatened for Argentina Nudes,” www.artnet.com/magazine, April 23, 2002
Krockenberger, Mike. “Bare Essentials on the Population Debate,” habitat: Australia Conservation
Foundation (April 2002): cover, 10-12 (Australia)
Libedinksy, Juana. “Es arte los desnudos del Obelisco? A raiz de las fotografias de Tunick: El debate sobre si se considera arte los desnudos en el Obelisco,” La Nacion, April 9, 2002: 1, 10 (Argentina)
Libedinsky, Juana. “El Obelisco, escenario de un arte nudista: Fueron 450 voluntarios a la convocatia de Spencer Tunick,” La Nacion, April 7, 2002: Cultura
Gentile, Laura and Battistozzi, Ana Maria. “Desnudos para la foto, de Madrugada y en la 9 de Julio,” Clarin, April 7, 2002: 46 (Argentina)
Libedinsky, Juana. “Un artista de EE.UU. fotografiará desnudos al pie del Obelisco,” La Nacion, April 3, 2002: Cultura (Argentina)
“Photography: Spencer Tunick,” The New Yorker, January 28, 2002
Robinson, Walter. “Weekend Update,” www.artnet.com/magazine (January 7, 2002)
Hunt, David. “Spencer Tunick: Scopes,” www.nerve.com
foto grafia: 1st Festival Internazionale di Roma. Text by Tiziano Scarpa, Diego Mormorio, Cristiana Perrea and Antonio Arevalo. Rome, Italy: Bruno Mondadori, 2002 (illus. 139) (Group exhibition catalogue)
2001
Sorensen, Marlene. “Cheek to Cheek,” Script (December 2001): Cover, 4-6 (UK)
Zonneveldt, Mandi. “4000 bare their art for naked city,” Herald Sun, October 8, 2001: cover, 30, 90
(Melbourne, Australia)
Safe, Georgina. “Starkers in the city,” The Australian, October 8, 2001: 11 (Australia)
Pleau, Marcel. “Metastases et babillage” La nudite urbaine: Spencer Tunick a Montreal,” RG (July 2001)
Cover, 22-27
Rodrik, Philippe. “Pour l’amour de l’art, Fribourg se denude a l’aube,” Tribune de Geneve, July 9, 2001:
cover, 10 (Switzerland)
Sterchi, Jacques. “Au Bellaurd, l’art mobilize le public,” La Liberte, July 9, 2001:12 (Fribourg, Swtizerland)
Peclet, Jean-Claude. “Les corps se devoilent a l’aube,” Le Temps, July 9. 2001: cover, 32 (Geneva)
Donze, Vincent. “5 h du mat’, Fribourg se met a nu,” Le Matin, cover, 2-3 (Geneva)
Welti, Philippe. “Die Invasion der Nackten: 415 Nackte lagen ihm zu Fussen,” Blick, July 9, 2001: cover, 3
(Switzerland)
A.P. “Bare Art,” Bankok Post, July 9, 2001 (Thailand)
Attention, il debarque au Musee d’art contemporain a la fin de mai,” Elle Quebec (June 2001): 55-56
Essel, Zeno van and Samuel Keller, “Kunst ist nicht so Ernst, wie viele glauben (an interview with Samuel
Keller, director, Art Basel) cross talk from Cross Air (June 2001): 50-55 (Switzerland)
Rezzonico, Philippe. “Tunick Sait Metree a Nu,” Le Journal de Montreal, June 2, 2001: 15 (Montreal)
Dussault, Jerome. “Une exposition qui met a l’epreuve l’ouverture d’espirit des Quebecois,” Le Journal de
Montreal, June 15, 2001: 5 (Montreal)
“Tout le monde tout nu,” L’actualite, June 1, 2001: Vol 26, No.9 (Montreal)
Clements, Warren. “The bare facts about nudity,” The Globe and Mail, May 30, 2001: R2
Berube, Stephanie. “Spencer Tunick fait (encore) des vagues,” La Presse, May 29, 2001: C1 (Montreal)
Petrowski, Nathalie. “Naked City,” La Press, May 29, 2001: C3 (Montreal)
Honey, Kim. “Gettting naked for art’s sake,” The Globe and Mail, May 28, 2001:A1-8 (Toronto)
“Freikorperkultur,” Berliner Zeitung, May 28, 2001 (Germany)
Lagace, Patrick. “Tunick a trouve les 2,253 tout nus faciles a diriger,” Le Journal de Montreal,
May 27, 2001: 4
Agace, Patrick. “Tout l’monde tout nu!” Le Journal de Montreal, May 26, 2001:4
Dussault, Jerome. “Photographe demande tout nus pour posterite!” Le Journale de Montreal,
May 25, 2001: 3
Honey, Kim. “Artist brings new meaning to body of work,” The Globe and Mail, May 25, 2001
Villani, John Carlos. “New Yorker use bodies to ‘paint’ landscapes,” The Arizona Republic, May 12, 2001;
www.artzonarepublic.com, May 17, 2001
”Spencer Tunick presentera ses photos de nus urbains a Montreal,” Le Journal de Montreal,
May 6, 2001: 20
Interview. The Jay Leno Show, April 30, 2001
Schwarz, Geraldine. “Nudi a piazza Navona per un clic d’autore: La performance del totografo Tunick,”
La Republica, April 29, 2001: 25 (Italy)
Consalvi, Germana. “E il fotografo mise a nudo piazza Navona,” Il Messaggero, April 29, 2001: 29 (Italy)
“La Provovazione: Bydu oer l’arte a piazza Navona appuntamento con Tunick,” La Repubblica Roma,
April 27, 2001: cover (Italy)
Honey, Kim “Taunting the body politic,” The Globe and Mail, April 21, 2001: R3. (Canada)
Lasswell, Mark. “Naked Ambition,” TV Guide, April 7-13. 2001: 28-30
Joseph, Alli. “National exposure: “Naked” profiles unusual photog,” New York Daily News, April 6, 2001: 144
Collins, Monica. “HBO’s ‘Naked States’ uncovers American’s attitudes about their bodies,” Boston Herald,
April 5, 2001
Oates, David. “Queens Uncovered: Artist reveals the naked truth about the naked city,” Queens Courier,
April 4-10, 2001: 37-38
Ward, Ossian. “Art Photo: Spencer Tunick’s nude audience interactions,” ArtReview (October 2001):
72-75 (UK)
Rojek, Saveria. Interview: “Nus comme des sculptures,” Paris Match, October 11, 2001: 10
Hoppe, Ralf. “Aubziehen, Bitte: Die nackte Kunste des US-Fotografen Spencer Tunick,”
Spiegel: Kultur (August 2001): cover, 6-11 (Germany)
Falconnier, Isabelle. “Bellaurd: Tout nus pour Spencer Tunick: Les foules nues du photographe
Spencer Tunick choquent autant qu’elles fascinent. Le New-Yorkais investit le Festival de Fribourg.
Entretien.” www.hebdo.ch (Switzerland)
Zehnder-Jorg, Silvia. “Vierhundert Aktmodelle fur Spencer Tunick,” Freiburger Nachrichten, July 9, 2001: 3
(Switzerland)
Fehlmann, Laura. “Nackte Kunst im Morgengrauen,” Berner Zeitung, July 9, 2001: 20, 26 (Switzerland); www.bernerzeitung.ch
Heer, Frank. “Kunstaktion: Schweizer Freiwillege gesucht,” Facts (June 2001): cover, 130-135 (Switzerland)
“News and Around: New Deste Acquisitions,” tema celeste contemporary art (May-June 2001)
Bahrampour, Tara. “Metro Briefing. Manhattan: Photographer Wins Settlement,” New York Times, May 10, 2001: B6
Oliva, Achille Bonito. “Corpi vivi e pulsanti sotto le statue barocche,” La Repubblica, April 29, 2001: 25 (Italy)
Flatley, Kate. “Review: Brash, Bold and Naked,” The Wall Street Journal: Weekend Journal, April 6, 2001 “Naked States,” Time Out New York, April 5-12, 2001
Sweet, Matthew. “Public Exposure: Why everybody wants to be photographed naked: The Independent Magazine, February 17, 2001: cover story: 11-16 (UK)
“Spencer Tunick: The Strawberry Fields Performance,” Gotham Television, Metro Channel, New York,February 25, 27, March 3, 2001
Buck, Louisa. “Louisa Buck’s choice of London contemporary galleries: German heavy-weights at D’Offayand Gagosian; Painted interior worlds at Interim and Sadie Coles, and bodily photography at Hales andWhite Cube,” The Art Newspaper (January 2001): 50-51
Gleeson, David. “Spencer Tunick: Hales South. Time Out London, January 9-15, 2001: 41
Folkes, Toure. “Not Your Average Ass Nakedness: An Interview with Spencer Tunick –Part 1,”
Volume.com/lifestyles, January 10, 2001
2000
McCaffrey, Richard. Liquid News, BBC Television, December 2000
Morche, Patricia. “Schmieg dich an mich,” Die Ziet, January 13, 2000 (Germany)
Morris, Samantha. “Naked in New York: Spencer Tunick shows his artistic streak,” Black + White
(October 2000): 18 (Australia)
Dolan, Diedre. “Still life, with lots of nudes: Spencer Tunick has fought for his right to bare subject matter,”
National Post, June 14, 2000: Arts Life: B1 (Canada)
O’Brien, Jerry. “He photographs hudes, they revel in exposure: Spencer Tunick gets dozens of models toshare their clothes on Sachuest Beach for ‘an emotional experience,’” Providence Journal, June 10, 2000: A-1, A-10.
Gillis, James J. “Film Buffs: Photographer snaps nudes at Sachust Beach,” Newport Daily News,
une 9, 2000: A1, A10
Staff Writer. “An invitation to bare it all in Middletown for art’s sake: At dawn, New York artist Spencer Tunick will photograph a naked group at Sachuest Point as part of his states project,” Providence Journal, June 9, 2000: A-1, A-13.
Mallon, Ian. “Let’s Get Naked,” The Star, June 6, 2000: 22 (Ireland).
“Mass Disrobing in the Name of Art,” San Francisco Chronicle, June 5, 2000: A7 Carpio, Francisco. ‘Paseo por el lado salvaje e inofensivo,” Caballo Verde, February 11, 2000: 38 (Spain)
Judelson, Paul. Interview. BBC Belfast. Jan 16, 2000 (N. Ireland)
Reuters (Dublin). “Artist wants nudes to line Historic Street,” Jan 14, 2000
Jimyoung, Kim. “Spencer Tunick’s Photo show at I-20 Gallery,” Chosun Ilbo, Vol 10, December 19, 2000: 20 (Korea)
Mahoney, Robert. Review. Time Out New York (December 7-14, 2000): 67
Friedman, Glen E. “Naked Guerilla,” Super X Media (Issue 4.1.2, 2000): 3-10 (Japan)
Plesniak, Marciek. “Spencer Tunick @ I-20,” New York DVD, 2000
Rato, Vanessa. “Mais fortex que tudo: Spencer Tunick poe a nu formas de totalitarismo. Os sues modelos falam de uma sensacao libertaria. Fotografias expostas em Lisboa. Artes Plasticas, November 18, 2000: 28 (Portugal)
Moorstedt, Tobias. “Dein Korper ist kein Sex-und Fitnessgerat: Der New Yorker Spencer Tunick schafft Korperskulpturen aus hunderten von nackten Menschen, die er in der Natur oder mitten in der Stadt fotografiert, die Tageszeitung, October 18, 2000: 14 (Germany)
“Gallery Focus,” Arconoticias (No.18, September 2000): 72-73 (Spain)
Lebowitz, Cathy. “Another Tunick Reprieve,” Art in America (September 2000): 35
Friedman, Glen E. “Naked Guerilla,” Super X Media (Issue 4.1.2, 2000): 3-8
Artnet News. “Tunick Triumphs,” artnet.com/magazine, June 7, 2000
Dewan, Shaila K. “Live! Nude! And Legal! Artist Gets His Naked Photo,” New York Times, June 5, 2000 (The Metro Section)
Gest, Emily. “Many moons later, nude photo snapped,” New York Daily News, June 5, 2000: 23
The Associated Press. “Naked Freedom: 150 disrobe under bridge,” New York Newsday, June 5, 2000: A8
The Associated Press. “Mass Nude Photo Shoot in New York, news, excite.com, June 5, 2000
A.P. “People bare all for N.Y. artist: Photographer wins right to stage shoot,” Sun-Sentinel (Palm Beach edition), June 5, 2000
New York 1 News, June 5, 2000
Forde, Benjamin (Ed.), “Spencer Tunick: Krystl,” Art Contemporary (Spring-Summer 2000): 28 (Santa Fe)
Sullivan, John. “Court Rules Nude Photo Can Be Taken On the Street,” New York Times, May 20, 2000: B4
Bernstein, Andrea. “Mayor’s Rivals Make Fortune on Lawsuits Lodged Against City: Emery, Siegel, Kuby Pocketing Mammoth Fees on First Amendment Suits,” New York Observer, May 22, 2000: 1, 11
“Court Declines to Clarify Law in Nude Photo Case,” The New York Times, May 14, 2000: Metro Section
“State court dodges nude shoot issue,” The Associated Press, May 13, 2000
Politi, Giancarlo (Ed.), “Spencer Tunick,” Inter Vista (April-May 2000): 8-9
Editorial, “Common Sense Prevails on the Museum” New York Times, March 29, 2000: A24
Feuer, Alan and Christopher Drew. “Giuliani Dropping His Bitter Battle with Art Museum: Both sides to end suits, Mayor Agrees to Halt Funds and Evict Institution in Brooklyn,” and “Suits Against City Burden Courts, Judges Say: Worries that free-speech suits force the courts to make licensing decisions.” New York Times, March 28, 2000: A1 and B4.
Dunleavy, Steve. “Nude-pix ruling bares judge’s incompetence,” New York Post, March 29, 2000: 14
Hamblett, Mark. “Review Requested of NYS Public Nudity Law,” New York Law Journal on law.com, March 28, 2000
“Spencer Tunick,” Aktivist (No.1, 2000): 8-13 (St. Petersburg, Russia)
Adams, Brooks and Lisa Liebman. “Sometimes It Does Take a Village,” Trans 6 (1999): 178
Grachos (Ed.), Louis. Site Santa Fe 1999-2000: A Report: 28-29
Lebowitz, Cathy. “Artist Fights Back” from “Front Page: Art Under Siege in New York,” Art in America (November 1999): 37-41
Dwyer, Jim. “Is art or Rudy crusade uglier?” New York Daily News, September 28, 1999
Watson, Simon. “Downtown Arts Festival. Performed Sculpture: 90s Goes ‘60s,” Simon Says, September 8-30, 1999: 16-17
Tunick, Spencer. Interview. National Public Radio, August 28, 1999
Levine, Hallie. “Controlling Cameraman: Spencer Tunick uses nude photo First Amendment fray to fight Mayor Giuliani,” New York Post, August 23, 1999: 24
Turner, Grady. “Abstracted Flesh: Pop, Culture, Sex and the Body in Abstract Art,“ Flash Art (January-February 1999): 66-69
“Spencer Tunick.” E!, November 6, 9, 10, 1999
Saltz, Jerry. “No Sex Please,” artnet.com/magazine/feature, August 12, 1999
Getlen, Larry. “Naked in New York: Spencer Tunick’s living sculptures land him in the pokey,” GettingIt.com., November 15, 1999
“Getting Naked with Spencer Tunick,” City NY (May-June 1999): Contents, 86-90
Suter, Martin. “Tunicks Akte mit den Nackten,” Sonntags Zeitung, May 30, 1999 (Switzerland)
Boivin, Marie-Sohpin. “L’Art de Mettre A Nu,” Jalousie (July-August 1999): 92-95 (France)
Turner, Grady. “News,” Artnet.com (June 1999)
Alexander, Jordan. “Over Exposure,” Juxtapoz (July-August 1999): 88
Baptista, Greyza. “Nueva York al desnudo,” Tiempos del Mundo, September 9, 1999: A7 (New York)
“Festival: Strip Seach.” New York Magazine, November 15, 1999: 91
Maricino, Maria. “Getting Naked with Spencer Tunick” (Interview). City NY (May-June 1999)
Brey, Dagnini. “amerca nuda,” Italian Elle (July 1999): contents, 82-88
Gelman, Rafael. “Arte datos: Poses Desnudas,” Panorama, December 12, 1999: 3-3 (Venezuela)
Rochebouet, Beatrice de. “Insolente Consecration: Arrivee en force des galeries new-yorkaises, avec une percee de L’Asie et de l’Amerique latine. Demarrage en fleche des ventes,” Le Figaro, June 18, 1999: 26 (France)
Suter, Martin. “Tunicks Akte mit den Nackten,” Sonntags Zeitung, May 30, 1999: 63 (Switzerland)
Miessgang, Thomas. “Gib Mir Deinen Korper,” Wiener (October 1999): 93-97 (Austria)
Roschitz, Karlheinz. “300 Nackedeis kamen,” Neue Kronen Zeitung, October 11, 1999: 22 (Austria)
The Yomiuri America, September 24, 1999
“Un Salario Original,” El Pais, June 21, 1999 (Spain)
Erlach, Hans Uli von. “Nackter Morgenstreich,” Sonntags Blick, June 20, 1999: 43 (Switzerland)
Meier, Jurg M. “Vom ‘Museum auf Zeit’ zum Kultur-Event,” Aargauer Zeitung, June 17, 1999: 12 (Switzerland)
Lin-Liu, Jen. “Newsmakers: Flesh Flood,” Newsweek.com, October 5, 1999
Wadler, Joyce. “Assemble 150 Nudes. Don’t Forget Permit,” New York Times, April 30,1999: B3
Nauman, William. “Overexposure gets shutterbug tossed in can,” New York Post, April 26, 1999: 7
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“Akte, uber dei Strasse huschend,” Der Standard, October 11, 1999: cover, 13 (Austria)
“300 Nackte im Morgengrauen,” Wiener Zeitung, October 11, 1999: cover (Austria)
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“He Stands Baer Before the World (Editorial),” New York Post, July 20, 1999
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SOLO EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
Spencer Tunick. Akureyri, Iceland: Akureyri Art Museum, 2006
Spencer Tunick. Gateshead, UK: BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, 2006
Spencer Tunick: Nude Adrift. Text by Perez Rubio. Barcelona, Spain: Augustin Institut
de Cultura: La Virreina Expocicions, 2003
Spencer Tunick/Self. Text by Elly Stegeman. Breda, The Netherlands: De Beyerd Contemporary
Art Center, 2001
Spencer Tunick: Reaction Zone. Text by Lisa Liebmann. New York: I-20 Gallery, 2000
Spencer Tunick: Statements: Art 30 Basel. New York: I-20 Gallery, 1999
Spencer Tunick: Naked States. Text by Paul Judelson. New York: I-20 Gallery, 1998
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION CATALOGUES
Quadriennale 06: Art City Düsseldorf, Germany 2006
Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France, 2005
The Amazing & The Immutable: Selections from the collections of Robert Drapkin and Martin Margulies. Test by Margaret A. Miller, Amy Ingrid Schlegel, Noel Smith, Roger Kingston, and Virginia Heckert. Contemporary Art Museum, Institute for Research in Art, University of South Florida, Tampa, Fl, 2004
I Need You. Text by Bernhard Bischoff, Dolores Denaro, Beate Engel, and Caroline Nicod. CentrePasquArt, Kunthaus Centre d’art, Biel Bienne, Switzerland, 2004
Agrupémonos Todos, MARCO, Museum De Arte Contemporanea de Vigo/ ARTIUM, Spain, 2003 (brochure)
Project Paradise. Berlin, German: The Bunker in Alexanderplatz, 2003
10th Annual Watermill Benefit 2003, Watermill, Long Island: Watermill Center, 2003
The 1st Valencia Biennial: Communication Between the Arts. Text by Luigi Settembrini, 10 Jahre Kunsthalle Wien. Text by Gerald Matt and Sabine Folie. Vienna, Austria: Vienna Kunsthalle, 2002 (illus. 27)
El arte que Viene/The Art to Come. Text by Paco Barragán. Madrid, Spain: Subastas Sigle XX1, 2002
Cidades: 25th Bienal de São Paulo: Iconografias Metropolitanas. Text by Carlos Bratke, Alfons Hug, Ticio Escobar, Boris Groys and Lydia Haustein. São Paulo, Brazil: Fundação Bienal de São Paulo, 2002 (Illus. 368-371)
Fernando Castro Florez and Achille Bonito Oliva. Valencia, Spain: Generalitat Valenciana, 2001: (illus.189)
Metamorphorses et Clondge (Metamorphasis and Cloning). Text by Sandra Grant-Marchand, Jean-Ernest Joos and Veronique Lefebvre. Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Musée d’Art contemporain de Montréal, 2001 (Illus. 10, 42-43)
Naked: The Naked Body in Contemporary Video, Photography and Performance. Text by Murray Horne and Eleanor Heartney. Pittsburgh, PA: Wood Street Galleries: A Project of the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, 2001: (illus. 32-33)
Eksenter (Next Stop), Svolvaer, Norway: Lofoten Arts Festival, 1999
Art 30 Basel. Text by Harald Szeemann. Basel, Switzerland: Messe Basel, 1999: (Illus.566)