Solo Exhibitions
"Dorothea Tanning," New Orleans, 1934.
“Dorothea Tanning,” Galesburg Civic Art League, Galesburg, Illinois, December 1938.
"Dorothea Tanning," Julien Levy Gallery, New York, April 1 - 29, 1944. Brochure with essay by Max Ernst. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning," Caresse Crosby Gallery, Washington, March 15 - April 10, 1945. View Gallery
"Recent Paintings by Dorothea Tanning," Julien Levy Gallery, New York, January 6 - 31, 1948. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning: Paintings," American Contemporary Gallery, Hollywood, California, April 4 - 23, 1949. View Gallery
"Les Sept Périls Spectraux: Lithographies en Couleurs par Dorothea Tanning," Galerie Les Pas Perdus, Paris, October 1950. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning," Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York, January 14 - 31, 1953. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning: Peintures 1949-1954," Galerie Furstenburg, Paris, May 7 - 30, 1954. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning," Arthur Jeffress Gallery, London, February 22 - March 19, 1955.
"Accueil: Dorothea Tanning," Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris, April 1959. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning," Galerie Edouard Loeb, Paris, May 26 - June 13, 1959. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning," Galerie Mouradian & Vallotton, Paris, May 26 - June 13, 1959. View Gallery
"Le Regard Ébloui: Peintures de Dorothea Tanning," presentation of Jean Desvilles' film on Dorothea Tanning, Tours, France, October 14, 1960.
"Dorothea Tanning," Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York, February 23 - March 18, 1961. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning: Dessins en noir et en couleurs," Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris, October 16 - 31, 1961.
"Dorothea Tanning," Galleria Galatea, Turin, 1961.
"Dorothea Tanning," Edward Loeb, Paris, May 1962.
"Dorothea Tanning: Peintures 1959-1962," Galerie Mouradian & Vallotton, Paris, May 15 - June 6, 1962. Catalogue.
"Dorothea Tanning: Bilder, Gouaches, Zeichnungen, 1957-1963," Galerie der Spiegel, Cologne, June 14 - July 30, 1963. Catalogue.
"Personne," Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris, June 26 - July 31, 1963. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning, Bilder, Zeichnungen, Collagen," Amerika Haus, Berlin, February 1964.
"Demain," Galerie Visat, Paris, October 1964.
"Dorothea Tanning," Alexandre Iolas Gallery, New York, February 11 - March 7, 1965. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning," (works on paper), Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris, May 24 - June 15, 1965.
"Dorothea Tanning: Peintures récentes et petites sculptures d'or," Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris, May 24 - June 30, 1966. Catalogue.
"Dorothea Tanning," Galerie d’Art Moderne, Suzanne Feigel, Basel, November 12 - December 31, 1966.
"Dorothea Tanning" (retrospective), Casino Communal, Albert Plage, Knokke-le-Zoute, Belgium, June 24 - August 30, 1967. Catalogue.
"Dorothea Tanning," Galerie Alphonse Chave, Vence, September 26 - October 31, 1967.
"Dorothea Tanning," Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Geneva, March 26 - April 30, 1969. Catalogue.
"Dorothea Tanning: Sculptures, 1969-70," Galerie Le Point Cardinal, Paris, May 26 - June 1970. Catalogue. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning: Sculpture," Galerie Alexandre Iolas, Milan, February 23 - March 18, 1971. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning: opera grafica," Libraria Einaudi, Milan, February 26 - March 1971.
"Autour de La Marée," Dorothea Tanning etchings, Galerie Suzanne Visat, Paris, May 7 - June 4, 1971. View Gallery
"En Chair et En Or," Galerie Editions Georges Visat, Paris, June 4 - 30, 1973. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning: Oeuvre" (retrospective), Centre National d'Art Contemporain, Paris, May 28 - July 8, 1974. Catalogue. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning," Galerie Jan Krugier, Geneva, November 21 - December 21, 1974. Catalogue.
"Dorothea Tanning," Galerie Bel'Art, Stockholm, November - December 1975.
"Dorothea Tanning," Galerie Carneol, Gothenburg, November 4 - December 4, 1977.
"Dorothea Tanning, Drawings, Watercolours and Collages," J.P.L. Fine Arts, London, February 1978.
"Dorothea Tanning: Malningar, Collages, Teckningar, Ochetsningar," Galerie Bel’Art, Stockholm, September 15 - October 8, 1978.
"Dorothea Tanning: Ten Recent Paintings and A Biography," Gimpel and Weitzenhoffer, New York, October 16 - November 15, 1979. Catalogue. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning," Yares Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona, March 30 - April 21, 1980.
"Dorothea Tanning: Works on Paper," Cavaliero Fine Arts, Basel Art Fair, Basel, June 1982.
"Dorothea Tanning: Paintings," Stephen Mazoh Gallery, New York, September 27 - October 29, 1983. Catalogue.
"Dorothea Tanning: Works on Paper," Schlesinger-Boisante Gallery, New York, September 29 - October 29, 1983.
"Dorothea Tanning: On Paper 1948-1986," Kent Fine Art Inc., New York, January 7 - February 7, 1987. Catalogue.
"Dorothea Tanning," Feingarten Galleries, Los Angeles, April 3 - May 31, 1987.
"Dorothea Tanning," Simms Fine Art Gallery, New Orleans, April 11 - May 16, 1987.
"Dorothea Tanning: On Paper," Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston, June 6 - July 8, 1987.
"Dorothea Tanning: Works on Paper," Mangel Gallery, Philadelphia, December 4 - 31, 1987.
"11 Paintings: Dorothea Tanning," Kent Fine Art Inc., New York, May 18 - June 18, 1988. Catalogue. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning: Acts on Paper," Hooks-Epstein Gallery, Houston, January 7 - February 7, 1989.
"Emotions," Stephen Schlesinger Gallery, February - March 1989.
"Projects: Dorothea Tanning" (works on paper), Albany Museum of Art, Albany, Georgia, July 21 - September 3, 1989.
"Between Lives: Dorothea Tanning," Runkel-Hue-Williams, London, September 15 - October 13, 1989. Catalogue.
"Messages: Dorothea Tanning," Nahan Contemporary, New York, March 2 - 31, 1990. Catalogue.
"Dorothea Tanning: Soft Sculpture and Works on Paper," Cavaliero Fine Arts, New York, May 20 - June 19, 1991.
"Con-sequences on Paper," Sedona Museum of Art, Sedona, Arizona, October 1 - November 30, 1991 (extended to January 15, 1992).
"Dorothea Tanning: Hail Delirium!" Print Retrospective, New York Public Library, New York City, May 9 - July 18, 1992. Catalogue raisonné of prints. View Gallery
"Mythic Talk: Paintings-Sculptures," Cavaliero/Navarra Fine Arts, New York, May 12 - June 6, 1992.
"Om Konst Kunde Tala" ("If Art Could Talk"), Painting and Sculpture Retrospective. Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, Sweden, April 3 - May 16, 1993. Catalogue.
"Dorothea Tanning: Works 1942-1992," Camden Arts Centre, London, September 17 - November 21, 1993. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning: Estampes," Association des Amis de Max Ernst, Seillans, July 16 - August 15, 1996.
"Dorothea Tanning: Another Language of Flowers," National Academy of Design, New York, February 17 - 28, 1999. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning: Still in the Studio," Boston University Art Gallery, March 5 - April 11, 1999. Brochure. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning: Flowers," Zabriskie Gallery, New York, November 23, 1999 - January 22, 2000. Brochure.
"Dorothea Tanning: Birthday Grafiken und Bücher," Max-Ernst-Kabinett, Brühl, Germany, August 25 - December 12, 2000. Brochure.
"Dorothea Tanning: Birthday and Beyond," Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, November 24, 2000 - January 7, 2001. Brochure. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning: Prodigal Papers Drawings - Watercolors - Gouaches," La Maison Française, New York University, New York, August 30 - September 28, 2001. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning: Collages, Drawings, Watercolors, and a Sculpture," Zabriskie Gallery, New York, September 6 - October 13, 2001. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning: Insomnias, Paintings from 1954-1965," Kent Gallery, New York, October 21 - December 3, 2005. Catalogue. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning: Beyond the Esplanade: Paintings, Drawings and Prints from 1940 to 1965," Frey Norris Gallery, San Francisco, November 19, 2009 - January 30, 2010; The Armory Show, New York, March 4 - 7, 2010. Catalogue. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning: Early Designs for the Stage," The Drawing Center, New York, April 23 - July 23, 2010. Catalogue.
"Happy Birthday, Dorothea Tanning!" Maison Waldberg, Seillans, France, July 5 - October 30, 2010.
"Zwischen dem Inneren Auge und der Anderen Seite der Tür: Dorothea Tanning Graphiken," Max Ernst Museum, Brühl, August 25, 2010 - January 30, 2011.
"Dorothea Tanning: 100 years – A Tribute," Galerie Bel’Art, Stockholm, August 28 - September 22, 2010.
"Dorothea Tanning: Collages," Alison Jacques Gallery, London, June 29 - July 28, 2012. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning: Unknown but Knowable States," Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco, January 10 - March 2, 2013. Catalogue. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning/Run: Multiples – The Printed Oeuvre," Gallery of Surrealism, New York, March 1 - April 30, 2013.
"Dorothea Tanning: Web of Dreams," Alison Jacques Gallery, London, July 11 - September 27, 2014. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning: Murmurs," Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York, in collaboration with Alison Jacques Gallery, London, May 11 - June 27, 2015. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning: Flower Paintings," Alison Jacques Gallery, London, September 1 - October 1, 2016. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning: Night Shadows," Alison Jacques Gallery, London, October 4 - November 11, 2017.
"Dorothea Tanning: Behind the Door, Another Invisible Door," Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, October 3, 2018 - January 7, 2019; expanded as "Dorothea Tanning," Tate Modern, London, February 26 - June 9, 2019. Catalogue. View Gallery
"Collection Close-Up: The Graphic Work of Dorothea Tanning," The Menil Collection, Houston, June 28 - October 19, 2019. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning: Worlds in Collision," Alison Jacques Gallery, London, January 24 - March 21, 2020. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning: Doesn’t the Paint Say It All?" Kasmin Gallery, New York, March 3 - April 16, 2022. Catalogue. View Gallery
"Dorothea Tanning: Printmaker," Farleys House & Gallery, Chiddingly, East Sussex, April 3 - May 22, 2022. View Gallery
“Dorothea Tanning: Musical Chairs,” Gallery Wendi Norris, San Francisco, March 8 - May 4, 2024. View Gallery
"Encyclopedia: The Late Collages of Dorothea Tanning," Kasmin Gallery, New York, September 4 - October 24, 2024. View Gallery
