PIERRE HUYGHE

b. 1962, France

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Pierre Huyghe Biography

Huyghe’s practice spans many media, including live situations, films, objects and drawings. His exhibitions are living organisms, in which interdependent, biotic and abiotic, real and symbolic agents–animals, humans, machines–are co-evolving. Those, indistinguishable, are self-organising in a dynamic and unstable mesh, navigating between necessity and contingency.

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I am more concerned with the different laws of attachment and how that works between different systems of thought or entities; for example, there is no human life without bacteria.

Pierre Huyghe: The Artist as Director

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Works at Esther Schipper

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Of Ideal by Pierre Huyghe contemporary artwork installation

Pierre Huyghe Of Ideal, 2019-ongoing Deep image reconstructions, real-time generated reconstructions, face recognition, screens, sensors, sound
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Minds Eye F by Pierre Huyghe contemporary artwork mixed media

Pierre Huyghe Mind's Eye (F), 2021 Materialized deep image reconstruction, synthetic and biological material aggregate; micro-organisms
100 x 92 x 62 cm
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This is not a Time for Dreaming by Pierre Huyghe contemporary artwork print works on paper

Pierre Huyghe This is not a Time for Dreaming, 2004 Ink jet prints on paper
21.2 x 26.1 cm
22.4 x 27.3 x 2.8 cm (incl frame) Esther Schipper Request Price & Availability

Timekeeper Drill Core Serpentine by Pierre Huyghe contemporary artwork works on paper

Pierre Huyghe Timekeeper (Drill Core), Serpentine, 2019 Paint layers, plasterboard
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Timekeeper Serpentine by Pierre Huyghe contemporary artwork works on paper

Pierre Huyghe Timekeeper (Serpentine), 2019 Pencil on paper
40 x 40 cm
53.5 x 53.5 x 3 cm (incl frame) Esther Schipper Request Price & Availability

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Contemporary art exhibition Group Exhibition Winter 2026 at Esther Schipper Esther Schipper Berlin Germany

Group Exhibition Winter 2026 Esther Schipper 20 January–28 February 2026
Esther Schipper Berlin

Contemporary art exhibition Group Exhibition Esther Schipper in Taipei A SEASONAL POP-UP EXHIBITION at Esther Schipper Taipei

Group Exhibition Esther Schipper in Taipei | A SEASONAL POP-UP EXHIBITION Esther Schipper
Esther Schipper Taipei 19 August–10 September 2021

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Dance for Radium by Pierre Huyghe contemporary artwork photography

Pierre Huyghe Dance for Radium, 2014 7 photographs
58.4 x 41 cm
60.5 x 43 cm (incl frame) Galerie Chantal Crousel Request Price & Availability

Timekeeper by Pierre Huyghe contemporary artwork drawing works on paper

Pierre Huyghe Timekeeper, 2016 Graphite on paper
40.1 x 40.1 cm
52 x 52 cm (incl frame) Marian Goodman Gallery Request Price & Availability

Timekeeper Drill Core MGG 57th St by Pierre Huyghe contemporary artwork painting

Pierre Huyghe Timekeeper Drill Core (MGG 57th St), 2024 Paint, plasterboard
6.3 x 59.4 cm
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Pierre Huyghe Timekeeper, 2016 Graphite on paper
40 x 40 cm
51.8 x 51.8 x 3.2 cm (incl frame) Marian Goodman Gallery Request Price & Availability

Players by Pierre Huyghe contemporary artwork sculpture

Pierre Huyghe Players, 2010 LED, brass, hand controller
23.6 x 17.7 x 23.8 cm
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Pierre Huyghe Timekeeper, 2015 Drawing, pencil on paper
44 x 44 cm
55.9 x 55.9 x 3.2 cm (incl frame) Hauser & Wirth Request Price & Availability

Camata I by Pierre Huyghe contemporary artwork photography

Pierre Huyghe Camata I, 2024 Photograph
30.25 x 42.88 x 1.62 inches
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Camata II by Pierre Huyghe contemporary artwork photography

Pierre Huyghe Camata II, 2024 Photograph
30.25 x 42.88 x 1.62 inches
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Esther Schipper contemporary art gallery in Esther Schipper Berlin Germany

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Galerie Chantal Crousel contemporary art gallery in Paris France

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Hauser Wirth contemporary art gallery in Hong Kong

Hauser & Wirth Zürich +11 locations Follow +

Marian Goodman Gallery contemporary art gallery in New York United States

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Spotlight 8 Exhibitions Not to Miss During Art Basel 2026 Ocula Editors Away from the contemporary art fair, our editors have selected an octet of the must‑see shows in and around Basel, including a look at 19th Century queerness, paintings banned by the Nazis, and Morse code on the drums.

Conversation Agnieszka Kurant Asks Us to Re-Imagine Society Without Exploitation Terry Nguyen The Polish conceptual artist creates “synthetic entities” that call on Western society to think in terms of interdependence and systems in place of the familiarity of capitalist structures.

Spotlight The Best Summer Blockbuster Exhibitions Worldwide The Venice Biennale has been reviewed, the Met Gala’s red carpet walked, and the lake outside Hans Ulrich Obrist’s Serpentine office is almost warm enough for swimming. So what art shall we all see this summer?

News 6 Attention-grabbing Artworks at Frieze Seoul 2023 Sam Gaskin and Annabel Downes There are more than 120 galleries at Frieze Seoul this year. Together they’re presenting hundreds and hundreds of artworks. These six stood out in surprising ways.

News Spiders, Sperm, and Calvin Klein Obsession Co-exist in MIT Show ‘Symbionts’ Sam Gaskin Anicka Yi, Pierre Huyghe, and Jenna Sutela are among the artists interrogating our relationships with non‑humans at the university’s List Visual Arts Center.

Spotlight Art Basel Hong Kong 2022: Advisory Selections Hong Kong’s much‑anticipated edition of Art Basel returns this week, bringing together 130 of the world’s top galleries.

Spotlight / Photolog TEFAF New York 2022: Photos of Five Fantastic Booths Charles Roussel Look inside the booths of five featured galleries: Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Beck & Eggeling International Fine Art, Galeria Mayoral, Galerie Chantal Crousel, and Gladstone Gallery.

News Five Fantastic Booths at TEFAF New York 2022 Ocula News The fair features more than 90 galleries as it finally returns to New York from 6–10 May. We asked Chantal Crousel, Beck & Eggeling, Galeria Mayoral, Gladstone Gallery, and Axel Vervoordt to share what they’re showing and why.

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