Global celebrations for Robert Rauschenberg's centenary in 2025
Robert Rauschenberg, who was born on October 22, 1925, in Port Arthur, Texas, and passed away in 2008, will be honored in 2025 for his 100th birthday. The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation has revealed a worldwide initiative featuring exhibitions and events, some of which will continue into 2026, aimed at reinterpreting his contributions. Notable exhibitions include "Robert Rauschenberg’s New York: Pictures from the Real World" at the Museum of the City of New York in fall 2025 and "Robert Rauschenberg: Fabric Works of the 1970s" at the Menil Collection from September 2025 to March 2026. Additional events are set for Munich, Cologne, Madrid, New York, and Paris, along with a complimentary online catalogue raisonné to be released in 2025.
Key facts
- Robert Rauschenberg was born October 22, 1925, in Port Arthur, Texas.
- He died in 2008.
- The Robert Rauschenberg Foundation leads centenary celebrations in 2025, some events extending to 2026.
- Seven major exhibitions are planned: Museum of the City of New York, Menil Collection Houston, Munich and Cologne, Fundación Juan March Madrid, M+ Hong Kong, Kunsthalle Krems.
- miart in Milan in early April 2025 will have a Rauschenberg-inspired theme and talks program.
- Gladstone Gallery New York (May 2025) and Thaddaeus Ropac Paris (October 2025) will host exhibitions.
- Dance events by Trisha Brown Dance Company and Merce Cunningham Trust.
- A free online catalogue raisonné and a book by Yale University Press will be published in 2025.
Entities
Artists
- Robert Rauschenberg
- John Cage
- Merce Cunningham
- Jasper Johns
- Cy Twombly
- Trisha Brown
Institutions
- Robert Rauschenberg Foundation
- Museum of the City of New York
- Menil Collection
- Fundación Juan March
- M+
- Kunsthalle Krems
- miart
- Gladstone Gallery
- Thaddaeus Ropac
- Trisha Brown Dance Company
- Merce Cunningham Trust
- Yale University Press
Locations
- Port Arthur
- Texas
- New York
- Houston
- Munich
- Cologne
- Madrid
- Hong Kong
- Krems
- Austria
- Milan
- Italy
- Paris
- Germany
- United States