Dan Flavin

1933–1996

Dan Flavin was an American minimalist artist. He is known for creating sculptural objects and installations using commercially available fluorescent light fixtures. His work focuses on the use of light as a primary medium.

Artwork associated with Dan Flavin Image: Dan Flavin, Untitled (To You, Heiner, With Admiration and Affection), 1973. Bavarian State Painting Collections, Collection of Modern Art in the Pinakothek der Moderne. Acquired in 2016 through purchase with funds from the Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne. Photo: Bavarian State Painting Collections, Sibylle Forster. © Estate of Dan Flavin / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
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MOT Collection to Examine Light and Layered Time in Tokyo Image: Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo. Exhibition key visual for ‘MOT Collection: Past Light, Present Sight’, showing Kimio Tsuchiya, Absence, 1992 (photo: Toshiyuki Udagawa); Mami Kosemura, Flowering Plants of the Four Seasons, 2004–06; and Shigeo Toya, Death of the Kiln of the Elephant of the Woods, 1989 (photo: Tadasu Yamamoto).
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MOT Collection to Examine Light and Layered Time in Tokyo

Read full story Tokyo · 22 Aug 2026 [REPORT]
Pinakothek der Moderne’s Between & Beyond examines art and space since 1960, on view to August 2027 Image: Dan Flavin, Untitled (To You, Heiner, With Admiration and Affection), 1973. Bavarian State Painting Collections, Collection of Modern Art in the Pinakothek der Moderne. Acquired in 2016 through purchase with funds from the Art Mentor Foundation Lucerne. Photo: Bavarian State Painting Collections, Sibylle Forster. © Estate of Dan Flavin / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026
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Pinakothek der Moderne’s Between & Beyond examines art and space since 1960, on view to August 2027

Read full story Munich · 10 Aug 2026 [REPORT]

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