2013 Retrospective at the Albertina Museum Vienna .
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2012 October 18 - Opening of 3 Helnwein exhibitions in Mexico City.
FAITH, HOPE AND CHARITY - Solo exhibition at the Museo Nacional de San Carlos
SONG OF THE AURORA, Galería Hilario Galguera
SANTOS INOCENTES, installation and exhibition at the Monumento a la Revolución ...

On Dec 28th Forbes Magazine published an article by Jonathon Keats under the heading: THE TRUE IMPACT OF VIOLENCE ON CHILDHOOD? WHY EVERY AMERICAN OUGHT TO SEE THE PAINTINGS OF GOTTFRIED HELNWEIN.
"Two days after the Sandy Hook school massacre, a survival gear company called Black Dragon Tactical composed a new slogan to promote sales of armored backpack inserts. “Arm the teachers,” the company declared on Facebook. “In the meantime, bulletproof the kids... The question may be political, but the keenest response is to be found in a museum in Mexico City, the Museo Nacional de San Carlos, at a retrospective of paintings and photographs by the Austrian-American artist Gottfried Helnwein. Helnwein’s extraordinary work depicts the fragile innocence of children. Devoid of grown-up sentimentalism, his images can be overwhelming, especially those that show how that innocence falters in an adult world." ...

Documentary Film about Gottfried Helnwein's work for the opera "The Child Dreams".
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2011 INFERNO OF THE INNOCENTS - Helnwein Retrospective at the Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento California..
January 29 through April 24, 2011 ...

Confrontation of the "48 Portraits" by Gerhard Richter and the "48 Portraits" by Gottfried Helnwein as a double-installation in the exhibition "Undeniable me" at Galerie Rudolfinum in Prague.
In 1971/72 Gerhard Richter created an iconic set of paintings depicting 48 men that influenced Modernity, based on the black and white reproductions in encyclopaedias. Exactly 20 years later 1991/92, Gottfried Helnwein replied with the counterpart, also called "48 Portraits" depicting 48 women in monochromatic red. ...

Helnwein moves into a new bigger studio in downtown Los Angeles.
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December 7, 2011 Louisiana Kidd Helnwein was born.
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Thursday, April 7, 5:55 am - Éala Cheyenne Helnwein was born.
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2010 I WAS A CHILD - Solo Show at Friedman Benda, New York.
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The installation "Ninth November Night" presented in Israel.
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For the Israeli Opera Gottfried Helnwein creates a breathtaking and revolutionary new visual realization for the play "The Child Dreams"by Hanoch Levin.
One of the most important productions of the Israeli Opera's 25th anniversary season is the world premiere of the opera The Child Dreams, based on the most poetic and lyric play by the late Hanoch Levin, Israel's greatest playwright. ...

DECADENCE NOW! - VISIONS OF EXCESS! group show at Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague.
With Damien Hirst, David Wojnarowicz, Gilbert and George, Cindy Sherman, Jeff Koons, Joel Peter Witkin, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Matthew Barney, Gottfried Helnwein, Pierre et Gilles, Yasumasa Morimura ...

2009 Friedman Benda Gallery New York represents Gottfried Helnwein .
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Begin of the friendship with Anja Franziska Plaschg.
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"Helnwein - The Silence of Innocence", a Film by Claudia Schmid has been selected for screening at the 24th International Munich Documentary Film Festival.
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Gottfried Helnwein receives the Steiger Art Award.
The Steiger Award honours personalities for directness, openness, humanitarianism and tolerance.
Further prize winners this year were Sir Bob Geldof (music), Maximilian Schell (life’s work), former president of Germany Prof. Dr. Roman Herzog (tolerance), Grand Duchess Maria Teresa of Luxemburg (charity), Veronica Ferres (film), Sir David Frost (media), former prime minister of Italy Romano Prodi and former president of Poland Aleksander Kwasinewski (Europe).
Dr. Antje Vollmer, former speaker of parliament, gave the laudation for Gottfried Helnwein . ...

2008 "Angels Sleeping" Gottfried Helnwein retrospective at Galerie Rudolfinum in Prague.
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Albertina Wien: Kunst nach 70.
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Filming for a documentary about Gottfried Helnwein at at the California State Capitol in Sacramento.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger talks about the art of Gottfried Helnwein. ...