Exhibition History
1919 - Liberal Club, New York
- First known public exhibition
- Exhibition closed prematurely due to controversy over esoteric content
- Featured "Dead Soul" triptych screen featuring Leah Hirsig
1931 - Galerie Neumann-Nierendorf, Berlin
- Most significant exhibition during Crowley's lifetime
- Featured 73 works
- Organized with support from Karl Nierendorf and Werner Alvo von Alvensleben
- Exhibited at PORZA gallery on Budapester Strasse
1998 - "An Old Master: The Art of Aleister Crowley", October Gallery, London
- First major posthumous exhibition
- Featured 41 works from private collections
- Included works from Kenneth Anger and Jimmy Page's collections
- Curated by Hymenaeus Beta
2008 - "Traces du Sacré", Centre Pompidou, Paris
- Included Crowley's painting "The Sun"
- Part of larger exhibition exploring spirituality in modern art
2008 - Exhibition of the Palermo Collection, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
- First public showing of the recently discovered Palermo works
- Curated by Marco Pasi
2012-2014 - "Windows to the Sacred", (National Touring Exhibition)
- Featured key works including "The Sun" (AC389) and "The Moon" (AC390)
- Toured major regional public institutions in Australia including S.H Ervin Gallery (NSW), Mornington Peninsula Regional Gallery (VIC) and Devonport Regional Gallery (TAS).
- curated by Robert Buratti
2013 - "The Nightmare Paintings", (Perth & Sydney)
- Comprehensive showing of the Palermo Collection works (AC389-404)
- First major presentation of Crowley's art in Sydney and Perth.
- curated by Robert Buratti
2017 - Occulture: The Dark Arts, City Gallery Wellington, New Zealand
- Featured key works including "The Sun" (AC389) and "The Moon" (AC390)
- included works by Kenneth Anger, Leo Bensemann, Yin-Ju Chen, Eleanor Cooper, Aleister Crowley, Simon Cuming, Mikala Dwyer, FULGUR, Henry Fuseli, Jason Greig, Curtis Harrington, Dane Mitchell, Rosaleen Norton, Tony Oursler, Fiona Pardington, Lorene Taurerewa, Thomson & Craighead, Brendon Wilkinson
- curated by Aaron Lister
This relatively small number of exhibitions reflects both the limited recognition of Crowley's artistic work during his lifetime and the dispersal of many works into private collections. The significant gap between his death in 1947 and the 1998 London exhibition indicates the period of relative neglect before renewed scholarly interest in his artistic output.
