25 July 2026
Opening Wednesday, 13 May, 6-8pm
Paul Thek
13 May - 25 July 2026
We are proud to announce a new exhibition of Paul Thek at Galerie Buchholz New York, our second solo exhibition since co-representing the estate of the artist. Following our first exhibition which focused exclusively on a cycle of early paintings from 1963-1964, this exhibition brings together newspaper paintings, paintings on canvas, and drawings made between 1969 and 1987 as well as a 1971 sculptural installation and a quilted flag from 1977. At the opening, Andrew Durbin, author of the newly published biography “The Wonderful World That Almost Was: A Life of Peter Hujar and Paul Thek,” and the artists Moyra Davey and Rebecca Quaytman will lead a tour. The exhibition was conceived in collaboration with the Estate of Paul Thek and the Paul Thek Foundation, and runs parallel to an exhibition of Paul Thek’s work at Pace Gallery, along with a group exhibition organized by Andrew Durbin at Ortuzar Projects.
Paul Thek
“Flag (from Processions)”, 1977
sewn fabric
203 x 325 cm
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Untitled (Swimmer), 1969
acrylic and gouache on newspaper
57.5 x 84.5 cm
(framed: 62 x 88.5 cm)
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Untitled (Swimmer), 1969
acrylic and gouache on newspaper
57.5 x 84.5 cm
(framed: 62 x 88.5 cm)
Paul Thek
“Prinsengracht Studio”, 1969
pencil on paper
54 x 75.5 cm
(framed: 66 x 84 cm)
“Prinsengracht Studio”, 1969
pencil on paper
55.8 x 80 cm
(framed: 66 x 84 cm)
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
“Prinsengracht Studio”, 1969
pencil on paper
54 x 75.5 cm
Paul Thek
“Prinsengracht Studio”, 1969
pencil on paper
55.8 x 80 cm
Paul Thek
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Vitrine:
Paul Thek/Edwin Klein
“A Document”
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam / Moderna Museet, Stockholm 1969
Owrps, not paginated, with b/w illustrations,
41 cm x 30.5 cm
Paul Thek
Exhibition broschure Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 1969
Owrps, not paginated, with b/w illustrations
28 cm x 21 cm
Paul Thek
Exhibition poster for Stable Gallery, New York, opening September 19, 1967
offset print (monochrome: red on thin pink tissue)
43.2 x 55.8 cm
(framed: 48 x 60 cm)
Paul Thek/Edwin Klein
Untitled, 1969
photograph
25.5 x 29 cm
(framed: 45.5 x 59 cm)
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Exhibition poster for Stable Gallery, New York, opening September 19, 1967
offset print (monochrome: red on thin pink tissue)
43.2 x 55.8 cm
Paul Thek/Edwin Klein
Untitled, 1969
photograph
25.5 cm x 29 cm
Paul Thek/Edwin Klein
Untitled, 1969
photograph mounted on cardstock
26.5 x 40 cm
Paul Thek
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Untitled (Blue Seascape), 1969
gouache on newspaper
41 x 57 cm
(framed: 46.5 x 63 cm)
Paul Thek
Untitled (view of Scoglio Grosso from Ponza), 1969
gouache on newspaper
41 x 57 cm
(framed: 46.5 x 63 cm)
Paul Thek
Untitled (view of Zannone and Scoglio Grosso from Ponza), 1969
gouache on newspaper
41 x 57 cm
(framed: 46.5 x 63 cm)
Paul Thek
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Untitled (view of Zannone and Scoglio Grosso from Ponza), 1969
gouache on newspaper
41 x 57 cm
(framed: 46.5 x 63 cm)
Paul Thek
Untitled (view of Zannone and Scoglio Grosso from Ponza), 1969
gouache on newspaper
41 x 57 cm
(framed: 46.5 x 63 cm)
Paul Thek
Untitled (view of Zannone and Scoglio Grosso from Ponza), 1969
gouache on newspaper
41 x 57 cm
(framed: 46.5 x 63 cm)
Paul Thek
Untitled (view of Scoglio Grosso from Ponza), 1969
gouache on newspaper
41 x 57 cm
(framed: 46.5 x 63 cm)
Paul Thek
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
“Ponza Agave”, 1975
oil on canvas, in artist’s frame with picture light
50 x 50 cm
(framed: 55 x 55 cm;
as installed with lamp: 65 x 55 x 15 cm)
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Untitled (Red Men by Sea), 1971
7 parts, tempera and oil on newspaper
each 57.5 x 84 cm
(framed each: 66.5 x 91 cm)
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Untitled (Red Men by Sea), 1971
7 parts, tempera and oil on newspaper
each 57.5 x 84 cm
(framed each: 66.5 x 91 cm)
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Untitled (Dragons), 1971
gouache and oil on newspaper
57.5 x 83.5 cm
(framed: 64.2 x 90.5 cm)
Paul Thek
Untitled (Dinosaurs), 1971
wood, steel, glass, cloth, paint, plasticine
80 x 67.9 x 36.8 cm
Untitled (Dinosaur Tail), 1971
diptych, acrylic on oval canvases
each 17.8 x 25.4 cm
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Untitled (Dinosaurs), 1971
wood, steel, glass, cloth, paint, plasticine
80 x 67.9 x 36.8 cm
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Untitled (Dinosaurs), 1971
wood, steel, glass, cloth, paint, plasticine
80 x 67.9 x 36.8 cm
detail
Paul Thek
Untitled (Dinosaurs), 1971
wood, steel, glass, cloth, paint, plasticine
80 x 67.9 x 36.8 cm
detail
Paul Thek
Untitled (Dinosaurs), 1971
wood, steel, glass, cloth, paint, plasticine
80 x 67.9 x 36.8 cm
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Untitled (Dinosaurs), 1971
wood, steel, glass, cloth, paint, plasticine
80 x 67.9 x 36.8 cm
Untitled (Dinosaur Tail), 1971
diptych, acrylic on oval canvases
each 17.8 x 25.4 cm
detail
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Untitled (Dinosaur Tail), 1971
diptych, acrylic on oval canvases
each 17.8 x 25.4 cm
detail
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Untitled (Dinosaur Tail), 1971
diptych, acrylic on oval canvases
each 17.8 x 25.4 cm
detail
Paul Thek
Untitled (Dinosaur Tail), 1971
diptych, acrylic on oval canvases
each 17.8 x 25.4 cm
detail
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Untitled (Dinosaur Tail), 1971
diptych, acrylic on oval canvases
each 17.8 x 25.4 cm
detail
Paul Thek
Untitled (Dinosaur), 1971
gouache and oil on newspaper
57.5 x 84 cm
(framed: 62 x 88.5 cm)
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Untitled (Dinosaur), 1971
gouache and oil on newspaper
57.5 x 84 cm
(framed: 62 x 88.5 cm)
Paul Thek
Untitled (Ponza), 1971
gouache and oil on newspaper
57.5 x 84 cm
(framed: 65 x 91.5 cm)
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Untitled (Ponza), 1971
gouache and oil on newspaper
57.5 x 84 cm
(framed: 65 x 91.5 cm)
Paul Thek
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Untitled (Duck), 1971
gouache and oil on newspaper
57.5 x 84 cm
(framed: 62 x 88.5 cm)
Paul Thek
Untitled (Tomato), 1971
gouache and oil on newspaper
57.5 x 84 cm
(framed: 64 x 90.5 cm)
Paul Thek
Untitled (Cherries), 1971
gouache and oil on newspaper
57.5 x 84 cm
(framed: 64.5 x 91 cm)
Paul Thek
Untitled (Cherry / Volcano Smoke), 1971
gouache, oil and pencil on newspaper
57.5 x 84 cm
(framed: 64 x 90.5 cm)
Paul Thek
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Untitled (Abstraction), 1982
gouache and oil on newspaper
58.5 x 73 cm
(framed: 66.5 x 82 cm)
“Bread and Buttocks”, 1979-1980
oil on canvas, in artist’s frame with picture light
23 x 30.5 cm
(framed: 28 x 34.5 cm;
as installed with lamp: 35 x 34.5 x 20 cm)
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Untitled (Abstraction), 1982
gouache and oil on newspaper
58.5 x 73 cm
(framed: 66.5 x 82 cm)
Paul Thek
“Bread and Buttocks”, 1979-1980
oil on canvas, in artist’s frame with picture light
23 x 30.5 cm
(framed: 28 x 34.5 cm;
as installed with lamp: 35 x 34.5 x 20 cm)
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek (with Ann Wilson)
Untitled, 1973
gouache, collage, ink, crayon on newspaper
48.5 x 65.5 cm
(framed: 55.5 x 72.8 cm)
Paul Thek (with Ann Wilson)
Untitled, 1973
gouache, collage, colored pencil, ink on newspaper
48.5 x 65.5 cm
(framed: 54 x 71.2 cm)
Paul Thek (with Ann Wilson)
Untitled, 1973
gouache, collage, ink, pencil on newspaper
47.5 x 63.5 cm
(framed: 51.5 x 67.5 cm)
Paul Thek (with Ann Wilson)
Untitled, 1973
gouache, collage, gold leaf, ink, colored pencil, crayon on newspaper
47.5 x 64 cm
(framed: 51.5 x 68.2 cm)
Untitled, 1973
gouache, collage, ink, pencil, crayon on newspaper
47.5 x 64.5 cm
(framed: 51.5 x 68.5 cm)
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek (with Ann Wilson)
Untitled, 1973
gouache, collage, gold leaf, ink, colored pencil, crayon on newspaper
47.5 x 64 cm
(framed: 51.5 x 68.2 cm)
Paul Thek (with Ann Wilson)
Untitled, 1973
gouache, collage, ink, pencil, crayon on newspaper
47.5 x 64.5 cm
(framed: 51.5 x 68.5 cm)
Paul Thek
Untitled (Grapes), 1975
lacquer and acrylic on newspaper
57.5 x 84 cm
(framed: 63 x 90 cm)
Untitled (Grapes), 1975
lacquer and acrylic on newspaper
57.5 x 84 cm
(framed: 64.5 x 90.5 cm)
Installation view Galerie Buchholz, New York 2026
Paul Thek
Untitled (Grapes), 1975
lacquer and acrylic on newspaper
57.5 x 84 cm
(framed: 63 x 90 cm)
Paul Thek
Untitled (Grapes), 1975
lacquer and acrylic on newspaper
57.5 x 84 cm
(framed: 64.5 x 90.5 cm)
