Exhibitions
- The Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting, Department of Fine Arts, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, PA, 1955
- XXIX Biennale Internazionale d'Arte, Venice, Italy, 1958
- Vom Bauhaus bis zur Gegenwart, Kunstverein Hamburg, 1967
- Retrospektive, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1980
- Le Siècle de Picasso, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, 1987
- Galerie Biedermann, Munich, 1998
- Kunstmuseum, St. Gallen, Switzerland, 2008
- Tàpies, Image, Body, Pathos, Reykjavik Art Museum, Reykjavik, Iceland, 2012
Public Collections
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
- Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York City
- Tate Gallery, London, UK
- Museo Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
- Guggenheim Museum, New York
- Städel Museum, Frankfurt
- National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland
- Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona
| 1923 | Born in Barcelona, Catalonia |
| 1934 | First attempts of drawing and painting; first contact with contemporary art and literature by reading Catalan magazines |
| 1943 | Studies law at the University in Barcelona, but drops out in 1946. |
| 1947 | First exhibition at the "October Salon" in Barcelona |
| 1950 | First solo exhibition in Barcelona. A scholarship allows Tapies a one-year stay in Paris. |
| 1952 | Participation in the XXVI. Biennale in Venice |
| 1959 | Tàpies represents Spain at the "documenta II" in Kassel. |
| 1963 | Moves to "Calle Zaragoza", Barcelona |
| 1968 | Designs sheets painted with tusche as curtains for the windows of the Capuchin monastery in Sion. |
| 1979 | Appointment as member of the "Akademie der Künste", Berlin |
| 1984 | Foundation of the "Fundacio Antoni Tàpies" in Barcelona |
| 1990 | Opening of the "Fundacio Antoni Tàpies" in Barcelona |
| 2000 | Retrospective at the "Museo Nacional Centro Sofia", Madrid, after that at the "Haus der Kunst", Munich |
| 2012 | Deceased in Barcelona |