Solo exhibitions

• David Goldblatt. Photographers’ Gallery, London, 1974
• David Goldblatt. National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1975
• Photography Place, Sydney, 1975.
• David Goldblatt. Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa, 1977
• David Goldblatt. Market Theatre galleries, Johannesburg, 1978
• Johannesburg Art Gallery, 1983
• Pretoria Art Gallery, Pretoria, 1983
• David Goldblatt. South African National Gallery, Cape Town, 1983
• David Goldblatt. Side Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1985
• David Goldblatt. Photographers’ Gallery, London, 1986
• Photographs from South Africa. Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1998
• David Goldblatt. Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam, 1998
• David Goldblatt. South African National Gallery, Cape Town, 1999
• Structures. Johannesburg Art Gallery, to November 1999
• In Boksburg. Krings-Ernst Galerie, Cologne, October 2001 – January 2002
• Fifty-One Years, Axa Gallery, New York, 2001; Centro Cultural de Belém, Belém, Lisbon, 2002–2003; Johannesburg Art Gallery, 2005; MACBA, Barcelona (organiser), February–May 2002; Witte de With, Rotterdam, 2002; Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, February–March 2003; Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels, April–June 2003; Lenbachhaus, Munich, July–November 2003; Bensusan Museum and Library of Photography, Johannesburg, July–November 2004.
• Krings-Ernst Galerie, Cologne, 2002
• Mostly unseen. Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, 2002
• Intersections. Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, October 2003; Michael Stevenson Gallery, Johannesburg, 2005. museum kunst palast, Düsseldorf, June–August 2005; Camera Austria, Graz, November 2005 – February 2006. Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, March–May 2007; Berkeley Art Museum, July–August 2007.
• Asbestos. Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, October 2003.
• Particulars & Rural South Africa. Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, October–November 2003.
• Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris, 2004.
• David Goldblatt. Galerie des Franciscains, Le Grand Café, Centre d’art contemporain, Saint-Nazaire, November–December 2004
• David Goldblatt. Galería Elba Benítez, Madrid, May–July 2005
• David Goldblatt. Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, 2005
• Rencontres d’Arles, Eglise Sainte-Anne, Arles, 2006
• Some Afrikaners Revisited. Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, October–November 2006
• Hasselblad Award Winner 2006. Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg, November 2006 – January 2007
• Hasselblad Award 2006. Fotografins Hus, Stockholm, February–March 2007
• Photographs. Forma, Centro Internazionale di Fotografia, Milan, June–August 2007
• Südafrikanische Fotografien 1952–2006. Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, March–May 2007
• Selected works. Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris, May–June 2007. Showing the series Particulars
• Winner of Hasselblad Award 2006. Brandts Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, September–November 2007
• David Goldblatt – Photographs of the last decade. Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, 2008
• David Goldblatt. Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, October–December 2008
• David Goldblatt. Museu de Arte Contemporânea (Serralves Foundation), Porto, 2008
• Joburg. Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, 2008
• David Goldblatt. Västeras Konstmuseum, Västerås, 2008
• Intersections Intersected. Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, 2008; Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, December 2008 – February 2009; New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, July–October 2009;Malmö Konsthall, Malmö, February–May 2009; University Museum of Contemporary Art, University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2011
• Fietas. Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, 2009
• In the time of AIDS. Galería Elba Benítez, Madrid, 2009
• In Boksburg. Michael Stevenson Gallery, Cape Town, February–April 2009
• Some Afrikaners revisited. Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein, 2009^]
• Particulars. Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York City, April–June 2010
• South African Photographs: David Goldblatt. Jewish Museum, New York, May–September 2010
• Kith, Kin & Kaya. South African Jewish Museum, Cape Town, 2010
• TJ: Some things old, some things new and some much the same. Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, October–November 2010
• ‘TJ’, 1948–2010. Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris, January–April 2011^]
• Selected works. Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris, January–February 2011

Group exhibitions

• South Africa: the Cordoned Heart, South Africa and the USA, 1986
• Johannesburg Biennial, Johannesburg, 1995
• Contemporary Art from South Africa, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, 1996
• In/Sight, African Photographers, 1940 to the Present. Guggenheim Museum, New York, 1996
• Blank Architecture, Apartheid and After. Rotterdam and Berlin, 1998
• Home. Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 2000
• Rhizomes of Memory, Three South African Photographers. With George Hallett and Santu Mofokeng. Henie Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo, 2000
• Eye-Africa, Revue Noir. Cape Town, Europe and the USA, 2000
• The Short Century – Befreiungsbewegungen in Afrika. Villa Stuck, Munich, 2001
• Haus der Kulturen der Welt im Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, 2001
• Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, 2001
• P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, New York, 200
• Head North. Bildmuseet, Umeå, 2001
• documenta 11. Kassel, 2002
• Shock. Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, 2002
• Strangers: The first ICP triennial of photography and video. International Center of Photography, New York, September–November 2003
• Citigroup Photography Prize 2004. Photographers’ Gallery, London, January–March 2004. With Robert Adams, Peter Fraser and Joel Sternfeld
• Citigroup Photography Prize 2004. museum kunst palast, Düsseldorf, May–August 2004
• Fotografie aus Südafrika. Galerie Christine König, Vienna, May–July 2004. With Santu Mofokeng and Zwelethu Mthethwa
• History, Memory, Society. With Henri Cartier-Bresson and Lee Friedlander. Tate Modern, London, 2004
• Eye Spy: Photography from the Permanent Collection. Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego, USA, September 2004 – January 2005
• Faces in the Crowd – Picturing Modern Life from Manet to Today. Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, 2004–2005
• Faces in the Crowd – Picturing Modern Life from Manet to Today. Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, 2005
• Unsettled: 8 South African photographers. National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen, November 2004 – February 2005
• Afrika Remix. Zeitgenössische Kunst eines Kontinents. museum kunst palast, Düsseldorf, July–November 2004
• Africa Remix. Hayward Gallery, London, February–April 2005
• Africa Remix: l’Art contemporain d’un continent. Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, May–August 2005
• Africa Remix. Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, May–August 2006
• Africa Remix. Moderna Museet, Stockholm, October 2006 – January 2007
• documenta 12. Kassel, June–September 2007
• South African Photography 1950–2010. Johannesburg Art Gallery, 2010
• 29th São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo, September–December 2010. With Moshekwa Langa and Kendell Geers
• 54th Venice Biennale, ILLUMInations, 2011
• An exhibition of Goldblatt’s photographs from the collection held by the Victoria and Albert Museum shown alongside group exhibition Figures & Fictions: Contemporary South African Photography, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2011
• Appropriated Landscapes: Contemporary African Art from the Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm, Germany, 2011–2012
• Revolution vs Revolution, Beirut Art Center, 2012

Awards

• 1987: Hallmark Fellow at the International Design Conference in Aspen (IDCA), Aspen, Colorado
• 1992: Gahan Fellow in Photography at Harvard University
• 1995: Camera Austria Award of the City of Graz for Contemporary Photography
• 2001: Honorary Doctor in Fine Arts, University of Cape Town
• 2006: Hasselblad Award – Hasselblad Foundation International Award in Photography
• 2007: Honorary Doctor of Literature, University of the Witwatersrand
• 2007: Honorary Fellowship of The Royal Photographic Society
• 2009: HCB Award, Henri Cartier-Bresson Foundation
• 2010: Lucie Award, Lifetime Achievement Award, Lucie Foundation
• 2011: Order of Ikhamanga (Silver)(awarded, but declined by Goldblatt in protest over the Protection of State Information Bill)
• 2011: Honorary Doctor of Fine Arts San Francisco Art Institute
• 2013: Infinity Award: Cornell Capa Award for Lifetime Achievement, International Center of Photography, New York City

Collections

Goldblatt’s work is held in the following permanent public collections:

• Durban Art Gallery
• Johannesburg Art Gallery
• University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg
• South African National Gallery, Cape Town
• University of South Africa, Pretoria
• Constitutional Court, Braamfontein, Johannesburg
• Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
• Victoria and Albert Museum, London
• Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
• Fonds national d’art contemporain, Paris
• Barcelona Museum of Contemporary Art, Barcelona
• Photographers’ Gallery, London
• National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen
• National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
• Museum of Modern Art, New York
• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
• Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, San Diego
• Getty Center, Los Angeles

Exhibition History

• 2019: On the Mines, Norval Foundation, Cape Town, South Africa 
• 2018: Photographs: 1948 – 2018, Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, Australia
• 2018: Structures of Dominium and Democracy, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
• 2016: Ex-Offenders, Pace Gallery, New York, USA
• 2015: The Pursuit of Values, Standard Bank Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
• 2014: New Pictures 10: David Goldblatt, Structures of Dominion and Democracy, Perlman Gallery, Minneapolis Institute, USA
• 2014: Structures of Dominion and Democracy, Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris, France
• 2014: Structures of Dominion and Democracy, Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
• 2012: On the Mines, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
• 2011: Intersections Intersected: The Photography of David Goldblatt, Amherst Art Museum, Massachusetts, USA
• 2010: TJ: Some things old, some things new and some much the same, Joburg photographs by David Goldblatt, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
• 2010: South African Photographs: David Goldblatt, Jewish Museum, New York, USA 
• 2010: Kith Kin Khaya, Jewish Museum, Cape Town, South Africa
• 2009: Intersections Intersected: The Photography of David Goldblatt, New Museum, New York, USA
• 2009: Intersections Intersected, Konsthal, Malmö, Sweden
• 2009: In the Time of Aids, Elba Benitez, Madrid, Spain
• 2009: David Goldblatt, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town, South Africa
• 2009: Open Eye, Liverpool, England, UK
• 2008 Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, Holland, Netherlands
• 2008: Intersections Intersected, Fundacao de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
• 2008: Intersections Intersected, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town, South Africa
• 2007: David Goldblatt: Photographs, Fotomuseum Winterthur; Forma – Centro Internazionale di Fotografia in Milan, Milan, Italy
• 2007: Intersections, Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, Holland; Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, California, USA
• 2006: Hasselblad, Hasselblad Center, Göteborg, Sweden
• 2006: David Goldblatt, Rencontres d’Arles, France
• 2006: Some Afrikaners Revisited, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town, South Africa
• 2005: David Goldblatt, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany 
• 2005: Intersections, Michael Stevenson, Cape Town, South Africa
• 2005: Fifty-One Years, A Retrospective, Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
• 2003: David Goldblatt, Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
• 2003: Modern Art, Oxford, England, UK
• 2003: David Goldblatt, Palais de Beaux Arts, Brussels, Germany
• 2002: David Goldblatt, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
• 2002: Fifty-One Years, Witte de With, Rotterdam, Holland, Netherlands
• 2002: Fifty-One Years, Centro Cultural de Belem-Fundacao, Lisbon, Portugal
• 2001: David Goldblatt, AXA Gallery, New York, USA
• 1999: David Goldblatt, South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
• 1998: David Goldblatt, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
• 1998: David Goldblatt, Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam, Holland, Netherlands
• 1986: David Goldblatt, Photographers’ Gallery, London, England, UK
• 1985: David Goldblatt, Side Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, UK
• 1983: David Goldblatt, South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
• 1978: David Goldblatt, Various exhibitions since 1978 at the Market Theatre Galleries, Johannesburg, South Africa
• 1977: David Goldblatt, Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa
• 1975: David Goldblatt, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
• 1974: David Goldblatt, Photographers’ Gallery, London, England, UK