Five Words in Green Neon

1963

Cleveland Institute of Art

In 1963 he enrolls at the Cleveland Institute of Art on a scholarship.

1964

A year in Paris and travels through Europe

He spends the following year in Paris and travels throughout Europe and North Africa.

1965

Move to New York

In 1965 he moves to New York and enters the School of Visual Arts, where he studies until 1967.

1967

From student to teacher

Silas Rhodes, the founder and president of the School of Visual Arts, moves Kosuth from the student body onto the faculty; the appointment nearly causes a revolt among instructors, many of whom were irritated by his questioning of basic assumptions. He teaches at the school until 1985.

1967

Founds the Museum of Normal Art

With Christine Kozlov, while both are still students at the School of Visual Arts, he founds the Museum of Normal Art in New York, which gives the first exposure to artists such as Robert Ryman, On Kawara and Hanne Darboven.

1967

The show “Fifteen People Present Their Favorite Book”

At the Lannis Gallery in New York, Kosuth assembles the show “Fifteen People Present Their Favorite Book,” with Robert Morris, Ad Reinhardt, Sol LeWitt, Robert Mangold, Dan Graham, Robert Smithson, Carl Andre, Robert Ryman and other artists.