Emilio Vedova and Rolf Wedewer working on the exhibition at Leverkusen, Venice, 1981. Ph Fabrizio Gazzarri, Milan

1981

Mounts first large retrospective in Germany of only juvenile/early works – "Das zeichnerische Frühwerk 1935/1950" – at the Schloss Morsbroich Museum in Leverkusen, curated by Rolf Wedewer.
This is followed by another big retrospective, with new installations of the Plurimi, "Vedova - Compresenze 1946/81", curated da Giulio Carlo Argan and Maurizio Calvesi at the Palazzo dei Congressi in San Marino.
Another solo show at the Van Abbe Museum in Eindhoven, Netherlands, curated by Rudi Fuchs, "Vedova – 1960s-1980s", with the Berlin Plurimi among the exhibits.