2008 "Modern Sleep" Helnwein one man show at Rudolfinum, State Gallery in Prague.
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Los Angeles Times: "Gottfried Helnwein - Dark Inspiration", Lynell George, January, 27, 2008.
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"I Walk Alone" Helnwein one man show at the Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery, San Jose State University.
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Anlässlich des Inzestfalles von Amstetten im April 2008, der weltweit für Aufregung sorgt, schreibt die Sueddeutsche Zeitung:.
"Das Verlies von Amstetten berührt auch etwas im Innersten der Österreicher, ihre dunkle Seite, die sich spiegelt in den Gedichten ihrer Autoren. Und in den Bildern von Gottfried Helnwein, wo Menschen zu sehen sind, denen Gabeln in die Augen gedrückt werden. Oder Mädchen, denen das Blut die Beine herunterläuft. Helnweins Bilder sind Albträume, sie handeln von Verliesen in den Köpfen... ...

Helnwein designs stage and costumes for "Der Ring des Nibelungen" part II, "Siegfried" and "Die Götterdämmerung".
Choreographisches Theater Johann Kresnik, Oper Bonn. ...

2007 Helnwein shows his "Disasters of War" series of paintings (In memory of Francisco de Goya II) at Modernism Gallery in San Francisco..
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Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger receives Helnwein at the State Capitol in Sacramento.
Together they inspect the hanging of Helnwein's Landscape "Death Valley" (2002 - 2006, oil and acrylic on canvas, 120 x 774cm, 48 x 296 inches) in the Governor's Council Room. ...

The Virtual Museum of Art at Second Life opened with a Helnwein retrospective. The VMOA is the first virtual Museum that is dedicated to the lifework of a living artist .
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The Carl Barks Society awards Gottfried Helnwein the "Goose Egg Nugget Award".
In Recognition of Significant Artistic Contributions to the Disney Duck Genre and the Carl Barks Legacy. ...

Ludwig Museum Budapest, Museum of Contemporary Art, „Concept Photography - Dialogues & Attitudes".

Helnwein's works in the exhibition "Rembrandt to Thiebaud: A Decade of Collecting Works on Paper" in the San Francisco Fine Arts Museum.
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One man show at the Fotomuseo -The National Museum of Photography, Bogota.
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Helnwein curates and organizes the retrospective of legendary comic-artist Carl Barks for the Karikaturmuseum Krems in Austria.
Helnwein organized the first Museum exhibition tour of Carl Barks through 10 European Museums, between 1994 and 1998. The show was seen by more than 400 000 people. ...

The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: Helnweins painting "American Prayer" is part of the exhibition "Once upon a Time Walt Disney: The Sources of Inspiration for Disney".
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The Essl Museum of Contemporary Art shows Helnwein works in their anniversary exhibition "Passion for Art - 35 years Essl Museum".
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The governor of Lower Austria Erwin Pröll appoints Helnwein as honorary ambassador of the State of Lower Austria.
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