Between 1985 and 2002 Lauter curated amongst others the exhibitions: Carl Andre: Extraneous roots, Frankfurt (1991); Neo Rauch, Jürgen Ponto-Stiftung / Dresdner Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main (1993); Views from Abroad: European Perspectives on American Art, Whitney Museum, New York & Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt (1996/97); Alighiero Boetti: Mettere al Mondo il Mondo, Frankfurt (1998); Bill Viola: A 25 Year Survey Exhibition, Frankfurt (1999); Dan Flavin: Two Primary Series and one Secondary, Frankfurt (1999); Eric Fischl: A Travel of Romance, Frankfurt (2000); Lucian Freud: Naked Portraits, Frankfurt 2000/2001); Jeff Wall: Figures and Places, Frankfurt (2001).