International Art Galleries is the first book to examine the modern gallery phenomenon, offering over seventy-five portraits of art galleries from around the world. The galleries profiled have represented the finest artists of the last sixty years and have played a key role in defining the artistic zeitgeist. Organized decade-by-decade, each chapter is introduced by a brief historical sketch summarizing the social background of the decade in question. The galleries, which are assigned to the eras in which they enjoyed their greatest influence with the public, are introduced by a factual section detailing their foundation, proprietor, address and the artists represented, followed by a lively illustrated essay.

 Art galleries have been, and continue to be, enormously influential in the aesthetic discourse of the modern age.They have launched the careers of the era's most celebrated artists, and breathed life into some of its most important artistic movements. The Leo Castelli Gallery, for example, spearheaded American Pop Art.Many of the artists from the New York School, including Mark Rothko, Robert Motherwell and Clyfford Still, had their first solo exhibitions at the Guggenheim Jeune.And what would the Fluxus movement have been without the commitment of Rene Block's gallery?

 International Art Galleries is the first book to examine the modern gallery phenomenon, offering over seventy-five portraits of art galleries from around the world. The galleries profiled have represented the finest artists of the last sixty years and have played a key role in defining the artistic zeitgeist. Organized decade-by-decade, each chapter is introduced by a brief historical sketch summarizing the social background of the decade in question. The galleries, which are assigned to the eras in which they enjoyed their greatest influence with the public, are introduced by a factual section detailing their foundation, proprietor, address and the artists represented, followed by a lively illustrated essay.

 Lavishly illustrated throughout with photographs of artists, dealers and art world luminaries, this comprehensive history of the modern gallery system offers an intriguing and engaging new slant on the development of art since 1945.

Preface

Money Makes the Art World Go Round - A Fragment

The 1940s and 1950s

Angst and Over-exuberance

Art of This Century, New York

Galerie Beyeler, Basel

Galerie Iris Clert, Paris

Galerie Der Spiegel, Cologne

Galerie Parnass, Wuppertal

Hanover Gallery, London

Sidney Janis Gallery, New York

Galerie Aime Maeght, Paris

Marlborough Fine Art, London

Betty Parsons Gallery, New York

Galerie Denise Rend, Paris

Galerie Stangl, Munich

The 1960s

'I have a dream'

Galleria L'Attico, Rome

Galerie Rend Block, Berlin, New York

Leo Castelli Gallery, New York

Ferus Gallery, Los Angeles

Robert Fraser Gallery, London

Galerie Heiner Friedrich, Cologne, Munich"

Green Gallery, New York

Galerie Yvon Lambert, Paris, New York

Galerie van de Loo, Munich

PaceWildenstein, New York

Galerie Rolf Ricke, Kassel, Cologne

Galerie Alfred Schmela, Dusseldorf

Seth Siegelaub Contemporary Art and

Seth Siegelaub Projects, New York

lleana Sonnabend Gallery, Paris, New York

Galleria Gian Enzo Sperone, Turin, Rome, New York

Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, New York

Wide White Space, Antwerp

Galerie Rudolf Zwirner, Cologne

The 1970s

The Pleasures and Limits of Growth

Thomas Ammann Fine Art, Zurich

Art & Project, Amsterdam

Paula Cooper Gallery, New York

Galerie Konrad Fischer, DUsseldorf

Galeria Foksal and Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw

Galerie Metropol, Vienna

Galerie nachst St. Stephan, Vienna

Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, Paris

Galerie Max Hetzler, Stuttgart, Cologne, Berlin

Lisson Gallery, London

Galerie Paul Maenz, Cologne

Anthony d'Offay Gallery, London

Fernsehgalerie Gerry Schum and videogalerie schum, Dusseldorf

Galleria Christian Stein, Milan

Galeria Luisa Strina, Sao Paulo

The 1980s

The End of the Cold War

American Fine Arts, Co., New York

Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam

Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne

Galleria Massimo De Carlo, Milan

Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris

Eigen + Art, Leipzig, Berlin

Gagosian Gallery, New York, Beverly Hills, London

Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York

The Living Room, Amsterdam

Metro Pictures, New York

Galerie Peter Pakesch, Vienna

Karsten Schubert Ltd, London

The 1990s

From the Fall of the Berlin Wall to Global Players

Air de Paris, Paris

Gavin Brown's enterprise, New York

Deitch Projects, New York

Galeria Fortes Vilaca, Sao Paulo

Galerie Hauser & Wirth, Zurich, London

Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo

The Modern Institute, Glasgow

Galerie Christian Nagel, Cologne, Berlin

neugerriemschneider, Berlin

Regen Projects, Los Angeles

Schipper & Krome, Cologne, Berlin

Galleri Nicolai Wallner, Copenhagen

White Cube, London

The 21st Century

The New Millennium: Pure Globalization

China Art Objects Galleries, Los Angeles

Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg

Jacob Karpio Galeria, Costa Rica

kurimanzutto, Mexico City

Maccarone Inc., New York

The Project, Los Angeles, New York

ShanghART, Shanghai

About the Authors

Index

Picture Credits

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