| Karsten Greve | |
|---|---|
| Born | Dahme, Brandenburg |
| Residence | St. Moritz |
| Nationality | German |
| Education | University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, Universität zu Köln |
| Net worth | €2.3 billion |
| Height | 1.90 |
| Title | owner of 'Galerie Karsten Greve' |
| Spouse | Claudia Greve |
| Children | 3 |
| Relatives | Christoph Greve, Jorn Greve, Lauritz Greve |
| Website | |
| http://www.artnet.de/GalleryHomePageDirect.asp?url=kgreve.html | |
Karsten Greve (* 15 September 1946 in Dahme, Brandenburg) is a German art dealer.
Greve studied jurisprudence and art history at University of Cologne, Germany, University of Lausanne and University of Geneva, Switzerland.
In 1969, he a career as an arts dealer. In 1970, he opened the Möllenhof/Greve gallery together with Rolf Möllenhof. In 1973, Karsten Greve opened his first own gallery in Cologne with an exhibition of Yves Klein. Since 1977 his galleries regularly take part in major art fairs like Art Basel, Miami Art fair, Art Cologne and Foire internationale d’art contemporain, Paris.[1] Meanwhile he runs 3 art galleries in Cologne, Paris and St. Moritz, all of which are named Galerie Karsten Greve.[2] These galleries do not specialize in any particular sort of art. Notable exhibited artists include Joseph Albers, Louise Bourgeois, John Chamberlain, Jean Dubuffet, Leiko Ikemura, Jannis Kounellis,[1] Lucio Fontana, Gotthard Graubner,[3] Piero Manzoni, as well as photographers Sally Mann, Adam Fuss and Lynn Davis.[3]