Emily Tsingou

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Emily Tsingou (b. 1968, Athens, Greece) is a private art dealer[1] who lives in London, England. She is the former proprietor of Emily Tsingou Gallery which was open 1998 through 2007.[2] Tsingou attended the Courtauld Institute of Art.[3]

Emily Tsingou Gallery

An artwork by Gregory Crewdson who exhibited at Emily Tsingou Gallery in 1999.

Emily Tsingou Gallery was a contemporary fine arts gallery that presented an ongoing series of exhibitions of contemporary art between 1998 and 2007, in London, England. The gallery was described by Jonathan Jones, the chief art critic of The Guardian as "a posh West End gallery."[4] The art gallery programme, which was selected by the Greek proprietor Emily Tsingou, introduced the work of certain internationally recognized contemporary artists to London — including the photographers Collier Schorr (USA) and Justine Kurland (USA)[5] as well as the installation and performance artist Elke Krystufek (Austria)[6] — hence it contributed to the increased internationalization of the British fine art scene in the late-1990s and early-2000s, together with the opening of Tate Modern in 2000, and the introduction of the annual Frieze Art Fair in 2003.

Between 1998 and 2007, the gallery represented, or "worked with" a range of contemporary artists including Michael Ashkin, Karen Kilimnik, Daniel Pflumm, Jim Shaw and Marnie Weber.[7]

During the period of its existence, the gallery also presented several exhibitions of work by certain British artists including Keith Coventry[8] and YBA artists Henry Bond[9] and Georgina Starr.[10] The gallery also published several artists' monographs, including Bond's The Cult of the Street and Starr's The Bunny Lakes. In November 2001, the gallery showcased the Raf Simons and David Sims collaboration Isolated Heroes.[11]

Other activities

Together with her husband, the writer and photographer Henry Bond, Tsingou is a patron of contemporary art, including supporting Whitechapel Art Gallery, South London Gallery and Tate.[12][13][14] Tsingou is also a patron of the Showroom Gallery, an art space focused on emerging art.[15]

References

  1. ↑ Artnet News, "Emily Tsingou Goes Private," January 8, 2008.
  2. ↑ Artnet News, "Emily Tsingou Goes Private," January 8, 2008.
  3. ↑ See, for example, Sarah Wilson, "Pierre Klossowski: Epiphanies and Secrets." In Sarah Wilson (ed.) Pierre Klossowski (London: Whitechapel Art Gallery and Hatje Cantz, 2006), p. 5, footnote 33—i.e., Wilson's citation: "Klossowski to Emily Tsingou; see her Acéphale, MA thesis, Courtauld Institute of Art, 1991, p. 46." A .pdf of Wilson's essay is available online.
  4. ↑ Jonathan Jones, Keith Coventry: Emily Tsingou Gallery, The Guardian, 26 September 2000.
  5. ↑ Mark Irving, Innocence Lost: Paradise Found — Justine Kurland at Emily Tsingou Gallery, The Times, 19 November 2005.
  6. ↑ Dominic Lutyens, Stars in Their Eyes, The Independent, August 2, 1998.
  7. ↑ Artnet News, "Emily Tsingou Goes Private," January 8, 2008.
  8. ↑ Jonathan Jones, Keith Coventry: Emily Tsingou Gallery, The Guardian, 26 September 2000.
  9. ↑ David Barrett, "Henry Bond: Emily Tsingou Gallery," Art Monthly, London, Issue 217, June 1998.
  10. ↑ Barry Schwabsky, "Georgina Starr at Emily Tsingou," Artforum, September, 2002
  11. ↑ i-D Contributors Index: David Sims
  12. ↑ See: list of Whitechapel Art Gallery patrons.
  13. ↑ See: list of South London Gallery patrons.
  14. ↑ See: list of Tate Gallery Patrons.
  15. ↑ http://www.theshowroom.org/support.html The Showroom: Patrons.

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