Michael Werner Gallery

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Michael Werner Gallery is an art gallery founded by Michael Werner in New York City during the year 1990. It is the U.S. extension of the German Galerie Michael Werner founded in 1963 in Berlin.

History

In 1963, Michael Werner opened his first gallery, Werner & Katz, in Berlin, Germany with the first solo exhibition of Georg Baselitz. Galerie Michael Werner was later established in Cologne in 1969. Since then, Galerie Michael Werner has worked with several of the most important artists of the 20th century (see artists list).

Michael Werner Gallery opened its doors in New York in 1990 under the direction of Gordon Veneklasen. The gallery currently occupies the historic East 77 Street townhouse where legendary dealer Leo Castelli once kept his gallery. Michael Werner Gallery presents modern and contemporary European and American art. Recent major exhibitions include Sigmar Polke: Lens Paintings, Wilhelm Lehmbruck: Sculptures and Etchings, and Major Works of Marcel Broodthaers, as well as the first New York solo exhibitions of Hurvin Anderson, Aaron Curry, and Enrico David.

From 2007 to 2010, Michael Werner Gallery rented a Robert Adam house on Mansfield Street in London. Then, in 2010, the gallery mounted a pop-up show of work by the American artist Aaron Curry at a space in Hoxton Square, before opening a permanent space in Mayfair in 2012 with an exhibition of new paintings by Peter Doig.[1]

Artists

Past exhibitions

  • Per Kirkeby, Recent Paintings, Michael Werner Gallery, London
  • Elizabeth Peyton, Klara 13 Pictures, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
  • Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Sculptures and Etchings, Michael Werner Gallery, London
  • Markus Lüpertz, Bozzeti for Hercules, Michael Werner Gallery, New York
  • James Lee Byars, Early Works and The Angel, Michael Werner Gallery, London
  • A.R. Penck, New Paintings, Michael Werner Gallery, New York

References

  1. ↑ Cristina Ruiz (October 11, 2012), Capital gains, The Art Newspaper.

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