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LARRRY GAGOSIAN OPENS ART GALLERY IN PARIS
By IBTimes Staff Reporter
International Business Times
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/76808/20101028/larrry-gagosian-larrry-gagosian-art-gallery-art-galleries-in-paris-art-galleries-in-europe-london-an.htm
Oct 28 2010
Larrry Gagosian, a top art dealer, has opened a new gallery in Paris
to help the fashion city regain its prime position as a premier
destination of the art world, besides adding to his chain of art
galleries.
The Armenian-American top dog in the art world, Gagosian, 65, who
has art galleres in New York, Los Angeles, Rome, Athens and London,
said it was a sign that Paris's flagging art market was picking up,
AFP reported.
"Paris is reclaiming its position within the international art circuit
through its high quality museum exhibitions and a growing art market,"
said Gagosian, who is rated by Art Review magazine as among the 100
most powerful people in the art world, in a statement.
"We always wanted a gallery here," said Serena Cattaneo, one of the
Paris venue's directors. "There have been a lot of changes in Paris
in recent years which have shown it is possible to exhibit modern
art here," she said.
The Paris gallery, designed by French architect Jean-Francois Bodin
and London studio Caruso St John, opened with a show of work by French
designer and architect Jean Prouve and four sculptures by Cy Twombly.
The art market may be witnessing a slowdown but it has not deterred
gallerists and collectors and dealers. It is believed that Gagosian
opened this gallery in Paris to tap this same market of collectors
like Francois Pinault, an industrialist.
For much of the 20th century, Paris had been heart and soul of the art
world. But the last decade has seen the city losing its prime position
to other cities of Europe like London, Antwerp and Rome. Currently,
it attracts maybe a fraction of the world market, said Georgina Adam,
a market specialist at London-based journal, The Art Newspaper.
The new Gagosian's gallery in Paris is seen as an effort to turn the
clock back.
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(Photo: AFP) Gallery Owner Larry Gagosian, poses at the Gagosian
Gallery in Paris
(Photo: Reuters) A security guard walks past "Petite fille sautant
a la corde" by Pablo Picasso at the Gagosian gallery in London
From: A. Papazian
By IBTimes Staff Reporter
International Business Times
http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/76808/20101028/larrry-gagosian-larrry-gagosian-art-gallery-art-galleries-in-paris-art-galleries-in-europe-london-an.htm
Oct 28 2010
Larrry Gagosian, a top art dealer, has opened a new gallery in Paris
to help the fashion city regain its prime position as a premier
destination of the art world, besides adding to his chain of art
galleries.
The Armenian-American top dog in the art world, Gagosian, 65, who
has art galleres in New York, Los Angeles, Rome, Athens and London,
said it was a sign that Paris's flagging art market was picking up,
AFP reported.
"Paris is reclaiming its position within the international art circuit
through its high quality museum exhibitions and a growing art market,"
said Gagosian, who is rated by Art Review magazine as among the 100
most powerful people in the art world, in a statement.
"We always wanted a gallery here," said Serena Cattaneo, one of the
Paris venue's directors. "There have been a lot of changes in Paris
in recent years which have shown it is possible to exhibit modern
art here," she said.
The Paris gallery, designed by French architect Jean-Francois Bodin
and London studio Caruso St John, opened with a show of work by French
designer and architect Jean Prouve and four sculptures by Cy Twombly.
The art market may be witnessing a slowdown but it has not deterred
gallerists and collectors and dealers. It is believed that Gagosian
opened this gallery in Paris to tap this same market of collectors
like Francois Pinault, an industrialist.
For much of the 20th century, Paris had been heart and soul of the art
world. But the last decade has seen the city losing its prime position
to other cities of Europe like London, Antwerp and Rome. Currently,
it attracts maybe a fraction of the world market, said Georgina Adam,
a market specialist at London-based journal, The Art Newspaper.
The new Gagosian's gallery in Paris is seen as an effort to turn the
clock back.
Close 1 2
(Photo: AFP) Gallery Owner Larry Gagosian, poses at the Gagosian
Gallery in Paris
(Photo: Reuters) A security guard walks past "Petite fille sautant
a la corde" by Pablo Picasso at the Gagosian gallery in London
From: A. Papazian