This timely book reveals the significant role played by women in the promotion and dissemination of modern and contemporary art to a global audience. It brings together a range of fascinating case studies of women-led galleries in the postwar period, challenging male-dominated histories by analyzing the work of internationally-minded female dealers who worked across continents and helped to develop transnational art networks.
The book is arranged in three parts, covering gallerists, dealers and regional art scenes. Part 1 focuses on the promotion of postwar modern art by women gallerists; Part 2 examines the contributions by women art dealers toward the birth of new markets and media, such as video art and photography; finally, Part 3 analyzes case studies from the southern European art scene, paying fresh attention to several under-researched markets in the region like Italy and Portugal.
Each chapter study provides a historiographic profile of the gallery under discussion and critical analysis is supported with a wide range of visual material, including portraits of the women art dealers, photographs of the exhibitions they managed, and printed documentation like catalogues, invitations, and posters that were often used to support artists on display in experimental ways. It will be vital reading for students of art market studies, as well as gallery and art market professionals.
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Series Editor Preface
Introduction, Women Art Dealers: Creating Markets for Modern Art, 1940–1990, Véronique Chagnon-Burke (WADDA/International Art market Studies Association, USA)
Prolegomenon, The ideology of the Gaze in Photography: Canons and Anti-Canons of Women Art Dealers’ Portraits (1924–2013), Caterina Toschi (University for Foreigners of Siena, Italy)
Part One: The Promotion of Modern Art in the Aftermath of World War Two
1. The Girl with the Gallery: Edith Halpert in the Mid-Twentieth Century New York Art Market, A. Deirdre Robson (University of West London, UK)
2. Simone Kahn Collinet: From Member to Promoter of Surrealism, Alice Ensabella (University of Grenoble, France)
3. Nelly van Doesburg and Peggy Guggenheim. Their Role in Establishing the Reputation of Theo van Doesburg and De Stijl, Doris Wintgens (formerly Museum De Lakenhal, The Netherlands)
4. The Konstsalongen Samlaren of Agnes Widlund in Stockholm, Christina Brandberg (University of Loughborough, UK)
5. Galerie Gmurzynska in the Cold War Period, Elena Korowin (Albrecht-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany)
Part Two: The Rise of New Markets
6. Bertha Schaefer: "A Case of Ambidexterity." Bringing Modern Art into American Homes, Antonella Camarda (University of Sassari, Italy)
7. Gabriella Cardazzo at Galleria del Cavallino in Venice, Lisa Parolo (University of Udine, Italy)
8. Constructing a Photography Market between New York and Paris: The Role of the Zabriskie Gallery (1970s–1990s), Isabella Seniuta (University Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, France)
9. Linda Givon, the Goodman Gallery, and the Politics of the Contemporary Art Market in South Africa, 1966–1990, Federico Freschi & Lara Koseff (University of Johannesburg, South Africa)
10. Mapping the Impact of Women Art Dealers in Los Angeles: A Few Case Studies, Pietro Rigolo (Getty Research Institute, USA)
11. "The Boom in Boone:" Mary Boone in SoHo in the Early 1980s, Carlotta Castellani (Center for Italian Modern Art, USA)
Part Three: Latin Galleries Between Italy and Portugal
12. From Fashion Journalism to Art Dealing: Irene Brin and L'Obelisco Gallery, Ilaria Schiaffini (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)
13. Topazia Alliata, Piero Manzoni and the Coincidence between Idea and Visual Language. The Case of Riducibili, Rome 1960, Carlotta Sylos Calò (University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy)
14. Mara Coccia, a Gallery Owner in Rome, Francesca Gallo (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)
15. Etheline Rosas: a Modern Art Conservator, an Art Dealer, and Museologist, Sofia Ponte (IADE-Universidade Europeia, Portugal)
16. Dulce D'Agro and Quadrum: A Modern Art Love Story in Lisbon, Adelaide Duarte (Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, Portugal)
17. Lia Rumma: Art as Conviviality, Luigia Lonardelli (MAXXI of Rome, Italy)
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