David Zwirner Gallery Explained

David Zwirner Gallery
Formation:	1993
Type:	Art gallery
Coords:	40.7458°N -74.007°W

David Zwirner Gallery is an American contemporary art gallery owned by David Zwirner. It has four gallery spaces in New York City and one each in Los Angeles, London, Hong Kong, and Paris.^[1]

History

The Zwirner Gallery opened in 1993 on the ground floor of 43 Greene Street in SoHo in New York City^[2] with a one-man show of the Austrian sculptor Franz West.^{[3] [4]}

In 2002 it moved to 525 West 19th Street in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York.^[5] In 2012 it opened a 10000abbr=onNaNabbr=on London branch in Grafton Street, in Mayfair, and built a large new space, designed by Annabelle Selldorf, at 537 West 20th Street, Chelsea, New York.^[6]

In September 2017 it opened an Upper East Side space in a 1907 townhouse off Madison Avenue, redesigned by Selldorf.^[7] A 10000abbr=onNaNabbr=on space^[8] at the H Queen's building in Hong Kong was also designed by Selldorf.^{[1] [9]}

In 2019 the gallery opened an 8600abbr=onNaNabbr=on outpost in the Marais district of Paris, its first in continental Europe.^{[10] [11]}

In 2023 it opened a 1,300 m² (15,000 sq ft) branch in the Melrose Hill neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.^{[12] [13]}

According to The New York Times in 2018, the gallery reports annual revenue of $500 million dollars.^[14] Given the overall size of its operations, it is often compared to Gagosian Gallery and Hauser & Wirth.^[15]

Notes and References

1. News: David Zwirner Gallery to Open Outpost in Hong Kong in 2017. Qin. Amy. June 9, 2016. The New York Times. April 5, 2017. 0362-4331.
2. News: David Zwirner: 25 Years (Opening Night Photos). Fuse. Arte. 2018-01-15. Arte Fuse. 2018-06-23. en-US.
3. Arthur Lubow (January 7, 2018), The Business of Being David Zwirner The Wall Street Journal.
4. Nick Paumgarten (June 2, 2016), William Eggleston Joins Zwirner Gallery The New York Times.
5. Web site: David Zwirner. NYMag.com. 2018-06-24.
6. News: Vogel. Carol. A Collection of Many Hands to Be Sold in Sotheby's Auction. July 11, 2012. The New York Times. March 8, 2012.
7. Brook Mason (September 25, 2017), Annabelle Selldorf Turns Her Talented Hands to David Zwirner's New Upper East Side Art Gallery Architectural Digest.
8. Melanie Gerlis (March 23, 2018), H Queen's: the gallery space Hong Kong was waiting for Financial Times.
9. Anny Shaw (July 13, 2017), David Zwirner's Hong Kong gallery to launch with new works by Michaël Borremans The Art Newspaper.
10. Anny Shaw (July 11, 2019), 'Brexit changes the game': David Zwirner to open Paris gallery The Art Newspaper.
11. Ted Loos (October 16, 2019), David Zwirner Expands His Reach to Paris The New York Times.
12. Web site: 2023-06-02 . How David Zwirner Turned a Forgotten Block in LA Into Prime Real Estate . 2023-10-09 . Vanity Fair . en-US.
13. Web site: Announcing Our Los Angeles Gallery Spaces Opening 2023 . 2023-10-09 . David Zwirner . en.
14. Anny Shaw (January 9, 2018), David Zwirner to expand again with another New York gallery opening in 2020 The Art Newspaper.
15. Randy Kennedy (March 21, 2013), The Art of the Dealer .