Marianne Boesky Gallery Explained

Marianne Boesky Gallery is an art gallery located in the New York City neighborhood of Chelsea and Aspen, Colorado. Founded in 1996 in Soho by Marianne Boesky, it specializes in contemporary art. It represents established artists like Frank Stella and Jennifer Bartlett and a younger generation of artists like Sanford Biggers, The Haas Brothers, and Jammie Holmes. The gallery has two exhibition spaces in New York City and one in Aspen.

History

The daughter of Ivan Boesky,^[1] Marianne Boesky founded her eponymous gallery in Soho in 1996.^[2] She developed her program by representing and introducing the art world to Lisa Yuskavage, Takashi Murakami, and Yoshitomo Nara.^[3]

From 2000 to 2005, Marianne Boesky Gallery leased a space in a building with many galleries on West 22nd Street in Chelsea.^[4] In 2006, the gallery commissioned a 10,000-square-foot building at 509 West 24th Street from architect Deborah Berke.^{[5] [6]} From 2010 to 2016, it operated a space on East 64th Street.^[7] In 2014, the gallery expanded to the Lower East Side^[8] although this space was later closed in 2016 to expand the Chelsea location.^[9] In 2017, Boesky opened a location in Aspen, Colorado designed by the architect Annabelle Selldorf.^[10]

Artists

Marianne Boesky represents living artists, including:

• Ghada Amer
• Gina Beavers
• Sanford Biggers^[11]
• Björn Braun (since 2015)^[12]
• Pier Paolo Calzolari
• Julia Dault
• Sue de Beer
• Svenja Deininger
• Thornton Dial (since 2015)^[13]
• Barnaby Furnas^[14]
• The Haas Brothers (since 2018)^[15]
• Allison Janae Hamilton
• Jay Heikes
• John Houck (since 2017)^[16]

• Jessica Jackson Hutchins
• Dashiell Manley (since 2016)^[17]
• Sarah Meyohas (since 2022)^[18]
• Donald Moffett
• Serge Alain Nitegeka
• William J. O'Brien
• Hans Op de Beeck
• Anthony Pearson
• Thiago Rocha Pitta
• Frank Stella
• Hannah Van Bart
• John Waters^[19]
• Claudia Wieser

In addition, the gallery manages various artist estates, including:

• Jennifer Bartlett (since 2018)^[20]
• Maria Lai (since 2017)^[21]
• Salvatore Scarpitta

In addition, the gallery manages various artist estates, including:

• Takashi Murakami^[22]
• Lisa Yuskavage^[23]

Personal life

Boesky married equity sales trader Liam Culman in 2003, and their daughter, Ellie, was born the following year.^[24]

External links

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Notes and References

1. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/03/13/the-pour The Pour
2. Web site: Dealer Marianne Boesky on Remaking Her Gallery, and Learning From the Last Art-Market Crash. ArtSpace. 11 April 2019.
3. News: Wolfe . Alexandra . Marianne Boesky: In Search of Art Stars . . 14 February 2014 . 11 April 2019.
4. Eileen Kinsella (6 December 2005), Boesky Gallery to Move ARTnews.
5. Eileen Kinsella (6 December 2005), Boesky Gallery to Move ARTnews.
6. Pilar Viladas (7 October 2007), Living Over The Store T: The New York Times Style Magazine.
7. Robin Pogrebin (22 January 2016), After Six Years, Marianne Boesky to Close Uptown ‘Experiment’ New York Times.
8. News: Marianne Boesky Expands to Lower East Side . . 28 April 2014 . 11 April 2019.
9. News: Marianne Boesky Gallery Shutters Lower East Side Outpost to Expand in Chelsea . . 27 May 2016 . 11 April 2019.
10. Web site: Is This the World's Most Interesting Art Gallery You've Never Heard Of? . . 12 September 2017 . 11 April 2019.
11. Shanti Escalante-De Mattei (1 June 2022), Pioneering Digital Artist Sarah Meyohas Gets Gallery Representation ARTnews.
12. Hannah Ghorashi (28 October 2015), Marianne Boesky Now Represents Björn Braun ARTnews.
13. Hannah Ghorashi (20 October 2015), Marianne Boesky Announces Representation of Thornton Dial ARTnews.
14. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2006/03/13/the-pour The Pour
15. Annie Armstrong (18 May 2018), Marianne Boesky Gallery and R & Company Now Represent the Haas Brothers ARTnews.
16. Alex Greenberger (22 September 2017), John Houck Is Now Represented by Marianne Boesky ARTnews.
17. Hannah Ghorashi (25 February 2016), Marianne Boesky Gallery Now Reps Dashiell Manley ARTnews.
18. Shanti Escalante-De Mattei (1 June 2022), Pioneering Digital Artist Sarah Meyohas Gets Gallery Representation ARTnews.
19. Shanti Escalante-De Mattei (1 June 2022), Pioneering Digital Artist Sarah Meyohas Gets Gallery Representation ARTnews.
20. Alex Greenberger (20 November 2018), Jennifer Bartlett Is Now Represented by Marianne Boesky and Paula Cooper Galleries ARTnews.
21. Robin Scher (27 November 2017), Marianne Boesky Gallery Now Represents Archivo Maria Lai ARTnews.
22. [Roberta Smith]
23. [Roberta Smith]
24. Pilar Viladas (7 October 2007), Living Over The Store T: The New York Times Style Magazine.