Marianne Boesky Gallery facts for kids
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, Marianne Boesky founded her eponymous gallery in Soho in 1996. She developed her program by representing and introducing the art world to Lisa Yuskavage, Takashi Murakami, and Yoshitomo Nara.
From 2000 to 2005, Marianne Boesky Gallery leased a space in a building with many galleries on West 22nd Street in Chelsea. In 2006, the gallery commissioned a 10,000-square-foot building at 509 West 24th Street from architect Deborah Berke. From 2010 to 2016, it operated a space on East 64th Street. In 2014, the gallery expanded to the Lower East Side although this space was later closed in 2016 to expand the Chelsea location. In 2017, Boesky opened a location in Aspen, Colorado designed by the architect Annabelle Selldorf.
Artists
Marianne Boesky represents living artists, including:
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In addition, the gallery manages various artist estates, including:
- Jennifer Bartlett (since 2018)
- Maria Lai (since 2017)
- Salvatore Scarpitta
In addition, the gallery manages various artist estates, including:
Personal life
Boesky married equity sales trader Liam Culman in 2003, and their daughter, Ellie, was born the following year.
