Michael Klein (art dealer)

Michael Klein (art dealer)

Michael Klein (born January 23, 1952) is an artist’s agent and freelance consultant and curator for individuals, institutions and arts organizations, writer, curator, and program director currently operating Michael Klein Arts in New York City.

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History

Michael Klein Gallery

Between 1983 and 1997 Klein was owner and director of Michael Klein Gallery, New York representing some 20 emerging and mid career American and European artists.

Microsoft Art Collection

Klein served as the first Curator for the Microsoft Art Collection[1] based in Redmond, Washington between 1999 and 2005 directing art acquisitions, commissions, collection management and an education program for the company’s 50,000 employees.

International Sculpture Center

Klein was the Executive Director of the International Sculpture Center from 2005 to 2007.[2]

Michael Klein Arts

Michael Klein Arts services institutional as well as private collectors with an eye to developing collections of emerging, mid career and established artists. Today Michael Klein Arts works with a diverse group of artists including Sanford Biggers, Glenn Goldberg, Charles Goldman, Ken Lum and Sam Van Aken.[3]

Curator

As an independent curator Klein has organized museum and gallery exhibitions specializing in contemporary and 20th century art topics in the areas of painting, sculpture and photography[4] for Independent Curators International;[5] Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati; Contemporary Arts Museum, USF, Tampa;[6] Arthur Roger Gallery, New Orleans;[4] and Meadows Museum, Shreveport, LA.[7][8]

Writer

Klein has been a regular contributor to Sculpture Magazine[2] in addition to writing reviews and feature articles for Art in America, ARTnews, Artnet[9] and theartsection.com.[10][11] He has authored catalog essays on such artists as David Bates, Lynda Benglis, Jane Dickson, Mel Kendrick, Alex Katz,[12] Louise Nevelson[13] and Paul Thek, as well as articles on Jonathan Borofsky,[14] Sol LeWitt,[15] Malcolm Morley,[9] Matthew McCaslin[16] and H.C. Westermann.[17]

Educator

Klein serves as adjunct faculty to Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and New York University in New York. He taught fine arts at the School of Visual Arts from 1979–1982 and art history at Kean University from 1996 – 1998.[18]

References

  1. ^ [1][dead link]
  2. ^ a b http://www.sculpture.org/documents/programsandevents/press/Pdfs/New_executive_director.pdf
  3. ^ "Artists Represented". Michael Klein Arts. http://michaelkleinarts.com/artists-represented/index.php. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  4. ^ a b [2][dead link]
  5. ^ "Sculpture From Germany by iCI – Independent Curators International". One Art World. http://oneartworld.com/index.php?pg=ext_org&ext_org=iCI+-+Independent+Curators+International&ext_show=Sculpture+From+Germany. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  6. ^ http://www.ira.usf.edu/cam/exhibitions/2005_01_katz/KatzChecklist.pdf
  7. ^ "Cheim & Read – Lynda Benglis – Biography". Cheimread.com. http://www.cheimread.com/artists/lynda-benglis/?view=bio. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  8. ^ "Curatorial Projects". Michael Klein Arts. http://michaelkleinarts.com/curatorial-projects/index.php. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  9. ^ a b "dispatches: a studio visit with malcolm morley". Artnet.com. July 31, 2006. http://www.artnet.com/magazine_pre2000/features/klein/klein5-29-97.asp. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  10. ^ "Page Title". Zoolander52.tripod.com. February 18, 1995. http://zoolander52.tripod.com/theartsection3.5/id1.html#C. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  11. ^ "Page Title". Zoolander52.tripod.com. http://zoolander52.tripod.com/theartsection3.1/id1.html#C. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  12. ^ "Publications | USF CAM Contemporary Art Museum | Institute for Research in Art". Ira.usf.edu. December 8, 2001. http://www.ira.usf.edu/cam/cam_publications.html. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  13. ^ "BARNES & NOBLE | Louise Nevelson: Sculpture & Collages (October 1 – October 30, 1999) by Michael Klein | Paperback". Search.barnesandnoble.com. October 30, 1999. http://search.barnesandnoble.com/Louise-Nevelson/Michael-Klein/e/9781879173439. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  14. ^ "Sculpture.org". Sculpture.org. http://www.sculpture.org/documents/scmag04/dec04/borofsky/borofsky.shtml. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  15. ^ "Page Title". Zoolander52.tripod.com. http://zoolander52.tripod.com/theartsection3.4/id1.html#B. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  16. ^ "Sculpture.org". Sculpture.org:16080. http://www.sculpture.org:16080/documents/scmag98/sm-mar98.shtml. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  17. ^ "Sculpture.org". Sculpture.org:16080. http://www.sculpture.org:16080/documents/scmag98/sm-may98.shtml. Retrieved October 20, 2011. 
  18. ^ [3][dead link]

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