Michael Werner Gallery

Michael Werner Gallery is an art gallery founded by Michael Werner in New York City during the year 1990. It is the U.S. extension of the German Galerie Michael Werner founded in 1963 in Berlin.

History

In 1963, Michael Werner opened his first gallery, Werner & Katz, in Berlin, Germany with the first solo exhibition of Georg Baselitz. Galerie Michael Werner was later established in Cologne in 1969. Since then, Galerie Michael Werner has worked with several of the most important artists of the twentieth century (see artists list). Michael Werner Gallery opened its doors in New York in 1990 under the direction of Gordon Veneklasen. In addition to contemporary American and European painting, sculpture and drawing, the gallery specializes in works by modern masters including Hans Arp, Wilhelm Lehmbruck, Piero Manzoni, Francis Picabia and Kurt Schwitters.

Artists

Permanent archives

• Georg Baselitz
• Marcel Broodthaers
• James Lee Byars
• Aaron Curry (artist)
• Peter Doig
• Jörg Immendorff
• Per Kirkeby
• Eugene Leroy
• Markus Lupertz
• A.R. Penck
• Sigmar Polke
• Don Van Vliet

Past exhibitions

• New Works by Aaron Curry
• Décor: A Conquest by Marcel Broodthaers
• Paintings by Don Van Vliet
• Tents - Early Dithyrambs by Markus Lüpertz
• New Paintings by Jörg Immendorff

Sources

• http://www.michaelwerner.com/gallery_about.htm

External links

• Official site
• Artnet page