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Four Questions for Alexis Pentcheff

The young Marseille gallery Alexis Pentcheff has succeeded in forging a name beyond this country's borders. Four questions for its owner on the tenth…

Mehdi Ben Cheikh Bringing Street Art to Paris and Drouot

Three Questions for Aurélie Julien

Paris-style Globalisation

Francis Maere, as Busy as a Bee

As President of the Royal Chamber of Belgian Antiques Dealers and a dealer himself, Francis Maere juggles two hats, promoting Belgian artists in his…

Valentina Volchkova: Keeping Pace with Geneva’s International Art Market

After opening an exhibition space in London and an office in Paris for Pace, Valentina Volchkova is taking over a space in Geneva to support the group’s…

Carolle Thibaut-Pomerantz and Finest French Wallpaper

For thirty years, the grande dame of antique wallpaper has been tracking down the oldest specimens, often in the US. Carolle Thibaut-Pomerantz talks…

A Frenchman at TEFAF

A new member of the Executive Committee and Board of TEFAF, for which he has directed the antique dealers' section since the beginning of the month,…

A Trend-free Benjamin Steinitz

His father made their name famous throughout the world. Benjamin Steinitz, one of the last top dealers in the French 18th century, recently moved to…

Emmanuel Redon, a Key Figure of the French Flea Market

For twenty years, Emmanuel Redon has been selling 19th- and 20th-century formal decorative silverware at the Marché Biron. More than a dealer, he has…

Robbie Fitzpatrick Gambles on Paris

When Robbie Fitzpatrick throws himself into a new venture, he doesn't do things by halves. After five years directing a contemporary art gallery in…

The Kugels: A Taste for the Beautiful

Jorge Coll: Making New with Old

After opening a gallery in London with his associate Nicolás Cortés, Jorge Coll is now heading Colnaghi. He tells us about the new-look profession…

Ole Høstbo in the Vanguard

The founder of the Dansk Møbelkunst gallery certainly helped the emergence of the Scandinavian design market. Specialising in 20th century furniture…

Howard Greenberg: From Archive to History

With the passing decades, the New York gallery owner has established himself as a major 20th-century photography specialist, representing key names…

Drouot Mourns the Loss of Olivier Aaron, Great Collector and Scholar

Son of antique dealer Didier Aaron and brother of Hervé Aaron, who chaired the Syndicat national des antiquaires and the Salon du dessin, Olivier Aaron…

Victor Gisler, an Outsider’s Life

On the eve of a new edition of Art Basel, Victor Gisler, from the Mai 36 gallery, looks back at his career and recent trends in the art world.

Hervé Bize, the Gallerist from the East

Hervé Bize, who opened his gallery in Nancy, Lorraine 30 years ago, has shown that Parisian centralism is not written in stone and that an alternative…

Kamel Mennour, Still Ahead of the Game

For 20 years, the Parisian has pursued a single goal: making his contemporary art gallery the best while making occasional forays into Old Masters.…

Hervé Loevenbruck: Contemporary Art Militant

The Paris gallery owner promotes a fringe of current creation that could shape a new definition of the avant-garde, and fights for French artists to…

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Gallery Owner Gabriela Sismann Can’t Escape Classical Music

In 1994, Gabriela and Mathieu Sismann founded their gallery dedicated to antique sculpture: an occasion to celebrate 25 glorious years!

Bertrand Gautier: An Appetite for Risk

Talabardon & Gautier Gallery, a founding member of Fine Arts Paris, is known for its famous discoveries due to the work of passionate, even jubilant…

Gilles Diyan: Gallery Owner and Entrepreneur

As Opera Gallery celebrates its first quarter century in 2019, its president and founder Gilles Diyan talks about changes in the art market and the…

Cologne Fine Art: A Successful New-look Edition

Under the leadership of Daniel Hug, the COFAD had a decidedly more colourful feel in this late autumn period. After fifty years, Cologne Fine Art may…

Anisabelle Berès-Montanari: First Woman President of the SNA

Anisabelle Berès-Montanari has just been unanimously elected head of the Syndicat national des antiquaires, a first in France in more than one respect.…

Christian Vrouyr: Ever Loyal to BRAFA

Christian Vrouyr, an Antwerp gallery owner specialising in antique carpets, has been BRAFA's General Secretary for the past fifteen years and a member…

Marianne Rosenberg: Fundamentals and Determination

In the Rosenberg dynasty, the great-granddaughter is a new asset. Her entry into the gallery world (she only opened her own in New York gallery in…

Can Taipei Dangdai Compete with Art Basel on the Eastern front?

Unrest in Hong Kong benefits the new Taiwanese fair, which has strengthened its ambition and, with around 100 high-end galleries, is becoming a key…

Félix Marcilhac, a Great Name in Art Deco, Has Passed Away

It is the end of an era. On 28 January, Félix Marcilhac, 78, died while napping at home in Marrakech with his German shepherd, César, at his side.…

The French Art Scene Has Lost a Staunch Defender, Pierre Nahon

César and Arman’s dealer died on 10 September aged 84. Faced with the American juggernaut, he defended the French scene.

Charles Riva and the Art of Scaling Down

The former dealer and collector goes against the flow. While most others accumulate, he is thinking of trimming his collection down to fewer than 100…

Farewell to Stéphane Janssen, Whose Stamp on the Art Market Won’t be Forgotten

The gallery owner and collector, born in Paris in 1936, died quietly on 16 September at 84, to the relative indifference of the media.

Vanessa Guo Moves to Paris to Open the Marguo Gallery

Braving the health crisis, on 19 October Vanessa Guo and her partner Jean-Mathieu Martini will open a new gallery, Marguo, on rue des Minimes. A promising…

Nathalie and Georges-Philippe Vallois: Visionaries for 30 Years

The gallerists have preferred staying in Paris and keeping things in the family rather than opening up outposts abroad. Today they run one of the city’s…

Renowned Picasso Dealer Joan Gaspar

The illustrious Barcelona gallery owner, who was Picasso's dealer, died on October 12 at age 80 of a heart attack.

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Collector Adora Mba Aims to Promote Emerging African Artists

Before opening her own contemporary art gallery in Accra, Ghana, on October 15, this gallery owner and collector was a journalist and art consultant…

The Duchemin Gallery’s Latest Finds

With eight paintings and one drawing ranging from Delacroix to Édouard Vuillard, the “Discoveries II” exhibition showcases the Duchemin Gallery’s latest…

Death of Daniel Cordier: A Resistance Hero Passionate About Art

He led a double life: a Resistance hero and a contemporary art lover. A witness to and player in the postwar market, he had a distinct bent for going…

Jean-Louis Herlédan: Waking up the Carré Rive Gauche

As president for the past four years of the Carré Rive Gauche, an association of Saint-Germain-des-Prés antique dealers and art galleries, Jean-Louis…

Mini-Fairs Are Thriving During the Health Crisis

The paralysis affecting big events is encouraging some gallery owners to launch their own projects: a fitting approach fostering a return to the local…

BRAFA in the Galleries: An International Fair

The Belgian government’s anti-Covid restrictions have not prompted the cancellation of BRAFA. However, the Brussels eclectic fair will take place not…

François Laffanour: A Successful Gamble on Historical Design

This former flea market dealer is a fervent champion of 20th-century architects' furniture. Forty years after he discovered Jean Prouvé's pieces, his…

Emmanuel Perrotin and Coronavirus

His ‘small’ business never having known a crisis, the gallerist has found himself impacted – along with the rest of the art world – by the consequences…

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Pierre Raguideau: Scandinavian Design as a Project for the Future

In September 2020, Pierre Raguideau, a newcomer to the highly prized Scandinavian furniture sector, opened his gallery in the heart of Paris’ Marais…

The Dark Eye of Odilon Redon: Dreamer of the Infinite

Four drawings by Odilon Redon, bought by Louis-Charles Libaude at the time, encapsulate a brilliant, unclassifiable artist, and are scheduled to take…

Alexandre and Pierre Lorquin, Keepers of the Flame of the Dina Vierny Gallery

Their reserve barely conceals an ambition honed at elite schools. At 25 and 27, the grandsons of Dina Vierny, the post-war gallery owner and Maillol's…

Pierre Maurs: The Humanistic Feelings of a Modern Art Lover

As both adventurer and gallery owner, Pierre Maurs approached his life and career with the same heartfelt curiosity. The sale of the personal collection…

François Pannier, a Forerunner of the Himalayan Art Market

François Pannier has endeavored to build a Himalayan art market since the 1970s, when it was non-existent. He has just made two donations, one to a…

Denis Gardarin: Creating Opportunities for Women Artists and Collectors in the Arts

Leading Goodman Gallery’s first US venture in East Hampton, New York, Denis Gardarin gives us an insight into his rich career, passion for working…

The Bernard De Leye Collection: The Quest for the Exceptional

“Objects do not belong to you,” says Bernard De Leye. “They are just passing through.” The time has come for the Belgian antique dealer and former…

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Florent Paumelle Represents a Second Generation of Gallery Owners

A champion of abstract art, Florent Paumelle has been running the Oniris gallery in Rennes, which was founded by his mother when he was a teenager,…

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