Artgallerieshavebeen,andcontinuetobe,enormouslyinfluentialinaestheticdiscourse.Theyhavelaunchedtheworld’smostcelebratedartistsandnurtureditskeymovements.WherewouldPopArtbewithoutLeoCastelli?TheNewYorkSchoolwithouttheGuggenheimJeune?AndwhatwouldFluxushavebecomewithoutRen罈Block’scommitment?InternationalArtGalleriesisastar-studded,photo-filledlookattheartworld’sstar-makers,thefirstbooktoexaminethemoderngalleryphenomenon,offeringover75profilesofgalleriesfromaroundtheworld,andportraitsoftheirkeyplayersarrangedbydecade.AmericanreaderswillrecognizeArtofThisCentury,BettyParsons,LeoCastelli,MarianGoodman,PaulaCooper,AmericanFineArts,Co.,Gagosian,DeitchProjects(whereJeffreyDeitchisshownworkingnonchalantlywithanakedmodelsplayedacrosshisdesk,herbutttothecamera),GavinBrown’sEnterpriseandtheProject.OtherinternationalplayersrangefromGalerieIrisClertinParistoTomioKoyamainTokyoandkurimanzuttoinMexicoCity.Lavishlyillustratedthroughoutwithphotographsofartists,gallerists,installationsandevents,thiscomprehensivehistoryofthemoderngallerysystemoffersanintriguingandengagingangleonthedevelopmentofartsince1945.
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