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'''Galerie Gmurzynska''' is |
'''Galerie Gmurzynska''' is an [[art gallery]] in based in [[Zurich]], Switzerland that specializes in modern and [[contemporary art]] and work by the [[Russian avant-garde]]. It has additional branches in [[Zug]] and [[St. Moritz]]. |
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==History== |
==History== |
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The gallery was founded in 1965 in [[Cologne]], Germany by Antonina Gmurzynska. It held an exhibition of Japanese art in its first year. The following year, the gallery presented the work of [[David Burliuk]]. Until 1971, the gallery's program focused on the Russian avant-garde. The gallery buys and sells mostly works by modern and contemporary artists. Occasionally it sells pieces at art fairs by better-known artists such as [[Pablo Picasso]], [[Kurt Schwitters]], [[Fernand Leger]], [[Lyonel Feininger]], Robert and Sonia Delaunay, [[Sylvester Stallone]] and Fernando Botero. The gallery works with the estates of [[Yves Klein]], [[Wifredo Lam]], [[Louise Nevelson]], [[Karl Lagerfeld]] and [[Robert Indiana]] among others. |
The gallery was founded in 1965 in [[Cologne]], Germany by Antonina Gmurzynska. It held an exhibition of Japanese art in its first year. The following year, the gallery presented the work of [[David Burliuk]]. Until 1971, the gallery's program focused on the Russian avant-garde. The gallery buys and sells mostly works by modern and contemporary artists. Occasionally it sells pieces at art fairs by better-known artists such as [[Pablo Picasso]], [[Kurt Schwitters]], [[Fernand Leger]], [[Lyonel Feininger]], Robert and Sonia Delaunay, [[Sylvester Stallone]] and Fernando Botero. The gallery works with the estates of [[Yves Klein]], [[Wifredo Lam]], [[Louise Nevelson]], [[Karl Lagerfeld]] and [[Robert Indiana]] among others. |
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Galerie Gmurzynska made its name as a supplier of avant-garde Russian art to Western collectors.<ref>{{cite book | title = Von der Fläche zum Raum: Russland 1916-24/ From Surface to Space: Russia 1916-24 | author1 = John E. Bowlt | author2 = Szymon Bojko}}</ref> From December 1979 to March 1980, the Galerie exhibited ''Künstlerinnen der russischen Avantgarde/Women Artists of the Russian Avante-Garde 1910-1930'', the first exhibition in the West to concentrate on the work of female Russian avant-garde artists.<ref>{{cite book | title = Amazons of the avant-garde |
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Galerie Gmurzynska made its name as a supplier of avant-garde Russian art to Western collectors. |
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| author = Alexandra Exter}}</ref> The exhibition included the work of [[Liubov Popova]] and [[Varvara Stepanova]].{{citation needed|date=September 2015}} |
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Krystyna Gmurzynska took over the Cologne gallery with her business partner Mathias Rastorfer following her mother Antonina's death in 1986. |
Krystyna Gmurzynska took over the Cologne gallery with her business partner Mathias Rastorfer following her mother Antonina's death in 1986.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.zeit.de/1986/40/in-blauer-fuelle/seite-2 | title = In blauer Fülle | publisher = Zeit Online | accessdate = 4 June 2015 | language = German}}</ref> |
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Forty years after its establishment, in 2005, the gallery relocated from [[Cologne]] to Switzerland and opened a gallery on [[Zürich]]'s [[Paradeplatz]]. The Paradeplatz building that houses the gallery dates back to 1857 and |
Forty years after its establishment, in 2005, the gallery relocated from [[Cologne]] to Switzerland and opened a gallery on [[Zürich]]'s [[Paradeplatz]]. The Paradeplatz building that houses the gallery dates back to 1857 and is right next to the building in which the first important [[Dada]] exhibition was on show in 1917.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Eröffnung der Galerie Gmurzynska am Paradeplatz: Russische Avantgarde in Zürich|url = http://www.nzz.ch/articleDB7SW-1.183740|website = Neue Zürcher Zeitung|accessdate = 2015-09-21}}</ref> The gallery self-publishes, and occasionally in partnership with publishing houses, books and catalogues for its exhibitions.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Galerie Gmurzynska Publications on artnet|url = http://www.artnet.com/galleries/galerie-gmurzynska/publications/|website = www.artnet.com|accessdate = 2015-09-21}}</ref> |
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In 2010, the gallery held an exhibition entitled "[[Zaha Hadid]] and [[Suprematism]]", which was designed and curated by Hadid and Patrik Schumacher. The installation was designed to be viewed through the gallery's window on Paradeplatz.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Zaha Hadid and Suprematism, Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich|url = http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/4cf3f1be-8396-11df-b6d5-00144feabdc0.html|newspaper = Financial Times|date = 2010-06-29|access-date = 2015-09-21|issn = 0307-1766|first = Edwin|last = Heathcote}}</ref> |
In 2010, the gallery held an exhibition entitled "[[Zaha Hadid]] and [[Suprematism]]", which was designed and curated by Hadid and Patrik Schumacher. The installation was designed to be viewed through the gallery's window on Paradeplatz.<ref>{{Cite news|title = Zaha Hadid and Suprematism, Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich|url = http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/4cf3f1be-8396-11df-b6d5-00144feabdc0.html|newspaper = Financial Times|date = 2010-06-29|access-date = 2015-09-21|issn = 0307-1766|first = Edwin|last = Heathcote}}</ref> |
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The gallery was the first to exhibit collages created by American architect [[Richard Meier]] in Europe.<ref name = artnet>{{cite web | url = http://news.artnet.com/art-world/richard-meier-on-collages-picasso-and-well-sex-150021#.VFKqweXQbdg.mailto | title = Richard Meier On Collages, Picasso, and, Well, Sex | publisher = Artnet News | date = 30 October 2014 | accessdate = 4 June 2015}}</ref> Meier had mentioned in conversation to Isabelle Bscher, daughter to gallery owner Krystyna Gmurzynska, that he made collages, and Isabelle, Krystyna and Mathias Rastorfer visited Meier in his New York City apartment where the art was stored.<ref name = artnet/> In 2013, the trio hosted shows of Meier's work in Zurich and Zug.<ref name = artnet/> In October 2014, a show entitled "Richard Meier: Collages" opened at the State Russian Museum. |
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At the 2014 [[Art Basel]] in Miami Beach, the gallery collaborated with film director [[Baz Luhrmann]] and set designer Catherine Martin to design their booth.<ref>http://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/baz-luhrmann-dazzles-at-basel-while-local-gallery-snubs-us-6491415</ref> |
At the 2014 [[Art Basel]] in Miami Beach, the gallery collaborated with film director [[Baz Luhrmann]] and set designer Catherine Martin to design their booth.<ref>http://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/baz-luhrmann-dazzles-at-basel-while-local-gallery-snubs-us-6491415</ref> |
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==Controversies== |
==Controversies== |
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According to Geraldine Norman |
According to Geraldine Norman, an advisor to the Hermitage Museum, Antonina Gmurzynska (the present owner's mother) allegedly 'sought out the artists' families in Russia and became adept at sneaking art out of the country - art which was anyway banned by the Soviet government.'<ref name="telegraph">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4713862/A-tragic-flight-to-freedom.html</ref> |
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| ⚫ | In 1993 the gallery's present owners were involved in the removal of a major collection of documents, drawings and paintings by Russian Futurist artists estimated at around £100M belonging to [[Nikolai Khardzhiev]] and his wife Lidia Chaga. The gallery arranged the packing and removal of the couple's Moscow flat, but little of their archive ever reached them in Amsterdam. |
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The case was covered in several international publications including a piece by Tony Wood in 'New Left Review'.<ref>https://newleftreview.org/II/26/tony-wood-a-futurist-ark</ref> It was also discussed in detail in [[The New York Times]], which quotes the views of [[Vladimir Putin]], then security chief, after Gmurzynska had started selling off the collection: ''We regard it as essential to further solve the problems connected with the Khardzhiev collection,'' wrote Mr. Putin, now the Russian president, according to a copy of the 1998 memorandum provided to [[The New York Times]]. ''Cultural treasures which are illegally taken from the territory of the Russian Federation are subject to return.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/31/arts/for-collector-russian-art-end-dream-murky-trail-behind-rediscovered-works.html?pagewanted=all</ref> |
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| ⚫ | In 1993 the gallery's present owners were involved in the removal of a major collection of documents, drawings and paintings by Russian Futurist artists estimated at around £100M belonging to [[Nikolai Khardzhiev]] and his wife Lidia Chaga. The gallery arranged the packing and removal of the couple's Moscow flat, but little of their archive ever reached them in Amsterdam.<ref name="telegraph"/><ref>https://newleftreview.org/II/26/tony-wood-a-futurist-ark</ref> |
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The piece goes on to describe the gallery's efforts to disperse the archive: "With more Malevich works to sell and tens of millions of dollars at stake, Ms. Gmurzynska and Mr. Rastorfer set about making the problem go away. They filed or threatened lawsuits against news organizations that they said reported inaccurately on aspects of the case. (In a separate case, they unsuccessfully sued several experts including Ms. Shatskikh, the art historian who questioned the authenticity of some works sold by the gallery.) They helped finance a lavish book on Mr. Khardzhiev's art and archive, a project that generally portrays them as conservators of the collection." |
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From 2007-2009, Galerie Gmurzynska's insurance company was involved in a dispute with New York dealer Asher B. Edelman. Edelman had loaned a work by American painter [[Robert Ryman]] to Galerie Gmurznyska for exhibition in 2007 |
From 2007-2009, Galerie Gmurzynska's insurance company was involved in a dispute with New York dealer Asher B. Edelman, who has been dealing with several other law suits at the time.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Greed Is So-So|url = http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2011/0523/focus-asher-edelman-gordon-gekko-mohawk-data-greed-so-so.html|accessdate = 2015-09-21|first = Nathan|last = Vardi}}</ref> Edelman had loaned a work by American painter [[Robert Ryman]] to Galerie Gmurznyska for exhibition in 2007 and Edelman claimed the work was later returned damaged.<ref name=blouinart>{{cite web|url=http://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/276117/seized-the-day |title=Seized the Day |publisher=Blouinartinfo.com |date=2010-02-04 |accessdate=2015-06-02}}</ref> In 2009, a U.S. district court judge awarded Edelman a default judgment of $765,000.<ref name=blouinart/> Later that year, four of the Galerie's paintings were seized and held for two days until the Galerie paid the judgment.<ref>{{cite news|last=Pollock |first=Lindsay |url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aX82sXGnDW4Y |title=U.S. Marshals Seize Degas, Miro Works at Miami Fair (Update1) |publisher=Bloomberg.com |date=2009-12-03 |accessdate=2015-06-02}}</ref> |
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In 2013, the gallery came under investigation by the Swiss Federal Customs Administration regarding |
In 2013, the gallery came under investigation by the Swiss Federal Customs Administration regarding [[Value-added tax|VAT]] on imported artworks worth 85M Swiss France supplied to the [[Dolder Grand Hotel]], owned by [[Urs Schwarzenbach]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.zurich4you.ch/hotel_dolder_grand_and_galerie_gmurzynska_raided.html |title=Hotel Dolder Grand and Galerie Gmurzynska raided - In The Local News - ZURICH4YOU.CH - THE NEW ENGLISH WEBSITE FOR EXPATS IN ZURICH |publisher=ZURICH4YOU.CH |date= |accessdate=2015-06-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/zuerich/region/Galerie-Gmurzynska-blitzt-vor-Bundesgericht-ab/story/20693778 |title=Galerie Gmurzynska blitzt vor Bundesgericht ab - News Zürich: Region |publisher=tagesanzeiger.ch |date= |accessdate=2015-06-02}}</ref><ref>http://www.welt.de/kultur/kunst-und-architektur/article123277175/Kunst-Keine-schoene-Bescherung-in-Zuerich.html</ref> |
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== References == |
== References == |
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Revision as of 00:23, 26 September 2015
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| Formation | 1965 in Cologne, Germany |
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| Founder | Antonina Gmurzynska |
| Purpose | Art Gallery |
| Headquarters | Zürich, Switzerland |
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| Owners | Krystyna Gmurzynska Mathias Rastorfer |
| Website | gmurzynska |
Galerie Gmurzynska is an art gallery in based in Zurich, Switzerland that specializes in modern and contemporary art and work by the Russian avant-garde. It has additional branches in Zug and St. Moritz.
History
The gallery was founded in 1965 in Cologne, Germany by Antonina Gmurzynska. It held an exhibition of Japanese art in its first year. The following year, the gallery presented the work of David Burliuk. Until 1971, the gallery's program focused on the Russian avant-garde. The gallery buys and sells mostly works by modern and contemporary artists. Occasionally it sells pieces at art fairs by better-known artists such as Pablo Picasso, Kurt Schwitters, Fernand Leger, Lyonel Feininger, Robert and Sonia Delaunay, Sylvester Stallone and Fernando Botero. The gallery works with the estates of Yves Klein, Wifredo Lam, Louise Nevelson, Karl Lagerfeld and Robert Indiana among others.
Galerie Gmurzynska made its name as a supplier of avant-garde Russian art to Western collectors.[1] From December 1979 to March 1980, the Galerie exhibited Künstlerinnen der russischen Avantgarde/Women Artists of the Russian Avante-Garde 1910-1930, the first exhibition in the West to concentrate on the work of female Russian avant-garde artists.[2] The exhibition included the work of Liubov Popova and Varvara Stepanova.[citation needed]
Krystyna Gmurzynska took over the Cologne gallery with her business partner Mathias Rastorfer following her mother Antonina's death in 1986.[3]
Forty years after its establishment, in 2005, the gallery relocated from Cologne to Switzerland and opened a gallery on Zürich's Paradeplatz. The Paradeplatz building that houses the gallery dates back to 1857 and is right next to the building in which the first important Dada exhibition was on show in 1917.[4] The gallery self-publishes, and occasionally in partnership with publishing houses, books and catalogues for its exhibitions.[5]
In 2010, the gallery held an exhibition entitled "Zaha Hadid and Suprematism", which was designed and curated by Hadid and Patrik Schumacher. The installation was designed to be viewed through the gallery's window on Paradeplatz.[6]
The gallery was the first to exhibit collages created by American architect Richard Meier in Europe.[7] Meier had mentioned in conversation to Isabelle Bscher, daughter to gallery owner Krystyna Gmurzynska, that he made collages, and Isabelle, Krystyna and Mathias Rastorfer visited Meier in his New York City apartment where the art was stored.[7] In 2013, the trio hosted shows of Meier's work in Zurich and Zug.[7] In October 2014, a show entitled "Richard Meier: Collages" opened at the State Russian Museum.
At the 2014 Art Basel in Miami Beach, the gallery collaborated with film director Baz Luhrmann and set designer Catherine Martin to design their booth.[8]
Controversies
According to Geraldine Norman, an advisor to the Hermitage Museum, Antonina Gmurzynska (the present owner's mother) allegedly 'sought out the artists' families in Russia and became adept at sneaking art out of the country - art which was anyway banned by the Soviet government.'[9]
In 1993 the gallery's present owners were involved in the removal of a major collection of documents, drawings and paintings by Russian Futurist artists estimated at around £100M belonging to Nikolai Khardzhiev and his wife Lidia Chaga. The gallery arranged the packing and removal of the couple's Moscow flat, but little of their archive ever reached them in Amsterdam.[9][10]
From 2007-2009, Galerie Gmurzynska's insurance company was involved in a dispute with New York dealer Asher B. Edelman, who has been dealing with several other law suits at the time.[11] Edelman had loaned a work by American painter Robert Ryman to Galerie Gmurznyska for exhibition in 2007 and Edelman claimed the work was later returned damaged.[12] In 2009, a U.S. district court judge awarded Edelman a default judgment of $765,000.[12] Later that year, four of the Galerie's paintings were seized and held for two days until the Galerie paid the judgment.[13]
In 2013, the gallery came under investigation by the Swiss Federal Customs Administration regarding VAT on imported artworks worth 85M Swiss France supplied to the Dolder Grand Hotel, owned by Urs Schwarzenbach.[14][15][16]
References
- ^ John E. Bowlt; Szymon Bojko. Von der Fläche zum Raum: Russland 1916-24/ From Surface to Space: Russia 1916-24.
- ^ Alexandra Exter. Amazons of the avant-garde.
- ^ "In blauer Fülle" (in German). Zeit Online. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ^ "Eröffnung der Galerie Gmurzynska am Paradeplatz: Russische Avantgarde in Zürich". Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
- ^ "Galerie Gmurzynska Publications on artnet". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
- ^ Heathcote, Edwin (2010-06-29). "Zaha Hadid and Suprematism, Galerie Gmurzynska, Zurich". Financial Times. ISSN 0307-1766. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
- ^ a b c "Richard Meier On Collages, Picasso, and, Well, Sex". Artnet News. 30 October 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
- ^ http://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/baz-luhrmann-dazzles-at-basel-while-local-gallery-snubs-us-6491415
- ^ a b http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/4713862/A-tragic-flight-to-freedom.html
- ^ https://newleftreview.org/II/26/tony-wood-a-futurist-ark
- ^ Vardi, Nathan. "Greed Is So-So". Retrieved 2015-09-21.
- ^ a b "Seized the Day". Blouinartinfo.com. 2010-02-04. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
- ^ Pollock, Lindsay (2009-12-03). "U.S. Marshals Seize Degas, Miro Works at Miami Fair (Update1)". Bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
- ^ "Hotel Dolder Grand and Galerie Gmurzynska raided - In The Local News - ZURICH4YOU.CH - THE NEW ENGLISH WEBSITE FOR EXPATS IN ZURICH". ZURICH4YOU.CH. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
- ^ "Galerie Gmurzynska blitzt vor Bundesgericht ab - News Zürich: Region". tagesanzeiger.ch. Retrieved 2015-06-02.
- ^ http://www.welt.de/kultur/kunst-und-architektur/article123277175/Kunst-Keine-schoene-Bescherung-in-Zuerich.html