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==Career==
==Career==
Jean-David Malat is currently the Director of Opera Gallery London,<ref>[http://www.operagallery.com/ Opera Gallery London]</ref> the London branch of the Opera Gallery international group of Modern and Contemporary Art galleries.<ref>[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0a17e762-50e4-11e0-8931-00144feab49a.html/ FT Magazine]</ref> He has been at this position since 2005 and is an internationally recognised curator and art expert. Malat's curatorial projects have been reviewed and praised by publications such as [[Glass Magazine]],<ref>[http://www.glassmagazine.co.uk/forum/article.asp?tid=1956#title/ Glass Magazine - David Mach, 2010]</ref> [[Market Magazine]],<ref>[http://www.themarketmagazine.co.uk/feature39.php/ Market Magazine - Street Art Show, Opera Gallery 2011]</ref> [[BBC]],<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15164198/ BBC - Mr. Brainwash]</ref> and [[telegraph]].<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/artsales/8790425/Are-we-being-Mr-Brainwashed.html/ The Telegraph - Are We Being Mr. Brainwashed?]</ref>
Jean-David Malat is currently the Director of Opera Gallery London,<ref>[http://www.operagallery.com/ Opera Gallery London]</ref> the London branch of the Opera Gallery international group of Modern and Contemporary Art galleries.<ref>[http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/0a17e762-50e4-11e0-8931-00144feab49a.html/ FT Magazine]</ref> He has been at this position since 2005 and is an internationally recognised curator and art expert. Malat's curatorial projects have been reviewed and praised by publications such as [[Metro Newspaper]]<ref> [https://www.metro.news/art-attack/655292/]</ref>, [[Glass Magazine]],<ref>[http://www.glassmagazine.co.uk/forum/article.asp?tid=1956#title/ Glass Magazine - David Mach, 2010]</ref> [[Market Magazine]],<ref>[http://www.themarketmagazine.co.uk/feature39.php/ Market Magazine - Street Art Show, Opera Gallery 2011]</ref> [[BBC]],<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-15164198/ BBC - Mr. Brainwash]</ref> and [[telegraph]].<ref>[http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/art/artsales/8790425/Are-we-being-Mr-Brainwashed.html/ The Telegraph - Are We Being Mr. Brainwashed?]</ref>


In 2011, ''London Loves Business'' accredited Malat with "a legacy of plucking artists from obscurity – or off the street – and making them international".<ref name="London Loves Business">[http://www.londonlovesbusiness.com/lifestyle/forget-saatchi-jean-david-malat-is-the-new-man-in-art/335.article ‘Forget Saatchi. Jean David Malat is the new man in art’].</ref>
In June 2017, Metro UK stated Malat was "Known as the ‘most well-connected man in London’″<ref>https://www.metro.news/art-attack/655292/</ref> and
2011 saw ''London Loves Business'' accredit Malat with "a legacy of plucking artists from obscurity – or off the street – and making them international".<ref name="London Loves Business">[http://www.londonlovesbusiness.com/lifestyle/forget-saatchi-jean-david-malat-is-the-new-man-in-art/335.article ‘Forget Saatchi. Jean David Malat is the new man in art’].</ref>


Malat trained at [[Sotheby's]]. He has sold several late-period [[Picasso]] paintings, two of them acquired during the 2008 recession.
Malat trained at [[Sotheby's]]. He has sold several late-period [[Picasso]] paintings, two of them acquired during the 2008 recession.

Revision as of 16:18, 28 July 2017

Jean-David Malat (born in Paris, France in 1975) is an art dealer, curator, and current director of the London branch of Opera Gallery.[1][2][3][4]

Career

Jean-David Malat is currently the Director of Opera Gallery London,[5] the London branch of the Opera Gallery international group of Modern and Contemporary Art galleries.[6] He has been at this position since 2005 and is an internationally recognised curator and art expert. Malat's curatorial projects have been reviewed and praised by publications such as Metro Newspaper[7], Glass Magazine,[8] Market Magazine,[9] BBC,[10] and telegraph.[11]

In June 2017, Metro UK stated Malat was "Known as the ‘most well-connected man in London’″[12] and 2011 saw London Loves Business accredit Malat with "a legacy of plucking artists from obscurity – or off the street – and making them international".[13]

Malat trained at Sotheby's. He has sold several late-period Picasso paintings, two of them acquired during the 2008 recession.

In 2007, Malat redesigned the art-on-display of the Théâtre Mogador for its opening, by including works of several contemporary artists from the Opera Gallery.

Malat writes articles for LUX Magazine.[14][15][16] Gridlock Magazine foresaw Malat's influence on the British Art Market in their 2011 article "Jean David – The Future of British Art", with his stance on Art as Business.[17]

Since 2011, Malat has found a niche in the street art market, which he is developing through Opera Gallery shows. [18] [19]

In June 2013, Malat curated The Many Faces of David Bowie show. [20]

In 2013, Malat wrote an article on the 55th year Venice Biennale for the Arbuturian. [21]

In 2014, Malat curated the Marc Chagall exhibition at Opera Gallery London [22] and the Bernard Buffet exhibition at the Heydar Aliyev Center Baku Azerbaijan. [23]

In 2015, Malat started working with the hyper realistic German artist Mike Dargas that he discovered on Instagram.

Malat looks for new painters, sculptors or photographers. He represents:

Malat supports the Serpentine Gallery and is a patron of the Tate gallery.

Curated projects

References

  1. ^ Saatchi-gallery
  2. ^ London Loves Business article
  3. ^ Financial Times
  4. ^ LinkedIn
  5. ^ Opera Gallery London
  6. ^ FT Magazine
  7. ^ [1]
  8. ^ Glass Magazine - David Mach, 2010
  9. ^ Market Magazine - Street Art Show, Opera Gallery 2011
  10. ^ BBC - Mr. Brainwash
  11. ^ The Telegraph - Are We Being Mr. Brainwashed?
  12. ^ https://www.metro.news/art-attack/655292/
  13. ^ ‘Forget Saatchi. Jean David Malat is the new man in art’.
  14. ^ Lux Magazine, A Mexican Tribute
  15. ^ Lux Magazine, Sculpture comes to Life
  16. ^ Lux Magazine, Voices of the Street
  17. ^ Jean David Malat - The Future of British Art.
  18. ^ Opera Gallery Press Release - Mr. Brainwash, 2011
  19. ^ Opera Gallery Press Release - Urban Masters, 2012
  20. ^ Opera Gallery Press Release - The Many Faces of David Bowie, 2013
  21. ^ The Arbuturian, A Venice Art Diary
  22. ^ Exhibition Opera Gallery London
  23. ^ Opera Gallery London News
  24. ^ Kate Middleton in artist's reworking of Sex Pistols poster.

Reviews on Jean David Malat's curatorial projects

Reviews on Jean-David Malat

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