Karsten Greve

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Karsten Greve (born September 15, 1946 in Dahme / Mark ) is a German art dealer and publisher . Under the name Galerie Karsten Greve, he runs art galleries in Cologne , St. Moritz , Paris and, formerly, Milan , whose program is defined by the international post-war avant-garde, contemporary art and photography.

Greve appeared in Artnet News' Most Admired Art Dealers List in 2014 and was featured in Blouin's Art + Auction Power 100 List in 2012 and 2013. He is described as one of the most influential European art dealers.

life and career

Karsten Greve was born in Dahme / Mark . He spent his school days in Berlin and Siegen and studied law and art history at the University of Cologne , the University of Lausanne and the University of Geneva . As a student he began his own art collection set up and acquired his first Cy Twombly painting in 1966. At the age of 23 he had works by Cy Twombly , Joseph Beuys , Lucio Fontana , Yves Klein, Willem de Kooning , Joseph Cornell , and Jannis Kounellis purchased . Together with Rolf Möllenhof (* 1939, Chemnitz), he ran the Möllenhof / Greve gallery in 1970. In 1972 he became the sole owner of the Karsten Greve gallery, which at that time was still located in the Cologne Lindenstrasse gallery. He opened the gallery with a solo exhibition dedicated to the artist Yves Klein , the focus of which was on the Anthropometry series of works. Greve opened a second gallery in Paris in 1989, a third gallery in Milan in 1994 (closed in 2002) and a fourth location in St.Moritz in 1999.

Karsten Greve collects design furniture by Robert Mallet-Stevens , Le Corbusier and Pierre Chareau . He acquired part of the rue Mallet-Stevens Hôtel Martel. He is married and has three children.

Importance in the art world

Karsten Greve was one of the first gallery owners to open an exhibition space in the Marais district of Paris in the 1980s. He was the first gallery owner to open a gallery in St.Moritz.

During his 40-year career as an art dealer, Karsten Greve contributed significantly to the international recognition of artists such as  Louise Bourgeois - as one of the first to exhibit her in Europe - John Chamberlain , Lucio Fontana , Jannis Kounellis , Piero Manzoni and Cy Twombly . Up to two-thirds of the works that can be found on the market were originally sold by him. His close friendship with the artists served as the basis for the gallery program, which is determined by the international post-war avant-garde.

Karsten Greve about his first meeting with Cy Twombly: "It was 1969. I was 23 and had just opened a gallery in Cologne. He was living in Rome, in a 16th-century palace that had no names on the door. I eventually figured out where he lived. I went to his apartment a couple of times and rang the bell but he never answered. Eventually, he heard from others that a crazy young German wanted to meet him and he let me in. "

Greve has gained widespread recognition for its curated trade fair presentations and museum exhibition quality as well as for its ability to recognize the relevance of artists and their oeuvre before they become internationally known. At the 1996 Sao Paulo Biennale, Karsten Greve curated a solo exhibition dedicated to Cy Twombly. From 1997 to 2003 he was chairman of the Art Cologne admissions committee. He was also a member of the Art Basel Selection Committee and the FIAC jury.

Greve is the holder of the Ordine al Merito della Rebubblica Italiana (Cavaliere Ufficiale), which he was awarded in December 1998.

philanthropy

Karsten Greve supports the Jewish National Fund (קרן קימת לישראל, Keren Kayemet LeYisrael ) in its environmental protection and reforestation projects. In 2013 it became known that Karsten Greve donated one million euros for the extension of the planned new German Romantic Museum in Frankfurt am Main after the city of Frankfurt surprisingly dropped out of the group of donors; Since then, it has been the locomotive of the donation initiative for the construction of the literature museum, which is expected to open in 2018. In 2015 he participated in the foundation of the sculpture Usagi Kannon by Leiko Ikemura at the Museum of East Asian Art in Cologne. Karsten Greve donated the Lucio Fontana sculpture Natura to the Museum Ludwig in Cologne and Pierre Chareau Möbel to the Museum of Applied Arts in Cologne.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ | Gallery Karsten Greve. Retrieved February 15, 2017 .
  2. ↑ The Most Admired Art Dealers of 2014 | artnet News . In: artnet News . December 24, 2014 ( artnet.com [accessed February 15, 2017]).
  3. ↑ Blouin art + auction: Power Dealers, Blouin art + auction Power 100 2012. Accessed February 15, 2017 .
  4. ↑ Blouin art + auction: Power Dealers, Blouin art + auction Power 100 2013. Accessed on February 15, 2017 (English).
  5. ↑ Ulrich Clewing: When neutrals become aggressive . Ed .: Süddeutsche Zeitung. November 30, 2013.
  6. ↑ a b c Valentina Knapp-Voith: St. Moritz Magazine - "I like outsiders" . In: issuu . June 2016 ( issuu.com [PDF; accessed February 15, 2017]).
  7. ↑ a b Roland Groß: This is where provincial and world standards collide . Ed .: Saarbrücker Zeitung. December 7, 2000.
  8. ↑ A gallery owner of the world famous artists , derstandard.at of August 14, 2003, accessed on February 21, 2016.
  9. ↑ Silatec (Ed.): You Could Get A Lichtenstein Graphic At That Time For 80 Or 90 Marks . 2014.
  10. ^ Yves Klein Archives: Yves Klein Exhibitions. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on January 6, 2017 ; accessed on February 15, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.yveskleinarchives.org
  11. ^ Yves Klein: Anthropometries: Galerie Karsten Greve, Cologne . Galerie Karsten Greve, January 1, 1974 ( google.de [accessed February 15, 2017]).
  12. ^ A b Ribeyre: Mallet Stevens: Enchères. Retrieved February 15, 2017 .
  13. ^ PSS / Villa-Atelier Martel (Paris, France). Retrieved February 15, 2017 .
  14. ^ Maison rue Mallet-Stevens - Faubourg Conseil Immobilier . In: Faubourg Conseil Immobilier . December 10, 2014 ( barretimmobilier.com [accessed February 15, 2017]).
  15. ↑ "The art market is alive, but the employees are suffering" , welt.de of June 30, 2007.
  16. ^ "Exclusive Preview: Pierre Soulages. Le noir “- The gallery owner Karsten Greve and his wife Claudia , Museum Folkwang from January 13, 2016, accessed on February 21, 2016.
  17. ↑ Francoise-Claire Prodhon: January / February 1993 edition of Flash Art . Ed .: Flash Art Magazine. Vol. XXVI, No. 168 edition. “Only rarely has Bourgeois' work been exhibited in France; the large-scale retrospective at the Musée de Lyon in 1990 and this outing at Karsten Greve both went down as something of an event. By presenting prevalently recent pieces alongside a selection of older works, the show affords an insight into the work in all its complexity and ambivalence, [...]. "
  18. ↑ a b Benjamin Genocchio: Q&A with Karsten Greve . Ed .: Blouin art + auction. December 2013.
  19. ↑ Muf: MORITZ - new works by John Chamberlain . Ed .: Engadiner Post. August 7, 2001: “Chamberlain was inspired for this work last February. He was a guest of his gallery owner in St. Moritz to recover from an operation. Because he and his wife liked it so much, it was under this impression that he began work on "Candied Delights" or MORITZ, as he also calls the objects. "
  20. ↑ | Gallery Karsten Greve. Retrieved February 15, 2017 .
  21. ↑ Joel Shapiro Triumphs at Karsten Greve - artnet News . In: artnet News . February 9, 2015 ( artnet.com [accessed February 15, 2017]).
  22. ↑ a b Heidrun Wirth: Kingmaker with a flair . Ed .: Kölnische Rundschau. October 15, 2009.
  23. ↑ Art Basel 2016 - first impressions & pictures . In: art . ( online [accessed February 15, 2017]). Art Basel 2016 - First Impressions & Pictures ( Memento of the original from February 8, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.art-magazin.de
  24. ↑ 50th art fair Art Cologne - The old aunt is doing fine . In: General-Anzeiger Bonn . April 14, 2016 ( general-anzeiger-bonn.de [accessed February 15, 2017]).
  25. ^ Heidrun With: Hidden signs, ready for a museum: Galerie Greve shows Brassai-Dubuffet . Ed .: Kölnische Rundschau. November 16, 2011.
  26. ↑ Jürgen Raap: Rooms of fear . Ed .: Kölner Illustrierte. April 4, 1994: "A museum-ready program from John Chamberlain to Picasso has been defining the profile of Galerie Greve for a long time, and even now there are top-class things to see: drawings and early sculptures by Louise Bourgeois in the rooms on Wallrafplatz (...)"
  27. ↑ Susanne Henle: In front of paradise you flatten your nose . Ed .: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. August 2, 1997: “Greve's offer has reached a museum level here. Overall, the show, which in this year's summer months is also aimed at the international art people attracted by the documenta, can be seen as a strategically implemented art market offensive. "
  28. ↑ Roland Groß: A gallery owner of the world artists . Ed .: Der Standard. August 2003.
  29. ↑ Katja Blomberg: Art Cologne: The pain limit has been reached . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . November 6, 2000, ISSN  0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed February 15, 2017]).
  30. ^ "Art Cologne": The art market is rotating . ( tagesspiegel.de [accessed February 15, 2017]).
  31. ^ Segretariato generale della Presidenza della Repubblica-Servizio sistemi informatici- reparto web: Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana. Retrieved February 15, 2017 .
  32. ↑ He gives the romanticism a million ( memento of the original from February 23, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Frankfurter Neue Presse from March 19, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fnp.de
  33. ↑ The German Romantic Museum is being built in Frankfurt , badische-zeitung.de from March 5, 2014, accessed on February 21, 2016
  34. ^ Frankfurter Neue Presse: Romantic Museum: groundbreaking with boots | Frankfurter Neue Presse . ( fnp.de [accessed February 15, 2017]).
  35. ↑ Try it at Privat , fr-online.de from September 10, 2013, accessed on February 21, 2016
  36. ^ Catalog for the exhibition "Leiko Ikemura - All about Girls and Tigers" . In: issuu . ( issuu.com [accessed February 15, 2017]).
  37. ^ Frankfurter Neue Presse: He gives romanticism a million | Frankfurter Neue Presse . ( fnp.de [accessed February 15, 2017]). He gives romance a million | Frankfurter Neue Presse ( Memento of the original dated February 16, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fnp.de
  38. ↑ Pierre Chareau exhibition uncorrected proofs - essays . In: issuu . ( issuu.com [accessed February 15, 2017]).
personal data
SURNAME Greve, Karsten
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German art dealer
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Dahme / Mark