HUNTERS & COLLECTORS introduces you to the passionate & eccentric dealer-detectives
who hunt priceless, museum quality artworks.
These are the "expert's expert".
Hunters & Collectors [16x26min]
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Hunters
& Collectors ep3 Johnny Van Haeften [London], Angela Westwater-
Sperone Westwater [NY], François Laffanour[Paris] "JOHNNY VAN HAEFTEN 17th century Dutch and Flemish Old Master paintings Johnny Van Haeften, although of Dutch origins, was born and educated in England. After leaving Christie’s in 1977, he formed Johnny Van Haeften Limited and opened the present gallery at 13 Duke Street, St. James’s, in 1982. For thirty-three years he has pursued his passion for seventeenth century Dutch and Flemish Old Master paintings and is now the only London dealer specialising in this field. Johnny Van Haeften is a former council member of the British Antique Dealers Association and has previously acted as Vice Chairman of the Society of London Art Dealers. He is currently on the Executive Committee of the European Fine Art Foundation and is a member of the Reviewing Committee for the Export of Works of Art. Angela Westwater SPERONE WESTWATER Sperone Westwater Fischer was founded in 1975, when Italian art dealer Gian Enzo Sperone, Angela Westwater, and German art dealer Konrad Fischer opened a space at 142 Greene Street in SoHo, New York. (The gallery's name was changed to Sperone Westwater in 1982.) An additional space was later established at 121 Greene Street. The founders' original program showcased a European avant-garde alongside a core group of American artists to whom its founders were committed. Notable early exhibitions include a 1977 show of minimalist works by Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd, and Sol Lewitt; seven of Bruce Nauman's seminal early shows; eleven Richard Long exhibitions; and the installation of one of Mario Merz's celebrated glass and neon igloos in 1979 -- part of the gallery's ongoing dedication to Arte Povera artists, including Alighiero Boetti. Renowned American artists Bruce Nauman and Susan Rothenberg have been with Sperone Westwater since 1975 and 1987, respectively. They are joined by established and internationally-recognized artists, including Guillermo Kuitca, Richard Long, Malcolm Morley, Evan Penny, William Wegman and Not Vital, as well as a younger generation of artists like Bertozzi & Casoni, Wim Delvoye, Kim Dingle, Charles LeDray, Tom Sachs, Jan Worst and Liu Ye. Sperone Westwater also has in its inventory work by Carla Accardi, Alighiero Boetti, Lucio Fontana, Heinz Mack, Piero Manzoni, Mario Merz, Otto 'Piene, Julian Schnabel, Richard Tuttle, and ZERO Group. In September 2010, Sperone Westwater inaugurated a new Foster + Partners designed building at 257 Bowery in New York. Today, over 35 years after its conception, the gallery continues to exhibit an international roster of prominent artists working in a wide variety of media. Francois Laffanour DOWNTOWN For
more than thirty years, FrançoisLaffanour has been recognized as
one of the very earliest visionary champions of Charlotte Perriand,
Jean Prouvé and Le Corbusier. At a very early stage, his intuition
steered him towards Ron Arad, to whom his gallery has already dedicated
two solo shows, in 2005 and then in 2008. In tandem, he collaborated
on his public exhibitions at the Centre Pompidou in 2008, as well
as at the MoMA in 2009." |
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Hunters
& Collectors ep8 Weiss [London],
Maison Parisienne [Paris] , Art Jewels [London] "Mark Weiss The Weiss Gallery is the leading dealer in Tudor, Stuart and North European Old Master portraiture, and it is a pleasure to welcome you to our website where you will find an unequalled selection of historical portraits for sale. We would also encourage you to visit our splendid gallery, which is located at 59 Jermyn Street, in the heart of prestigious St James’s. Over the past decades, The Weiss Gallery has made many notable sales , which now grace distinguished private and public painting collections around the world. One of the gallery’s main strengths is its dedication to research. Indeed the many catalogues that we have produced over the years have become essential reading for scholars and collectors alike. MAISON PARISIENNE Jean-Marc Dimanche & Florence Guillier Bernard There
can be nothing exceptional without talent and French craftsmen are
unique in this respect, combining culture and tradition, knowledge
and expertise. Beyond the manual skill, there is a work of art;
and beyond the work of art, there are the men and women whose everyday
life is steeped in the outstanding art of rare objects and luxury
materials. Imagine a company without a catalogue, a company that
does not discuss products or ranges, a company in which every item
is unique because it is made by the hand and heart of Man. maison
parisienne is that company, offering a collection of rare objects
created from the passion and expertise of a handful of craftsmen
who design and make the most outstanding and most beautiful items
possible, each in his or her own craft form. maison parisienne is
that company, discovering and rediscovering a French lifestyle,
showing audacity and contemporary design, working to pass it on
and share it with enthusiasts, the initiated, collectors of emotions
and lovers of the unusual and curious... ART JEWELS Didier Haspeslagh Didier
Haspeslagh and Martine Newby Haspeslagh launched the gallery in
2006. It specializes in artist's jewels by post-war painters and
sculptors and silver and gold wares by leading 20th century designers
and architects. www.didierantiques.com Since 2006 Didier Ltd has
specialized in jewels designed by leading Modern Masters, painters
and sculptors who are recognized internationally for their art,
while the fact that they also created jewels often comes as a surprise.
These jewels can be very intimtate expressions of their art, made
either as unique pieces, often as personal gifts for family and
friends, or produced in small limited editions. They are regarded
by their creators as valid expressions of their art, small sculptures
that were designed to be worn. Currently the gallery has over 200
jewels by over 100 different artists that date primarily from the
1940s to 1980s. With this historical perspective, the gallery is
uniquely placed to acquire only the finest examples and does not
deal in re-issues or pieces produced by artists' estates. After
being neglected for fifty years this overlooked expression of the
artists’ oeuvre is now regaining international recognition.. |
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Hunters & Collectors Ep13 Koopman [London], Karsten Greve[Paris], Ole Hostbo
[Copenhagen] Lewis Smith Koopman Rare Art grew from the 1993 merger of E & C.T. Koopman & Son and Rare Art London. Historically, we have put together some of the most prestigious antique silver collections of the last sixty years. Most famously the Al Tajir Collection, the Packer Collection and the A.H. Whiteley Trust Collection, to name a few. We have also been working side by side and supplying many museums worldwide. These include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Victoria & Albert Museum, London; The Indianapolis Museum of Art; The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Art Gallery of South Australia; the Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology, Oxford; the Royal College of Physicians; and the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, amongst others. The company is well-known for holding one of London's largest stocks of top quality English silver . Of particular note would be the work of Robert Garrard , Paul Storr , and Paul De Lamerie , but this is far from the limit of our specialisation. In 2005 we held a unique exhibition on Rundell Bridge and Rundell. Following on from this success we held an exhibition in 2010 called "The Classical Ideal". Both of these events were combined with a charitable event to help firstly The Princes Trust and then The Sir John Soane's Museum. Galerie Karsten Greve in Cologne, Paris, Milan and St. Moritz Karsten Greve, born in 1946, studied law and art history in Cologne, Lausanne and Geneva. He started his career as an art dealer and publisher in 1969. Since 1970, together with Rolf Möllenhof, he operated the Möllenhof/Greve gallery. He opened the first of his own galleries at the beginning of 1973 with a debut showing of a solo exhibition by Yves Klein in the gallery building at Lindenstraße, Cologne. His intimate face-to-face contact with foremost artists, such as Cy Twombly, Jannis Kounellis, John Chamberlain, Louise Bourgeois and others, provided the basis for his program’s quality, which is defined by international avant-garde after 1945. Apart from Twombly, Kounellis, Chamberlain and Bourgeois, this includes artists like Joseph Cornell, Jean Dubuffet, Willem de Kooning, Pablo Picasso, Louis Soutter and WOLS. During his 40 successful years as an international art dealer, Karsten Greve significantly contributed to the worldwide recognition of artists like Louise Bourgeois, John Chamberlain, Lucio Fontana, Gotthard Graubner, Jannis Kounellis, Piero Manzoni and Cy Twombly. In addition to this, the gallery also represents "young artists" for many years, like Norbert Prangenberg, Paco Knöller, Peter Schmersal, Leiko Ikemura, Loic Le Groumellec and Carole Seborovski, as well as the photographers Sally Mann, Adam Fuss and Lynn Davis. Ole Hostbo Dansk
Møbelkunst gallery specializes in 20th Century Scandinavian design.
The gallery is a leading authority in Danish historical design from
1920–1970, with particular emphasis on rare modernist furniture
and lighting. Dansk Møbelkunst Gallery specializes in rare, original
works of Danish furniture that were created during 1920-70, when
a circle of craftsmen, architects and designers erased the distinction
between works of art and functional equipment for everyday life.Established
by Ole Høstbo in 1992, Dansk Møbelkunst takes its’ name from the
Danish word for Furniture Art, a term that is rooted in the handicraft
tradition and signifies a synthesis of aesthetics, utility and craftsmanship.
During the twentieth century, møbelkunst evolved from the reproduction
of historical styles to the creation of truly modern furniture that
relied on beautiful materials, rather than applied decoration, and
finely-crafted details for its’ aesthetic value. The gallery’s expertise
encompasses both handcrafted masterpieces and iconic works of industrial
design. ." |
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Hunters & Collectors Ep14 S.H.RASA Lewis Smith Koopman Rare Art grew from the 1993 merger of E & C.T. Koopman & Son and Rare Art London. Historically, we have put together some of the most prestigious antique silver collections of the last sixty years. Most famously the Al Tajir Collection, the Packer Collection and the A.H. Whiteley Trust Collection, to name a few. We have also been working side by side and supplying many museums worldwide. These include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Victoria & Albert Museum, London; The Indianapolis Museum of Art; The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Art Gallery of South Australia; the Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology, Oxford; the Royal College of Physicians; and the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, amongst others. The company is well-known for holding one of London's largest stocks of top quality English silver . Of particular note would be the work of Robert Garrard , Paul Storr , and Paul De Lamerie , but this is far from the limit of our specialisation. In 2005 we held a unique exhibition on Rundell Bridge and Rundell. Following on from this success we held an exhibition in 2010 called "The Classical Ideal". Both of these events were combined with a charitable event to help firstly The Princes Trust and then The Sir John Soane's Museum. Galerie Karsten Greve in Cologne, Paris, Milan and St. Moritz Karsten Greve, born in 1946, studied law and art history in Cologne, Lausanne and Geneva. He started his career as an art dealer and publisher in 1969. Since 1970, together with Rolf Möllenhof, he operated the Möllenhof/Greve gallery. He opened the first of his own galleries at the beginning of 1973 with a debut showing of a solo exhibition by Yves Klein in the gallery building at Lindenstraße, Cologne. His intimate face-to-face contact with foremost artists, such as Cy Twombly, Jannis Kounellis, John Chamberlain, Louise Bourgeois and others, provided the basis for his program’s quality, which is defined by international avant-garde after 1945. Apart from Twombly, Kounellis, Chamberlain and Bourgeois, this includes artists like Joseph Cornell, Jean Dubuffet, Willem de Kooning, Pablo Picasso, Louis Soutter and WOLS. During his 40 successful years as an international art dealer, Karsten Greve significantly contributed to the worldwide recognition of artists like Louise Bourgeois, John Chamberlain, Lucio Fontana, Gotthard Graubner, Jannis Kounellis, Piero Manzoni and Cy Twombly. In addition to this, the gallery also represents "young artists" for many years, like Norbert Prangenberg, Paco Knöller, Peter Schmersal, Leiko Ikemura, Loic Le Groumellec and Carole Seborovski, as well as the photographers Sally Mann, Adam Fuss and Lynn Davis. Ole Hostbo Dansk
Møbelkunst gallery specializes in 20th Century Scandinavian design.
The gallery is a leading authority in Danish historical design from
1920–1970, with particular emphasis on rare modernist furniture
and lighting. Dansk Møbelkunst Gallery specializes in rare, original
works of Danish furniture that were created during 1920-70, when
a circle of craftsmen, architects and designers erased the distinction
between works of art and functional equipment for everyday life.Established
by Ole Høstbo in 1992, Dansk Møbelkunst takes its’ name from the
Danish word for Furniture Art, a term that is rooted in the handicraft
tradition and signifies a synthesis of aesthetics, utility and craftsmanship.
During the twentieth century, møbelkunst evolved from the reproduction
of historical styles to the creation of truly modern furniture that
relied on beautiful materials, rather than applied decoration, and
finely-crafted details for its’ aesthetic value. The gallery’s expertise
encompasses both handcrafted masterpieces and iconic works of industrial
design. ."
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Hunters & Collectors Ep15 OCEANIC Lewis Smith Koopman Rare Art grew from the 1993 merger of E & C.T. Koopman & Son and Rare Art London. Historically, we have put together some of the most prestigious antique silver collections of the last sixty years. Most famously the Al Tajir Collection, the Packer Collection and the A.H. Whiteley Trust Collection, to name a few. We have also been working side by side and supplying many museums worldwide. These include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Victoria & Albert Museum, London; The Indianapolis Museum of Art; The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Art Gallery of South Australia; the Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology, Oxford; the Royal College of Physicians; and the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, amongst others. The company is well-known for holding one of London's largest stocks of top quality English silver . Of particular note would be the work of Robert Garrard , Paul Storr , and Paul De Lamerie , but this is far from the limit of our specialisation. In 2005 we held a unique exhibition on Rundell Bridge and Rundell. Following on from this success we held an exhibition in 2010 called "The Classical Ideal". Both of these events were combined with a charitable event to help firstly The Princes Trust and then The Sir John Soane's Museum. Galerie Karsten Greve in Cologne, Paris, Milan and St. Moritz Karsten Greve, born in 1946, studied law and art history in Cologne, Lausanne and Geneva. He started his career as an art dealer and publisher in 1969. Since 1970, together with Rolf Möllenhof, he operated the Möllenhof/Greve gallery. He opened the first of his own galleries at the beginning of 1973 with a debut showing of a solo exhibition by Yves Klein in the gallery building at Lindenstraße, Cologne. His intimate face-to-face contact with foremost artists, such as Cy Twombly, Jannis Kounellis, John Chamberlain, Louise Bourgeois and others, provided the basis for his program’s quality, which is defined by international avant-garde after 1945. Apart from Twombly, Kounellis, Chamberlain and Bourgeois, this includes artists like Joseph Cornell, Jean Dubuffet, Willem de Kooning, Pablo Picasso, Louis Soutter and WOLS. During his 40 successful years as an international art dealer, Karsten Greve significantly contributed to the worldwide recognition of artists like Louise Bourgeois, John Chamberlain, Lucio Fontana, Gotthard Graubner, Jannis Kounellis, Piero Manzoni and Cy Twombly. In addition to this, the gallery also represents "young artists" for many years, like Norbert Prangenberg, Paco Knöller, Peter Schmersal, Leiko Ikemura, Loic Le Groumellec and Carole Seborovski, as well as the photographers Sally Mann, Adam Fuss and Lynn Davis. Ole Hostbo Dansk
Møbelkunst gallery specializes in 20th Century Scandinavian design.
The gallery is a leading authority in Danish historical design from
1920–1970, with particular emphasis on rare modernist furniture
and lighting. Dansk Møbelkunst Gallery specializes in rare, original
works of Danish furniture that were created during 1920-70, when
a circle of craftsmen, architects and designers erased the distinction
between works of art and functional equipment for everyday life.Established
by Ole Høstbo in 1992, Dansk Møbelkunst takes its’ name from the
Danish word for Furniture Art, a term that is rooted in the handicraft
tradition and signifies a synthesis of aesthetics, utility and craftsmanship.
During the twentieth century, møbelkunst evolved from the reproduction
of historical styles to the creation of truly modern furniture that
relied on beautiful materials, rather than applied decoration, and
finely-crafted details for its’ aesthetic value. The gallery’s expertise
encompasses both handcrafted masterpieces and iconic works of industrial
design. ."
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Hunters & Collectors Ep16 ARAGON Lewis Smith Koopman Rare Art grew from the 1993 merger of E & C.T. Koopman & Son and Rare Art London. Historically, we have put together some of the most prestigious antique silver collections of the last sixty years. Most famously the Al Tajir Collection, the Packer Collection and the A.H. Whiteley Trust Collection, to name a few. We have also been working side by side and supplying many museums worldwide. These include the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Victoria & Albert Museum, London; The Indianapolis Museum of Art; The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the Art Gallery of South Australia; the Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery; The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; The Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology, Oxford; the Royal College of Physicians; and the Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery, amongst others. The company is well-known for holding one of London's largest stocks of top quality English silver . Of particular note would be the work of Robert Garrard , Paul Storr , and Paul De Lamerie , but this is far from the limit of our specialisation. In 2005 we held a unique exhibition on Rundell Bridge and Rundell. Following on from this success we held an exhibition in 2010 called "The Classical Ideal". Both of these events were combined with a charitable event to help firstly The Princes Trust and then The Sir John Soane's Museum. Galerie Karsten Greve in Cologne, Paris, Milan and St. Moritz Karsten Greve, born in 1946, studied law and art history in Cologne, Lausanne and Geneva. He started his career as an art dealer and publisher in 1969. Since 1970, together with Rolf Möllenhof, he operated the Möllenhof/Greve gallery. He opened the first of his own galleries at the beginning of 1973 with a debut showing of a solo exhibition by Yves Klein in the gallery building at Lindenstraße, Cologne. His intimate face-to-face contact with foremost artists, such as Cy Twombly, Jannis Kounellis, John Chamberlain, Louise Bourgeois and others, provided the basis for his program’s quality, which is defined by international avant-garde after 1945. Apart from Twombly, Kounellis, Chamberlain and Bourgeois, this includes artists like Joseph Cornell, Jean Dubuffet, Willem de Kooning, Pablo Picasso, Louis Soutter and WOLS. During his 40 successful years as an international art dealer, Karsten Greve significantly contributed to the worldwide recognition of artists like Louise Bourgeois, John Chamberlain, Lucio Fontana, Gotthard Graubner, Jannis Kounellis, Piero Manzoni and Cy Twombly. In addition to this, the gallery also represents "young artists" for many years, like Norbert Prangenberg, Paco Knöller, Peter Schmersal, Leiko Ikemura, Loic Le Groumellec and Carole Seborovski, as well as the photographers Sally Mann, Adam Fuss and Lynn Davis. Ole Hostbo Dansk
Møbelkunst gallery specializes in 20th Century Scandinavian design.
The gallery is a leading authority in Danish historical design from
1920–1970, with particular emphasis on rare modernist furniture
and lighting. Dansk Møbelkunst Gallery specializes in rare, original
works of Danish furniture that were created during 1920-70, when
a circle of craftsmen, architects and designers erased the distinction
between works of art and functional equipment for everyday life.Established
by Ole Høstbo in 1992, Dansk Møbelkunst takes its’ name from the
Danish word for Furniture Art, a term that is rooted in the handicraft
tradition and signifies a synthesis of aesthetics, utility and craftsmanship.
During the twentieth century, møbelkunst evolved from the reproduction
of historical styles to the creation of truly modern furniture that
relied on beautiful materials, rather than applied decoration, and
finely-crafted details for its’ aesthetic value. The gallery’s expertise
encompasses both handcrafted masterpieces and iconic works of industrial
design. ."
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