Alan Klinkhoff Gallery is a Canadian fine art corporation located in

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. A member of the Art Dealers Association of Canada,"Art Dealers." ''Art Dealers Association of Canada''
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/ref> the firm provides acquisition and evaluation services for collectors, as well as exhibitions and sales of Canadian art by such artists as Paul-Émile Borduas,

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, Marc-Aurèle Fortin, Lawren Harris,

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, David Milne,

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, and Marc-Aurèle Suzor-Côté.Redgrave, Veronica. "Klinkhoff Gallery reborn." ''Vie des Arts'', 31 Jan. 2014
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/ref> Alan Klinkhoff, a frequent commenter on Canadian art and art market, is quoted in the ''

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'',Sopan Deb and Colin Moynihan. "Canada Debates Whether Gift of Leibovitz Photos Is Also a Tax Dodge." ''The New York Times'', 24 Jul. 2017
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''.Cuthbertson, Richard. "From Dollarama to Halifax: The odd journey of 2,000 Annie Leibovitz photos." ''CBC Television,'' 14 Jul. 2017
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/ref> The gallery, a successor to

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, is known for museum-quality, non-sale exhibitions of important Canadian painters.Larsen, Wayne. "Montreal artist John Little's street scenes are steeped in nostalgia." ''Montreal Gazette.'' 1 Nov. 2017. Print
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Alan Klinkhoff

The son of Montreal gallerists Walter and Gertrude Klinkhoff, Alan Klinkhoff (1953-) was first introduced to the art world at age 12 when he delivered three paintings from

's Ottawa studio to

(1949-2013)."Canadian Art: Coast to Coast to Coast - A snapshot of Canadian Art from various Eras and Areas of the Country." ''University of Guelph''
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A dealer of the Group of Seven (1968), the gallery was known for "museum-quality exhibitions at which nothing was for sale".Schwartz, Susan. "Beaver Hall Group's canvases speak in Picturesque's dramatic shorts." ''Montreal Gazette'', 16 Nov. 2015
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/ref> In 1970 Alan took his first purchasing trip overseas and in 1972 began to assist in the gallery during school holidays."Timeline: Galerie Walter Klinkhoff 1949-2013." ''Alan Klinkhoff Gallery'
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/ref> In 1974 he studied art in Paris and, on his return to the gallery, co-founded with his brother Eric a fine-art evaluation, restoration and framing service, Services D'Art Klinkhoff (1975-1983). Alan also assisted with the gallery's retrospectives for Marc-Aurèle Suzor-Coté (1977), Paul-Émile Borduas (1986), and

(1990). The Klinkhoffs, known for their support of the Beaver Hall Group, also organized retrospective exhibitions for

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(1980), Ethel Seath (1987), Mabel Lockerby (1989),

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(1992), and Lilias Torrance (1995) as well as a group show (1999). From 1988 to 1997 Alan Klinkhoff was contracted as an art evaluator for the federal Department of Justice. After the death of his father in 1997, Alan's sons Jonathan and Craig apprenticed with the gallery. In 2013, following Sotheby's departure from art auctions in Canada, Alan was interviewed on the Canadian art market in '' The Financial Post''.Fong, April. "Heffel reaps the rewards of being bullish on Canadian art." ''Financial Post'', 10 Jun. 2013
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/ref> After the dissolution of Galerie Walter Klinkhoff, Alan, together with his wife Helen and sons Jonathan and Craig, established the Alan Klinkhoff Gallery.

Alan Klinkhoff Gallery

Alan Klinkhoff Gallery (''Galerie Alan Klinkhoff'') opened at 1448 Sherbrooke Street West on Gallery Row adjacent the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) in February 2014. In October the gallery participated in the ''Journal of Canadian Art Historys colloquium: "Frame and Framing in Canada: Functions and History" organized by the MMFA. That year the Klinkhoffs also opened a Toronto office and gallery at 113 Yorkville Avenue, managed by son Jonathan.Olson, Issac. "Lower Canada College students display art in downtown gallery." ''Montreal Gazette,'' 20 Apr. 2017
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/ref> In 2015 Alan was interviewed on the authenticity of sketches attributed to

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. In October, concurrent with the Beaver Hall Group's MMFA exhibition, the Montreal and Toronto galleries mounted ''The Beaver Hall Group & The Klinkhoff Family'' with memorabilia and anecdotes from previous group exhibitions. In 2016 both galleries also presented the exhibition ''

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: Tom Thomson of the North''. In November Alan was interviewed on Canadian art sales when Lawren Harris' painting ''Mountain Forms'', previously sold by Galerie Walter Klinkhoff, set auction records at $11.2 million.Everett-Green, Robert. "Lawren Harris sale could prompt surge of interest in Canadian artists." ''The Globe and Mail'', 25 Nov. 2016
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/ref> The gallery also held the estate sale of collector William I M. Turner Jr which included works by Albert Robinson,

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, A. J. Casson, J.E.H. MacDonald, Goodridge Roberts, and F. H. Varley. In spring 2017, the Toronto gallery opened the ''Lawren Harris & Canadian Masters Sale'' with a lecture on Harris' work by Charles C. Hill, former curator of Canadian Art at the National Gallery of Canada. The sale of 14 of Harris' works included one painting for $9.5 million for a total over $30 million.Scott, Marian. "Auction House opens doors." ''Montreal Gazette'', 11 May 2017. A.5 p1
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's acquisition of 2,000 photographs by Annie Leibovitz, Alan Klinkhoff as a former "expert for the Canadian government" was quoted in the ''

'',Bundale, Brett. "A trove of famous photos remain in shuttered storage." ''Toronto Star'', 27 Jul. 201
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. In November 2017 the gallery held non-sale exhibitions in both Montreal and Toronto of John Little's paintings, the first that Little "consented to in nearly 40 years".

Public Events and Exhibitions

The gallery encourages visits by "art students, teachers, collectors and a general public" through lecture series and open exhibitions. The Montreal gallery, managed by Alan Klinkhoff and son Craig, mounted the graduating class of Montreal's

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Exhibition. The gallery also mounts popular, non-sale retrospective exhibitions open to the public."New Montreal exhibit combines fine art, history with passion for hockey." ''CBC News'', 14 Oct. 2016
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/ref> In 2016 the Montreal and Toronto galleries exhibition of art and hockey sticks ''Fine Art & Hockey: A Point of View'' attracted hockey stars Sidney Crosby and

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References

External links

*"Lawren Harris & Canadian Masters - Historic Sale." ''Alan Klinkhoff Gallery'', 21 Mar. 2017
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*"Lawren Harris presented by Charlie Hill at Alan Klinkhoff." ''Alan Klinkhoff Gallery'', 4 May 2017
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