Galerie Wim van Krimpen, also Galerie Van Krimpen is a Dutch former

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Wim van Krimpen Wim van Krimpen (born in Groningen on 2 March 1941) is a Dutch art historian, art dealer and gallery owner of Galerie Wim van Krimpen, and art gallery director.

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History

Amsterdam from 1978 to 1991

Wim van Krimpen had started his career as

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director at the

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in 1964, where he initiated a series of fairs in the fields of

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and other entertainment. In his first year he initiated the interior fair ''Binnenhuis'', which became an annual event for decades. The KunstRAI in Amsterdam initiated by him in 1984 was another of his success stories. In 1978 Van Krimpen started his first own gallery in Amsterdam, initially under the name "Article". After a trip to the States he renamed it the "Van Krimpen gallery".Bob Witman, "De week van Galerie Van Krimpen," ''de Volkskrant,'' 16 September 2011. From the start Van Krimpen represented a series of artists, such as Gunther Forg,

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and Gunter Tuzina. In the last group exhibition of the gallery in 1991, they were also presented beside works of Paul Beckman, Rob Birza, Kees Smits, Elly Strik, and Ben Zegers. Afterwards the location in Amsterdam was taken over by Dick Dankers and Cok de Rooy, who opened design galley

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in 1992.

Rotterdam at Westersingel 83, 1991 to 1994

In 1991 the gallery moved to Rotterdam to a location at the Westersingel 83 at the corner of the Museum park, in those days still the beginning of the Marthenesserlaan. It was next to

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, and formerly held the Galerie Fenna de Vries. The new gallery out there was started in cooperation with the gallery

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, who had also moved there from Amsterdam. The two galleries shared the ground floor of the

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, Van Krimpen occupied the first floor, and Art & Project the floor under the roof. During the opening exhibition the first exhibited large paintings by

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and the second edited photographs by

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.Paul Steenhuis. "Nieuwe galerie roemt Rotterdams kunstklimaat," ''NRC Handelsblad.'' 18 December 1991. With the opening of the gallery in 1991 both art dealers praised the Rotterdam art climate because of the presence of existing galleries, such as Gallery Snoei, Gallery Rotta and Gallery RAM, and the art center

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and the initiative for a new Nederlands Architectuurinstituut AI With the recession three years later the situation had completely turned around.Renee Steenbergen, 'GALERIE: Cokkie Snoei', in: ''NRC Handelsblad''. 16-12-1994. Geraadpleegd o
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Wim van Krimpen Wim van Krimpen (born in Groningen on 2 March 1941) is a Dutch art historian, art dealer and gallery owner of Galerie Wim van Krimpen, and art gallery director.

became a full-time director at the Kunsthal in Rotterdam in 1994, the gallery at the Westersingel was dissolved. At the same location the Centrum Beeldende Kunst Rotterdam started the exhibition space Villa Alckmaer, Rotterdam, which later moved down the street and became

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. The location became part of the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen.

Rotterdam at Nieuwe Binnenweg, 2010

Wim van Krimpen made a further career as museum director in Leeuwarden and in The Hague. In 2010 the Wim van Krimpen galerie re-opened in Rotterdam at the Oude Binnenweg. The opening exhibition showed the work of contemporary art photographers, such as Ine Lamers and Paul Kooiker.Wim van Krimpen opent galerie in Rotterdam
" rijnmond.nl. 7 January 2010.

Prinsengracht in Amsterdam, 2012-2016

First new location of the gallery in Amsterdam was at the Hazenstraat 20. Later it moved back to the Prinsengracht.

Exhibitions, a selection

* 1991. ''Slot akkoord,'' Galerie Van Krimpen, Amsterdam.Janneke Wesseling. "Van Krimpen 'Slot akkoord'. Galerie Van Krimpen." ''NRC Handelsblad.'' 17 May 1991.

References

External links

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