David Maupin is an American art dealer. With Rachel Lehmann, he opened the Lehmann Maupin gallery in

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, in October 1996. Before opening Lehmann Maupin, Maupin was the director of Metro Pictures.

Early life and education

Born in California, Maupin studied

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at the

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, and the

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Lehmann Maupin gallery

History

Lehmann Maupin gallery has organized and curated

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s for international contemporary artists working in all media. The gallery has given a number of artists their first one-person exhibitions in New York City, including Kutluğ Ataman, Tracey Emin,

Anya Gallaccio Anya Gallaccio (born 1963) is a British artist, who creates site-specific, minimalist installations and often works with organic matter (including chocolate, sugar, flowers and ice). Her use of organic materials results in natural processes ...

Shirazeh Houshiary Shirazeh Houshiary (born 15 January 1955) is an Iranian-born English sculptor, installation artist, and painter. She lives and works in London. Life and work Shirazeh Houshiary was born on 15 January 1955 in Shiraz, Iran. She left her native c ...

Do-Ho Suh Do Ho Suh (hangul: 서도호, born 1962) is a Korean sculptor and installation artist. He also works across various media, including paintings and film which explore the concept of space and home. His work is particularly well known in relation ...

, and

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. In addition, the gallery has exposed emerging talents, such as

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Teresita Fernández Teresita Fernández (born 1968) is a New York-based visual artist best known for her public sculptures and unconventional use of materials. Her work is characterized by an interest in perception and the psychology of looking. Her experiential, ...

, and the Japanese artist

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, through exhibitions at the gallery and participations in select art fairs. The gallery's first raw,

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-panelled space in Chelsea was designed by

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in 1996. It was a

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gallery located at 39 Greene Street (near Grand Street).Yoko Choy (March 15, 2013)
"OMA designs Lehmann Maupin's first Hong Kong gallery"
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''. In September 2002 the gallery moved to a bigger space, also located in Chelsea. A second New York gallery at 201 Chrystie Street opened in November 2007. In 2013, Koolhaas designed a gallery space in the historic

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. The inaugural exhibition featured Korean artist Lee Bul. Ahead of the inaugural

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in 2013, Maupin joined the fair's selection committee. Lehmann Maupin launched its first Seoul outpost in the city's

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neighbourhood in 2017, making it one of the first international galleries to establish a permanent space in South Korea. After four years, the gallery moved to a larger gallery in the Hannam-dong area. Lehmann Maupin's current three-story gallery space, designed by

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, opened in Chelsea in September 2018. Shortly after, the gallery inaugurated its nearly black box space for film screenings. In 2019, Lehmann Maupin launched operations London before opening a space in the

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district in 2020.

Artists

* Ashley BickertonParra, Jamie, "Rachel Lehmann", ''Whitewall Magazine'', Fall 2008. *

Lee Bul Lee Bul ( ko, 이불, born in Yeongju, Gyeongsangbuk-do, South Korea in 1964) is a contemporary sculpture and installation artist who appeared on the art scene in the late 1980s. Her work questions patriarchal authority and the marginalization of ...

Alanna Martinez (April 24, 2015)
Photographer Catherine Opie Joins Lehmann Maupin Gallery
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''. * Dominic Chambers (since 2021) *

Billy Childish Billy Childish (born Steven John Hamper, 1 December 1959) is an English painter, author, poet, photographer, film maker, singer and guitarist. Since the late 1970s, Childish has been prolific in creating music, writing and visual art. He has le ...

Mary Corse Mary Corse (born 1945) is an American artist who lives and works in Topanga, California. Fascinated with perceptual phenomena and the idea that light itself can serve as both subject and material in art, Corse's practice can be seen as existing at ...

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(since 2019) * Tracey Emin *

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(since 2015) * Tony Oursler *

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(since 2019) * Lari Pittman (since 2019) *

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* Do Ho Suh *

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(since 2014) *

Cecilia Vicuña Cecilia Vicuña (born 1948) is a Chilean poet and artist based in New York and Santiago, Chile. Her work is noted for themes of language, memory, dissolution, extinction and exile. Critics also note the relevance of her work to the politics of ec ...

Nari Ward Nari Ward (born 1963 in St. Andrew, Jamaica) is an American artist based in New York City. His work is often composed of found objects from his neighborhood, and "address issues related to consumer culture, poverty, and race". He is a distingui ...

* Billie Zangewa (since 2020)

Other activities

* Edible Schoolyard NYC, Member of the Board * Perfect Earth Project, Member of the BoardRobin Pogrebin (August 12, 2016)
How David Maupin, an Art Dealer, Spends His Sundays
''The New York Times''.

Personal life

Maupin's partner is Stefano Tonchi, the

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of the magazine '' W''; they met in 1987 when Maupin was studying in Florence.Ben Widdicombe (May 9, 2014)
Gatekeeper: W Magazine's Stefano Tonchi is Making Art and Fashion a Hot Mix
''The New York Observer''. The couple has twin daughters.Holly Brubach (April 19, 2019)
Inside a New York Family's Annabelle Selldorf-Designed Residence
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''. Since 2011, the family has been residing at Osborne Apartments, in a space designed by Annabelle Selldorf. They also maintain a weekend house in

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.Kim Velsey (December 21, 2012)
Manhattan Transfers: Art World Hamptons House Swap Puts David Maupin in Janelle Reiring's Old Place
''The New York Observer''.

References

External links

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