Esther Schipper

Esther Schipper
Born1963 (age 60–61)
Taiwan
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)Art dealer and gallerist
PartnerFlorian Wojnar
Children2
ParentKristofer Schipper

Esther Schipper (born 1963)[1] is a German art dealer and gallerist.

Early life

Schipper is the daughter of Dutch sinologist Kristofer Schipper.[2] She was born in Taiwan and lived there until the age of seven.[3] She later grew up in Paris.[4]

Career

Schipper gained her first professional experience as an assistant at the Monika Sprüth Gallery in Cologne in 1983/84.

Schipper opened her first gallery in Cologne in 1989.[5][6] Between 1990 and 1992, Schipper and Daniel Buchholz also operated Buchholz & Schipper, a shop specializing in multiples. In cooperation with Michael Krome, the gallery operated under the name Schipper & Krome between 1994 and 2004.

In 1995, Schipper opened a project space in Berlin, and moved all of its operations there in 1997.[6][7][8] From 2010 until 2017, the gallery was located in a 500 m2 (5,400 sq ft) space in the former offices of architect Arno Brandlhuber in Berlin's Tiergarten district.[4] Following negotiations launched in 2014, Schipper acquired the majority shareholding in Jörg Johnen GmbH in 2015[9][10] and then took over both galleries' sites; the Johnen location eventually closed.[11]

In 2017, Esther Schipper moved to a 5,800 sq ft (540 m2) space located inside a former printing facility and warehouse for the local Berlin newspaper Der Tagesspiegel on Potsdamer Strasse; the space was designed by Selldorf Architects.[12][13] In 2021, the gallery had temporary spaces in Palma de Mallorca (500 m2 (5,400 sq ft)), Zhongshan District, Taipei (250 m2 (2,700 sq ft))[14] and the Tianjin Free-Trade Zone.[15] Since 2022, the gallery has been operating second location in Paris and a third showroom in a four-story building in Seoul's Itaewon neighbourhood, designed by StudioMDA.[16]

In addition to her work as a gallerist, Schipper was a member of the Art Basel art fair's selection committee for ten years[17] and later joined the selection committee of Frieze Art Fair in New York.[18] She was also one of the co-founders of Berlin's annual Gallery Weekend.[19]

Artists

Esther Schipper represents several living artists, including:

In addition, the gallery manages various artist estates, including:

Personal life

Schipper lives in Mitte, Berlin, with her partner Florian Wojnar and their two children.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Esther Schipper". www.kunstforum.de.
  2. ^ a b c Schmid, Lydia (9 May 2015). "So lebt die Berliner Galeristin Esther Schipper". Retrieved 14 April 2019 – via www.welt.de.
  3. ^ "randian - Esther Schipper – Interview". www.randian-online.com. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  4. ^ a b Tim Ackermann (April 23, 2011), Mitten im jungen Galerienkiez Die Welt.
  5. ^ "Esther Schipper / Power 100 / ArtReview". artreview.com. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  6. ^ a b Basel, Art. "Esther Schipper". Art Basel. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  7. ^ "The Gallery". Esther Schipper. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  8. ^ Kimberly Bradley (August 12, 2020), Berlin’s Art Scene: Are Reports of Its Death Exaggerated? New York Times.
  9. ^ Laurie Rojas (June 2, 2015), Berlin galleries join forces to stay in the game The Art Newspaper
  10. ^ Catrin Lorch (May 25, 2015), Mittelgroß ist zu klein Süddeutsche Zeitung.
  11. ^ a b Sarah Douglas (December 17, 2020), In Making Gavin Brown a Partner, Barbara Gladstone Is Betting That You Can Get Big and Still Think Small ARTnews.
  12. ^ "Berlin's Esther Schipper Will Move to a Massive New Space". artnet News. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  13. ^ "Contact". Esther Schipper. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  14. ^ Kabir Jhala (June 18, 2021), Sun, sea and Esther Schipper: Berlin gallery pops up in Mallorca and Taipei this summer The Art Newspaper
  15. ^ Melanie Gerlis (October 7, 2021), Pop-up galleries in Beijing free-trade zone and London Financial Times
  16. ^ Andrew Russeth (5 January 2023), Inside South Korea’s Art-Mad Capital New York Times.
  17. ^ Philippe Regnier (June 1, 1997), Basel beckons: from Bacon to Warhol, the cream of twentieth-century art on view The Art Newspaper.
  18. ^ Nicola Kuhn and Birgit Rieger (13 September 2021), Esther Schipper zur Art Week: „Als Frau wird man einfach nicht ernstgenommen“ Der Tagesspiegel.
  19. ^ Rose-Maria Gropp (28 April 2010), Gallery Weekend in Berlin: Die Stadt, die Kunst und die Karawane Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
  20. ^ Lydia Schmid (3 May 2015), Die Kunst des Weglassens Die Welt.
  21. ^ a b Laurie Rojas (June 2, 2015), Berlin galleries join forces to stay in the game The Art Newspaper.
  22. ^ Caroline Roux (May 1, 2019), Berlin puts its spin on the art world with Gallery Weekend Financial Times.
  23. ^ Lydia Schmid (3 May 2015), Die Kunst des Weglassens Die Welt.
  24. ^ Lydia Schmid (3 May 2015), Die Kunst des Weglassens Die Welt.
  25. ^ Tim Ackermann (April 23, 2011), Mitten im jungen Galerienkiez Die Welt.
  26. ^ Mara Hoberman (8 May 2014), New York Version of Frieze Art Fair Comes Into Its Own New York Times.
  27. ^ Lydia Schmid (3 May 2015), Die Kunst des Weglassens Die Welt.
  28. ^ Sarah Douglas (December 17, 2020), In Making Gavin Brown a Partner, Barbara Gladstone Is Betting That You Can Get Big and Still Think Small ARTnews.Berlin galleries join forces to stay in the game The Art Newspaper.
  29. ^ Sarah Douglas (December 17, 2020), In Making Gavin Brown a Partner, Barbara Gladstone Is Betting That You Can Get Big and Still Think Small ARTnews.

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