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About Cheim & Read

The gallery was founded in 1997 by co-owners John Cheim & Howard Read. Its principal focus is the representation of an international group of contemporary artists whose diverse practices include painting, drawing, sculpture, and photography.

Each artist of the gallery has exhibited widely in museum and gallery contexts and has been regularly included in international exhibitions such as the Venice Bienniale, Whitney Biennial, Carnegie International and Documenta. The exhibition program is best characterized by its adherence to a rigorous curatorial model that has incorporated critical monographic exhibitions such as William Eggleston (1999), Louise Bourgeois (2001), and Joan Mitchell (2002).

Since its founding, the gallery has also specialized in the resale of select works of art from the 20th century by artists such as Mark Rothko, Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat and Cy Twombly. As members of the Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA) the gallery subscribes to the highest standard of connoisseurship, scholarship and ethical practice, and offers an effective and confidential alternative for the resale of important works of art from and on behalf of private individuals and institutions.

Artist Roster

Diane Arbus, Donald Baechler, Lynda Benglis, Louise Bourgeois, Richmond Burton, William Eggleston, Louise Fishman, Adam Fuss, Jenny Holzer, Bill Jensen, Jannis Kounellis, Jonathan Lasker, Robert Mapplethorpe, McDermott & McGough, Ingo Meller, Joan Mitchell, Paul Morrison, Alice Neel, Jeff Perrone, Jack Pierson, Bernard Piffaretti, Monique Prieto, Alessandro Raho, Rene Ricard, John Sonsini, Pat Steir, Juan Usle, Claude Viallat, Otto Zitko