“Berthe Weill: Art Dealer of the Parisian Avant-Garde at NYU’s Grey Art Museum”
Make Way for Berthe Weill Exhibition Review
Medium, October 6, 2024
By Jessica Robinson as originally published in Berkshire Fine Arts
Berthe Weill, a fiercely independent Jewish Parisian art dealer, was a woman ahead of her time. With a keen eye for the avant-garde, she helped launch the careers of some of the most iconic names in modern art. Picasso? She sold his first works. Modigliani? She organized his one and only solo exhibition during his lifetime. The show was shut down by police on the opening night, as they judged the nudes to be “indecent.” Consequently, no works were sold; the impoverished artist died three years later.