“A Gallerist on View”
Make Way for Berthe Weill Exhibition Review
NYU News (Art History), November 20, 2024
The Grey Art Museum celebrates Berthe Weill, an unsung Parisian art dealer who championed up-and-comers Picasso, Matisse, Modigliani, and other heavyweight French modernists
by Peggy McGlone
She was the first dealer to buy works by Pablo Picasso and gave Henri Matisse, Diego Rivera, and others their first big breaks. The largely overlooked powerhouse who championed what, in many cases, are now household names gets her turn in the spotlight with Make Way for Berthe Weill: Art Dealer of the Parisian Avant-Garde at NYU’s Grey Art Museum. The central role Weill (pronounced “vay”) played in early 20th-century modernism has been omitted from most historical accounts. This landmark exhibition—called “overdue” by the New York Times—sets the record straight.