Make Way for Berthe Weill

by Siobhán Minerva Entering the Grey Art Museum, English and French chatter bounces off the walls as gallery-goers lust over harmonious impressionist paintings, absurd cubist pieces and striking fauvist colors. It is a space where well-known paintings by artists such as Henri Matisse can coexist with the works of lesser-known painters like Louis Cattiaux. Continue Reading

A new exhibition in New York celebrates Berthe Weill, an often overlooked but visionary figure who jumpstarted the careers of many of modern art’s giants by Julia Binswanger Art dealer Berthe Weill helped establish artists like Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso throughout the first half of the 20th century. But by the end of her […]

“Make Way for Berthe Weill” at Grey Art Museum in New York brings to light the forgotten legacy of the cutting-edge Parisian dealer by Karen Chernick The paintings would sometimes still be wet when Berthe Weill rushed to show them at her little Parisian gallery. Why wait, she thought, hanging the fresh artworks from a […]

A show at the Grey Art Museum re-establishes Berthe Weill as a guiding light of the Parisian avant-garde. Her rediscovery has been led by women. by Hilarie M. Sheets “A collection of paintings isn’t like a stock portfolio,” the Parisian art dealer Berthe Weill declared in her 1933 memoir, “Pow! Right in the Eye!” She was lamenting that novice […]