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by Ekin Erkan Grey Art Museum’s Make Way for Berthe Weill: Art Dealer of the Parisian Avant-Garde is a welcome conspectus of the titular Parisian art dealer and gallerist. In comparison to her Montparnasse male counterparts, such as Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler and Ambroise Vollard, Weill’s promulgation of the nascent School of Paris (among other, unrelated and unaffiliated avant-gardists) […]

A fearless pioneer in the male-dominated art world, Berthe Weill championed avant-garde artists like Picasso and Matisse, shaping the course of modern art. by Abigael Sidi Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Amedeo Modigliani, and Émile Charmy. Cubism, Fauvism, Modernism, and Impressionism. Many artists, many styles – but only one art dealer. In New York University’s Grey […]

by Lance Esplund Occasionally an exhibition is as art-historically groundbreaking as it is visually arresting. Rarely, however, will it also force scholars to rewrite the origin story of European modernism. But such is the case with the aptly titled “Make Way for Berthe Weill: Art Dealer of the Parisian Avant-Garde”—an enlightening, beautifully orchestrated show of […]

by Lance Esplund Occasionally an exhibition is as art-historically groundbreaking as it is visually arresting. Rarely, however, will it also force scholars to rewrite the origin story of European modernism. But such is the case with the aptly titled “Make Way for Berthe Weill: Art Dealer of the Parisian Avant-Garde”—an enlightening, beautifully orchestrated show of […]

by Megan Kincaid This exhibition, honoring Parisian art dealer Berthe Weill (1865–1951), constitutes its subject through far-reaching networks of aesthetic trajectories, mirroring her vision for vanguard experimentation and enterprise. Weill has been largely erased from defining accounts of twentieth-century modern art despite her significant contributions. Continue Reading