Make Way for Berthe Weill

“Who Was Berthe Weill? The Story of the Audacious Parisian Dealer Who Launched Matisse and Modigliani”
Make Way for Berthe Weill Exhibition Review
Artnet News, October 3, 2024

“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 […]

“The dealer who launched Picasso”
Make Way for Berthe Weill Exhibition Feature
Apollo, September 30, 2024

The devotion of the gallerist Berthe Weill, who was a champion of Picasso and Modigliani, to the cause of modern art is finding belated – and well deserved – recognition. by Tom Stammers If in English, the genre of memoirs by art dealers probably begins with William Buchanan in 1824, it was another century before […]

“The Forgotten Dealer Who Discovered Picasso and Matisse”
Make Way for Berthe Weill Exhibition Feature
New York Times, September 29, 2024

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 […]

“Berthe Weill, la pionnière des galeristes parisiennes, célébrée au Grey Art Museum de New York” [Berthe Weill, the pioneer of Parisian gallery owners,celebrated at the Grey Art Museum in New York]
Make Way for Berthe Weill: Exhibition Feature
French Morning, September 19, 2024

by Vincent Pialat Berthe Weill était une femme, juive, qui tenait une galerie d’art dans le Paris du début du XXe siècle. [Berthe Weill was a Jewish woman who ran an art gallery in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century.] Continue Reading

“Make Way for Berthe Weill”
Make Way For Berthe Weill Exhibition Feature
Antiques And The Arts Weekly, September 16, 2024

by Laura Preston Twenty-two years ago, the late curator Julie Saul was reading a copy of Making Modernism: Picasso and the Creation of the Market for Twentieth Century Art (University of California Press: Berkeley, 1995), Michael C. Fitzgerald’s study of Picasso and the dealers, collectors and critics who supported his career. The dealers in Fitzgerald’s book […]

“Art shows and exhibitions to see this fall”
Make Way for Berthe Weill Exhibition Feature
Artdaily.com, September 12, 2024

Berthe Weill (1865-1951) promoted Matisse and Modigliani, and was Picasso’s first dealer. This overdue show will include many pieces that once hung in her gallery. (Oct. 1, 2024-March 1, 2025; Grey Art Museum, NYU) Continue Reading

“The best exhibitions happening fall 2024: United States, Canada and Mexico”
Make Way for Berthe Weill Exhibition Feature
Christies, September 11, 2024

Make Way for Berthe Weill: Art Dealer of the Parisian Avant-Garde Grey Art Museum, New York 1 October 2024 to 1 March 2025 Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Suzanne Valadon and Raoul Dufy are just a few of the icons championed by Berthe Weill, the first woman modern art dealer. Weill, who maintained a gallery in […]

“Art Shows and Exhibitions to See This Fall”
Make Way for Berthe Weill Exhibition Feature
New York Times, September 6, 2024

Fall Preview This packed season features Scott Burton, Alvin Ailey and the Brooklyn Museum’s 200th birthday. MAKE WAY FOR BERTHE WEILL: ART DEALER OF THE PARISIAN AVANT-GARDE Berthe Weill (1865-1951) promoted Matisse and Modigliani, and was Picasso’s first dealer. This overdue show will include many pieces that once hung in her gallery. (Oct. 1-March 1, […]

“Here Are 11 New York Museum Shows You Do Not Want to Miss This Fall”
Make Way for Berthe Weill Exhibition Feature
Cultured, September 2, 2024

From deeply-researched archival exhibitions to riotous sculpture and painting, CULTURED presents the best of the fall museum calendar. Make Way for Berthe Weill: Art Dealer of the Parisian Avant-Garde Where: Grey Art Museum, NYU When: October 1, 2024–March 1, 2025 Why It’s Worth a Look: Before there was Paula Cooper, or even Peggy Guggenheim, there was Berthe Weill. The […]

“NYU’s Grey Art Museum Honors Pioneer Art Dealer Specializing in Emerging Artists”
Make Way for Berthe Weill Exhibition Feature
India Education Diary, August 15, 2024

New York University’s Grey Art Museum presents Make Way for Berthe Weill: Art Dealer of the Parisian Avant-Garde, featuring works by modern artists championed by a dealer who remains relatively unknown. Weill (pronounced “vay”) was the first dealer to purchase works by Pablo Picasso (1901), and she promoted Henri Matisse and Amedeo Modigliani, among many […]