Sonnabend Gallery

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Sonnabend Gallery was a prominent contemporary art gallery in New York City known for showcasing avant-garde and often controversial works by leading international artists.

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Sonnabend Gallery canonical 2
René Block Gallery 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art gallery
contemporary art gallery
associatedWithPerson Antonio Homem
closed 2014
country United States
focus leading international artists
foundedBy Ileana Sonnabend
Michael Sonnabend
hadBranchIn Paris
inception 1971
knownFor Minimalism
Pop Art
avant-garde art
conceptual art
contemporary art
installation art
video art
locatedIn New York City
SoHo
notableArtistExhibited Andy Warhol
Anselm Kiefer
Bruce Nauman
Carolee Schneemann
Chris Burden
Gilbert & George
Janis Kounellis
linked to: Jannis Kounellis

Jannis Kounellis
Jasper Johns
Jeff Koons
John Baldessari
Lawrence Weiner
Mario Merz
On Kawara
Richard Serra
Robert Rauschenberg
Roy Lichtenstein
Vito Acconci
notableExhibitionType early exhibitions of video and performance art
first U.S. shows of European avant-garde artists
operatedBy Ileana Sonnabend
operatedInCity Paris
representedMovement Arte Povera
Conceptual art
Minimal art
Pop Art
linked to: Pop art
reputation influential in the New York contemporary art scene
known for controversial exhibitions
successorCollectionHeldBy Sonnabend Collection Foundation

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Made in Heaven exhibitedAt Sonnabend Gallery
Banality series exhibitedAt Sonnabend Gallery
I Like America and America Likes Me location René Block Gallery
linked to: Sonnabend Gallery