{{short description|French contemporary art dealer (born 1945)}} {{multiple issues| {{BLP sources|date=October 2018}} {{more footnotes needed|date=October 2018}} {{notability|Biographies|date=October 2018}} }} '''Daniel Templon''' (born 1945) is a French contemporary art dealer.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Duponchelle |first=Valérie |date=June 13, 2016 |title=Daniel Templon, le Français qui rêvait d'Amérique |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/arts-expositions/2016/06/12/03015-20160612ARTFIG00119-daniel-templon-le-francais-qui-revait-d-amerique.php |url-access=subscription |work=Le Figaro}}</ref> In 1966, he founded his first contemporary art gallery in Paris.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.modemonline.com/art/art-connections/art-galleries/references/danieltemplon|title=Galerie Templon {{!}} art galleries {{!}} art connections {{!}} modemonline.com|website=www.modemonline.com|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.initiartmagazine.com/interview.php?IVcata=10|title=Initiartmagazine|website=www.initiartmagazine.com|access-date=2019-12-09|archive-date=2020-01-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107081400/http://www.initiartmagazine.com/interview.php?IVcata=10|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://www.cotemagazine.com/en/cote-paris-portraits/item/6543-daniel-templon|title=Daniel Templon|website=COTE Magazine - Le magazine style de vie|language=en-gb|access-date=2019-12-09|archive-date=2019-12-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209233531/http://www.cotemagazine.com/en/cote-paris-portraits/item/6543-daniel-templon|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/arts-expositions/2018/05/16/03015-20180516ARTFIG00307-daniel-templon-galeriste-imperial.php|title=Daniel Templon, galeriste impérial|last1=Duponchelle|first1=Valérie|last2=Rochebouët|first2=Béatrice de|date=2018-05-16|website=Le Figaro.fr|language=fr|access-date=2019-12-09|last3=Duponchelle|first3=Valérie|last4=Rochebouët|first4=Béatrice de}}</ref>
==Galerie Templon== With no artistic background,<ref name="ft.com">Georgina Adam (10 June 2016), [https://www.ft.com/content/406bceb0-2d92-11e6-bf8d-26294ad519fc The Art Market: A dealer with staying power] ''Financial Times''.</ref> Templon opened his first gallery in Paris in 1966.<ref>Grace Halio (16 October 2017), [https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/galerie-templon-to-open-second-paris-space-9164/ Galerie Templon to Open Second Paris Space] ''ARTnews''.</ref> He has declared that he got help from Leo Castelli in the early 1970s: "He trusted me and helped me to introduce the works of young American conceptualists and minimalists to Europe, such as Donald Judd, Richard Serra, etc. That was how the gallery became known in the early 1970s, which was a key moment in my career".<ref name=":0" /> Galerie Templon was the first to show the likes of Jeff Koons, Richard Serra, the Chapman Brothers and Kehinde Wiley in France, as well as championing local talent such as Christian Boltanski, Ben Vautier and Martin Barré.<ref name="ft.com"/> Nathalie Obadia worked at the gallery from 1988 to 1992.
Galerie Templon operated an outpost in Milan between 1972 and 1976.<ref name=":0" /> In 2013, Templon expanded his gallery to Brussels, managed by his son Mathieu Templon.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lalibre.be/culture/arts/ouvrir-une-galerie-pour-le-plaisir-523137b1357008cdb6e4a962|title=Ouvrir une galerie pour le plaisir !|last=Libre.be|first=La|date=2013-09-12|website=www.lalibre.be|language=fr|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> In 2018, Galerie Templon opened a second location in Paris; the three-story, {{convert|7500|sqft|m2|abbr=on|disp=flip}} space is situated at 28 rue du Grenier Saint Lazare, near the Centre Pompidou, and was designed by Jean-Michel Wilmotte.<ref>Naomi Rea (16 October 2017), [https://news.artnet.com/market/daniel-templon-new-paris-gallery-1117364 Daniel Templon Is Opening a Second Paris Gallery Next Year] ''Artnet''.</ref>
In 2022, Galerie Templon announced plans to open a {{convert|6500|sqft|m2|abbr=on|disp=flip}} space at 293 Tenth Avenue in New York's Chelsea area, designed by architect Markus Dochantschi's StudioMDA.<ref>Maximilíano Durón (1 March 2022), [https://www.artnews.com/art-news/market/galerie-templon-new-york-location-1234620587/ Paris's Galerie Templon to Open Outpost in New York] ''ARTnews''.</ref>
==Other activities== In 1972, Templon co-founded the bilingual contemporary art magazine ''art press'' with his partner, art critic and erotic biographer Catherine Millet.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.lalibre.be/|title=Daniel Templon, 50 ans de galerie|last=Roger Pierre Turine|date=November 16, 2016|work=Arts libre La Libre Belgique}}</ref> He then co founded ''Art Studio'' magazine with Ann Hindry in 1986.<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal|last=Boutoulle|first=Myriam|date=October 2016|title=Nom : Templon – Profession : galeriste – Particularité : autodidacte|journal=Connaissance des Arts}}</ref>
==References== {{Reflist}} *"40 Ans : Galerie Daniel Templon," (2006) (40 years: Galerie Daniel Templon), 687p {{ISBN|2952391459}} *"Daniel Templon: A History of Contemporary Art," (2016) by Julie Verlaine (Flammarion) {{ISBN|978-2-0813-6558-2}} *"Claude Viallat," (2000) Galerie Daniel Templon eds, 326p, {{ISBN|2-9515885-0-X}} *"Daniel Templon, top contemporary art talent spotter," Monica Valby, Label France 66, French Diplomatic Press [http://www.diplomatie.gouv.fr/en/france_159/label-france_2554/label-france-issues_2555/label-france-no.-66_5559/culture_5565/visual-arts_5575/daniel-templon-top-contemporary-art-talent-spotter_8969.html] *"Galerie Daniel Templon," Timeout Paris [https://archive.today/20110607102651/http://www.timeout.com/paris/art/venue/10362/galerie-daniel-templon] *[http://www.danieltemplon.com Official Website] *[http://www.danieltemplon.com/new/artist.php?la=en&artist_id=162] Wolf Vostell, Galerie Daniel Templon, 1971
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