# Daniel Templon

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{{short description|French contemporary art dealer (born 1945)}}
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'''Daniel Templon''' (born 1945) is a French contemporary [art dealer](/source/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](/source/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](/source/ARTnews)''.</ref> He has declared that he got help from [Leo Castelli](/source/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](/source/Donald_Judd), [Richard Serra](/source/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](/source/Jeff_Koons), [Richard Serra](/source/Richard_Serra), the [Chapman Brothers](/source/Chapman_Brothers) and [Kehinde Wiley](/source/Kehinde_Wiley) in France, as well as championing local talent such as [Christian Boltanski](/source/Christian_Boltanski), [Ben Vautier](/source/Ben_Vautier) and Martin Barré.<ref name="ft.com"/> [Nathalie Obadia](/source/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](/source/Centre_Pompidou), and was designed by [Jean-Michel Wilmotte](/source/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](/source/Artnet)''.</ref>

In 2022, Galerie Templon announced plans to open a {{convert|6500|sqft|m2|abbr=on|disp=flip}} space at [293 Tenth Avenue](/source/Tenth_Avenue_(Manhattan)) in New York's Chelsea area, designed by architect [Markus Dochantschi](/source/Markus_Dochantschi)'s [StudioMDA](/source/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](/source/ARTnews)''.</ref>

==Other activities==
In 1972, Templon co-founded the bilingual contemporary art magazine ''[art press](/source/art_press)'' with his partner, art critic and erotic biographer [Catherine Millet](/source/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==
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*"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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