{{Short description|Contemporary art gallery}} {{Use mdy dates|date=April 2017}} {{Infobox organization | name = David Zwirner Gallery | former_name = | image = WTM3 NYU FC 2 0088.jpg | image_border = | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = | map = | map_size = | map_alt = | map_caption = | map2 = | abbreviation = | predecessor = | successor = | formation = 1993 | extinction = | merger = | merged_into = | type = Art gallery | location = {{ubl|{{nowrap|525 & 533 West 19th Street, New York}}|537 West 20th Street, New York|34 East 69th St, New York|52 Walker Street, New York|612 & 616 North Western Avenue, Los Angeles|24 Grafton Street, London|108 Rue Vieille du Temple, Paris|5–6/F, H Queen's, 80 Queen's Road Central, Central, Hong Kong}} | coordinates = {{coord|40|44|44.89|N|74|0|25.26|W|type:landmark_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}} | budget = | num_staff = | num_volunteers = | website = {{URL|davidzwirner.com}} | remarks = }}
'''David Zwirner Gallery''' is an American contemporary art gallery owned by David Zwirner. It has four gallery spaces in New York City and one each in Los Angeles, London, Hong Kong, and Paris.<ref name=nyt>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/10/arts/international/david-zwirner-gallery-to-open-outpost-in-hong-kong-in-2017.html|title=David Zwirner Gallery to Open Outpost in Hong Kong in 2017|last=Qin|first=Amy|date=June 9, 2016|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 5, 2017|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
== History ==
The Zwirner Gallery opened in 1993 on the ground floor of 43 Greene Street in SoHo in New York City<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://artefuse.com/2018/01/15/david-zwirner-25-years-opening-night-photos-125314/|title=David Zwirner: 25 Years (Opening Night Photos)|last=Fuse|first=Arte|date=2018-01-15|work=Arte Fuse|access-date=2018-06-23|language=en-US}}</ref> with a one-man show of the Austrian sculptor Franz West.<ref>Arthur Lubow (January 7, 2018), [https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-business-of-being-david-zwirner-1515343734 The Business of Being David Zwirner] ''The Wall Street Journal.''</ref><ref>Nick Paumgarten (June 2, 2016), [https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/03/arts/design/william-eggleston-joins-zwirner-gallery.html William Eggleston Joins Zwirner Gallery] ''The New York Times''.</ref>
In 2002 it moved to 525 West 19th Street in the Chelsea neighborhood of New York.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nymag.com/listings/attraction/david-zwirner/|title=David Zwirner|website=NYMag.com|access-date=2018-06-24}}</ref> In 2012 it opened a {{convert|10000|sqft|m2|abbr=on|disp=flip}} London branch in Grafton Street, in Mayfair, and built a large new space, designed by Annabelle Selldorf, at 537 West 20th Street, Chelsea, New York.<ref name="nyt2">{{cite news|last=Vogel|first=Carol|title=A Collection of Many Hands to Be Sold in Sotheby's Auction|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/09/arts/design/henry-buhls-collection-of-hands-photographs-at-sothebys.html?pagewanted=all|access-date=July 11, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 8, 2012}}</ref>
In September 2017 it opened an Upper East Side space in a 1907 townhouse off Madison Avenue, redesigned by Selldorf.<ref>Brook Mason (September 25, 2017), [https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/annabelle-selldorf-david-zwirner-new-upper-east-side-art-gallery Annabelle Selldorf Turns Her Talented Hands to David Zwirner's New Upper East Side Art Gallery] ''Architectural Digest''.</ref> A {{convert|10000|sqft|m2|abbr=on|disp=flip}} space<ref>Melanie Gerlis (March 23, 2018), [https://www.ft.com/content/54354456-285b-11e8-9274-2b13fccdc744 H Queen's: the gallery space Hong Kong was waiting for] ''Financial Times''.</ref> at the H Queen's building in Hong Kong was also designed by Selldorf.<ref name=nyt/><ref>Anny Shaw (July 13, 2017), [http://theartnewspaper.com/news/david-zwirners-hong-kong-gallery-to-launch-with-new-works-by-michael-borremans David Zwirner's Hong Kong gallery to launch with new works by Michaël Borremans] ''The Art Newspaper''.</ref>
In 2019 the gallery opened an {{convert|8600|sqft|m2|abbr=on|disp=flip}} outpost in the Marais district of Paris, its first in continental Europe.<ref>Anny Shaw (July 11, 2019), [https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/brexit-changes-the-game-david-zwirner-to-open-in-paris 'Brexit changes the game': David Zwirner to open Paris gallery] ''The Art Newspaper''.</ref><ref>Ted Loos (October 16, 2019), [https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/16/arts/david-zwirner-paris-gallery.html David Zwirner Expands His Reach to Paris] ''The New York Times''.</ref>
The gallery opened 52 Walker, an offshoot exhibition space in New York's Tribeca neighborhood in 2021. 52 Walker was developed by curator Ebony L. Haynes, a director at the gallery who was hired in 2020.<ref name="ArtNews 2025">{{cite web |url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/ebony-l-haynes-zwirner-global-head-of-curatorial-projects-1234753820/ |access-date=27 September 2025 |website=ARTnews |date=26 September 2025 |last=Battaglia |first=Andy |title=David Zwirner Names Ebony L. Haynes Global Head of Curatorial Projects }}</ref> Her concept for a new program with the gallery included all-black staff hosting rotating exhibitions in a kunsthalle style, which Zwirner said inspired him to put her in charge of a new separate, autonomous exhibition space.<ref name="NYT 52 Walker">{{cite news |last1=Pogrebin |first1=Robin |title=A New Zwirner Gallery With an All-Black Staff |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/27/arts/design/zwirner-haynes-black-gallery.html |access-date=27 September 2025 |work=The New York Times |url-access=limited |date=27 September 2020}}</ref>
In 2023 it opened a 1,300 m<sup>2</sup> (15,000 sq ft) branch in the Melrose Hill neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-06-02 |title=How David Zwirner Turned a Forgotten Block in LA Into Prime Real Estate |url=https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2023/06/david-zwirner-galleries-los-angeles |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=Vanity Fair |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Announcing Our Los Angeles Gallery Spaces Opening 2023 |url=https://www.davidzwirner.com/news/2022/announcing-our-los-angeles-gallery-spaces-opening-2023 |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=David Zwirner |language=en}}</ref>
According to ''The New York Times'' in 2018, the gallery reports annual revenue of $500 million.<ref name="theartnewspaper.com">Anny Shaw (January 9, 2018), [http://theartnewspaper.com/news/david-zwirner-to-expand-again-with-another-new-york-gallery-opening-in-2020 David Zwirner to expand again with another New York gallery opening in 2020] ''The Art Newspaper''.</ref> Given the overall size of its operations, it is often compared to Gagosian Gallery and Hauser & Wirth.<ref>Randy Kennedy (March 21, 2013), [https://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/21/t-magazine/david-zwirner-the-art-of-the-dealer.html The Art of the Dealer] ''T: The New York Times Style Magazine''.</ref>
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== External links == * {{official website|https://www.davidzwirner.com}}
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Category:1993 establishments in New York City Category:Culture of New York City Category:Art museums and galleries in Manhattan Category:Art museums and galleries established in 1993 Category:Contemporary art galleries in London