{{Short description|Art gallery in Los Angeles, California}} {{Infobox museum | name = Kohn Gallery | established = 1985 | location = 1227 N Highland Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90038 | coordinates = {{coord| 34.09320|N|118.33911|W}} | architect = Lester Tobias | director = Michael Kohn }}
thumb | right | Installation view, Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles '''Kohn Gallery''' is an art gallery established in 1985 in Hollywood, California.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|last=Boucher|first=Brian|date=2014-04-22|title=Michael Kohn Goes to Hollywood|url=https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/michael-kohn-goes-to-hollywood-59731/|access-date=2021-04-22|website=ARTnews.com|language=en-US}}</ref> The space, under the direction of gallerist Michael Kohn,<ref>{{Cite web|last=Vankin|first=Deborah|date=2015-05-31|title=Janelle Monae rocks MOCA gala honoring John Baldessari|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/culture/la-et-cm-janelle-monae-moca-gala-2015-john-baldessari-20150531-story.html|access-date=2021-04-22|website=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref> has exhibited works by seminal Pop artist Wallace Berman,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kohngallery.com/berman|title=Berman|website=KOHN GALLERY |date=6 May 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/miranda/la-et-cam-roundup-wallace-berman-salomon-huerta-peter-opheim-20160505-snap-story.html|title=Datebook: Portraits of pugilists, a key L.A. collagist gets his due, and a piano show about destruction|date=May 5, 2016|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> Colombian painter María Berrío,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-maria-berrio-kohn-gallery-review-20190617-story.html|title=Review: María Berrío's dream-like collages deploy paper like paint|date=June 17, 2019|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> polymath artist Enríque Martínez Celaya,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lamag.com/culturefiles/enrique-martinez-celaya-kohn-gallery/|title=Enrique Martinez Celaya Captures a Familiar Feeling in His First L.A. Show in 4 Years|first=Gwynedd|last=Stuart|date=September 17, 2019}}</ref> German painter Rosa Loy,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-et-cm-rosa-loy-review-20181219-story.html|title=The mysterious women of Rosa Loy's paintings|date=December 22, 2018|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref> American abstract painter Ed Moses,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kohngallery.com/news/2019/10/24/ed-moses-artnews|title=Ed Moses - Artnews|website=KOHN GALLERY |date=24 October 2019 }}</ref> Pop/graffiti artist Keith Haring<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kohngallery.com/contact|title=CONTACT|website=KOHN GALLERY}}</ref> and numerous other artists. In addition to presenting exhibitions of contemporary art, the gallery also represents the estates of historically relevant West coast artists, including Ed Moses<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-10-25 |title=Art Industry News: How WeWork and Jeff Koons Both Made the Same Boneheaded Mistake + Other Stories |url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-industry-news-october-25-2019-1689058 |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=Artnet News |language=en-US}}</ref> and John Altoon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=John Altoon: Works From The Estate |url=https://www.artsy.net/show/kohn-gallery-john-altoon-works-from-the-estate |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=Artsy}}</ref>
Guest curators at the gallery have included journalist, critic, and curator Kristine McKenna,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kristine_McKenna&oldid=923791557|title=Kristine McKenna|date=October 30, 2019|via=Wikipedia}}</ref> New York artist Heidi Hahn,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kohngallery.com/news/2019/5/14/heidi-hahn-curator|title=Heidi Hahn - Curator|website=KOHN GALLERY |date=14 May 2019 }}</ref> and West Coast Pop artist Tony Berlant.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kohngallery.com/news/2018/11/1/tony-berlant-curator|title=Tony Berlant - Curator|website=KOHN GALLERY |date=November 2018 }}</ref>
One of the gallery's inaugural exhibitions in 1986 included Andy Warhol's ''Campbell’s Soup Boxes''.<ref>[https://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/ecatalogue/lot.113.html/2015/contemporary-art-day-auction-n09421 Auctions catalogue] Sotheby's {{dead link|date=December 2022}}</ref>
==Background== The gallery was founded by Michael Kohn, former ''Flash Art Magazine'' editor and art critic for ''Arts Magazine''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.artnet.com/galleries/michael-kohn-gallery/|title=artnet|website=www.artnet.com}}</ref><ref name="auto1">{{Cite news|url=https://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2010/11/22/michael-kohn-on-what-it-takes-to-make-it-in-the-art-business-in-la/|title=Michael Kohn On What It Takes To Make it in the Art Business in L.A.|first=Susan|last=Michals|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=November 23, 2010}}</ref> The gallery has existed in its current location since 2014.<ref name="auto"/> The building had previously been used as a printing press facility.<ref name="auto"/>
In 2010, the business celebrated its 25th anniversary with Katy Perry, Russell Brand, Clifford Einstein, Ellen DeGeneres, Portia de Rossi, and other public figures in attendance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.gettyimages.ie/detail/news-photo/general-view-ofmichael-kohn-gallerys-25th-anniversary-show-news-photo/125496366|title=General view of Michael Kohn Gallery's 25th Anniversary Show at...|website=Getty Images |date=16 September 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/fashion/alltherage/la-ig-scene-20101126-story.html|title=Scene and Heard: Michael Kohn Gallery party|date=November 26, 2010|website=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>
In 2015, the ''Wall Street Journal'' dubbed the gallery "among the most important showcases of modern art on the West Coast."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-city-tastemakers-choose-an-old-fashioned-house-1447342904|title=Big City Tastemakers Choose an Old Fashioned House|first=Katy|last=McLaughlin|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|date=12 November 2015}}</ref>
==In media== In June 2016, the gallery was featured on the podcast ''You Can't Eat the Sunshine'' in celebration and exploration of the gallery's major exhibition of Wallace Berman's work.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://esotouric.com/2016/06/02/canteatsunshine111/|title=Episode #111: The Wild World of Wallace Berman|first=Esotouric Bus|last=Adventures|date=June 2, 2016|website=Esotouric}}</ref>
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