Esther Schipper

Esther Schipper (born 1963)[1] is a German art dealer and gallerist.

Esther Schipper
Born1963 (age 59–60)
Taiwan
NationalityGerman
Occupation(s)Art dealer and gallerist
PartnerFlorian Wojnar
Children2
ParentKristofer Schipper

Early life

Schipper is the daughter of Dutch sinologist Kristofer Schipper.[2] She was born in Taiwan and lived there until the age of seven.[3] She later grew up in Paris.[4]

Career

Schipper opened her first gallery in Cologne in 1989.[5][6] Between 1990 and 1992, Schipper and Daniel Buchholz also operated Buchholz & Schipper, a shop specializing in multiples.

In 1995, Schipper opened a project space in Berlin, and moved all of its operations there in 1997.[6][7][8] From 2010 until 2017, the gallery was located in a 500 m2 (5,400 sq ft) space in the former offices of architect Arno Brandlhuber in Berlin's Tiergarten district.[4] Following negotiations launched in 2014, Schipper acquired the majority shareholding in Jörg Johnen GmbH in 2015[9][10] and then took over both galleries’ business sides; the Johnen location eventually closed.[11]

In 2017, Esther Schipper moved to a 5,800 sq ft (540 m2) space located inside a former printing facility and warehouse for the local Berlin newspaper Der Tagesspiegel on Potsdamer Strasse; the space was designed by Selldorf Architects.[12][13] In 2021, the gallery had temporary spaces in Palma de Mallorca (500 m2 (5,400 sq ft)), Zhongshan District, Taipei (250 m2 (2,700 sq ft))[14] and the Tianjin Free-Trade Zone.[15] Since 2022, the gallery has been operating second location in Paris and a third showroom in a four-story building in Seoul's Itaewon neighbourhood, designed by StudioMDA.[16]

Esther Schipper represents several living artists, including AA Bronson, Angela Bulloch,[17] Thomas Demand,[18] Simon Fujiwara (since 2018),[18] Ryan Gander,[19] Liam Gillick,[20] Rodney Graham (since 2015),[11] Pierre Huyghe,[21] Ann Veronica Janssens, Gabriel Kuri,[22] Jac Leirner (since 2020), Isa Melsheimer,[23] Philippe Parreno,[24] Anri Sala (since 2015),[25] Tino Sehgal (since 2015),[26] and Daniel Steegmann Mangrané (since 2015).[2]

In addition to her work as a gallerist, Schipper was a member of the Art Basel art fair's selection committee for ten years[27] and later joined the selection committee of Frieze Art Fair in New York.[28]

Personal life

Schipper lives in Mitte, Berlin, with her partner Florian Wojnar and their two children.[2]

References
  1. "Esther Schipper". www.kunstforum.de.
  2. Schmid, Lydia (9 May 2015). "So lebt die Berliner Galeristin Esther Schipper". Retrieved 14 April 2019 – via www.welt.de.
  3. "randian - Esther Schipper – Interview". www.randian-online.com. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  4. Tim Ackermann (April 23, 2011), Mitten im jungen Galerienkiez Die Welt.
  5. "Esther Schipper / Power 100 / ArtReview". artreview.com. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  6. Basel, Art. "Esther Schipper". Art Basel. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  7. "The Gallery". Esther Schipper. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  8. Kimberly Bradley (August 12, 2020), Berlin’s Art Scene: Are Reports of Its Death Exaggerated? New York Times.
  9. Laurie Rojas (June 2, 2015), Berlin galleries join forces to stay in the game The Art Newspaper
  10. Catrin Lorch (May 25, 2015), Mittelgroß ist zu klein Süddeutsche Zeitung.
  11. Sarah Douglas (December 17, 2020), In Making Gavin Brown a Partner, Barbara Gladstone Is Betting That You Can Get Big and Still Think Small ARTnews.
  12. "Berlin's Esther Schipper Will Move to a Massive New Space". artnet News. 28 February 2017. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  13. "Contact". Esther Schipper. Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  14. Kabir Jhala (June 18, 2021), Sun, sea and Esther Schipper: Berlin gallery pops up in Mallorca and Taipei this summer The Art Newspaper
  15. Melanie Gerlis (October 7, 2021), Pop-up galleries in Beijing free-trade zone and London Financial Times
  16. Andrew Russeth (5 January 2023), Inside South Korea’s Art-Mad Capital New York Times.
  17. Lydia Schmid (3 May 2015), Die Kunst des Weglassens Die Welt.
  18. Laurie Rojas (June 2, 2015), Berlin galleries join forces to stay in the game The Art Newspaper.
  19. Caroline Roux (May 1, 2019), Berlin puts its spin on the art world with Gallery Weekend Financial Times.
  20. Lydia Schmid (3 May 2015), Die Kunst des Weglassens Die Welt.
  21. Lydia Schmid (3 May 2015), Die Kunst des Weglassens Die Welt.
  22. Tim Ackermann (April 23, 2011), Mitten im jungen Galerienkiez Die Welt.
  23. Mara Hoberman (8 May 2014), New York Version of Frieze Art Fair Comes Into Its Own New York Times.
  24. Lydia Schmid (3 May 2015), Die Kunst des Weglassens Die Welt.
  25. Sarah Douglas (December 17, 2020), In Making Gavin Brown a Partner, Barbara Gladstone Is Betting That You Can Get Big and Still Think Small ARTnews.Berlin galleries join forces to stay in the game The Art Newspaper.
  26. Sarah Douglas (December 17, 2020), In Making Gavin Brown a Partner, Barbara Gladstone Is Betting That You Can Get Big and Still Think Small ARTnews.
  27. Philippe Regnier (June 1, 1997), Basel beckons: from Bacon to Warhol, the cream of twentieth-century art on view The Art Newspaper.
  28. Nicola Kuhn and Birgit Rieger (13 September 2021), Esther Schipper zur Art Week: „Als Frau wird man einfach nicht ernstgenommen“ Der Tagesspiegel.

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