Pilar Corrias

Pilar Corrias is a British contemporary art gallery founded by Pilar Corrias (born 1969 in Rome).[1]

History

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Founded by art historian Pilar Corrias, a former director of Lisson Gallery and Haunch of Venison, the gallery opened on 16 October 2008 with the exhibition October by Philippe Parreno.[2] The show featured a cast aluminium Christmas tree titled Fraught Times: For Eleven Months of the Year It's an Artwork and in December It’s Christmas (October), which is now held in the collection of the Pompidou Centre.[3][4][5][6] American visual artist Rachel Rose first exhibited her work Lake Valley at Pilar Corrias in 2016, which was later presented at the 2017 Venice Biennale and the Carnegie International, 57th Edition, 2018.[7][8] A number of the artists discovered by Corrias had their first UK solo show at the gallery, including Ian Cheng, Helen Johnson, Tala Madani, Christina Quarles, Mary Reid Kelley, Tschabalala Self and Gisela McDaniel.[9]

Its first 350 m2 (3,800 sq ft) gallery space in Eastcastle Street, London, designed by Rem Koolhaas, opened in 2008. At the time, Corrias was the first woman to open a new art gallery in the West End of London for a decade.[10] In July 2021, the gallery opened a second 110 m2 (1,200 sq ft) space in Savile Row, London, designed by Oslo architects Hesselbrand, with Chalk Mark, an exhibition by Iranian-American artist Tala Madani.[11][12][13] In October 2023 the gallery opened a new 460 m2 (5,000 sq ft) flagship space on Conduit Street in Mayfair, London, with a solo exhibition by Christina Quarles.[14]

Artists

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The gallery represents thirty-six emerging and established, international artists, and is noted for its strong female presence, being one of only a handful of contemporary art galleries worldwide that represents more female artists than male artists.[15] According to Corrias, many of the gallery's artists share an interest in revising narratives of art history from a female perspective.[16]

References

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  1. ^ "Tank Magazine". Tank Magazine. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Pilar Corrias: a new gallery for a new era". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Pilar Corrias: a new gallery for a new era". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Keeping Up with Pilar Corrias: A Dealer Looks Back on a Decade". www.culturedmag.com. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Artist of the week 14: Philippe Parreno". the Guardian. 5 November 2008. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Fraught Times: For Eleven Months of the Year it's an Artwork and in December it's Christmas (November) (Temps difficiles : pendant onze mois de l'année, c'est une oeuvre d'art et en décembre, c'est Noël (novembre))". Centre Pompidou. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Europe Gallery Must-See Fall Preview". Artnet News. 5 September 2016. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  8. ^ "Rachel Rose: Lake Valley". Carnegie Museum of Art. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Sign up for our first 'New Models for New Times' event on 8 October: Is the new spirit of collaboration lip-service or game-changing?". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  10. ^ "Pilar Corrias: a new gallery for a new era". www.telegraph.co.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  11. ^ Gerlis, Melanie (15 April 2021). "Expanding horizons ahead as gallery spaces and sales grow". Financial Times. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  12. ^ Selvin, Tessa Solomon,Claire; Solomon, Tessa; Selvin, Claire (12 April 2021). "ARTnews in Brief: Hepworth Wakefield Receives Major Gift of Painting and Drawings—and More from April 16, 2021". ARTnews.com. Retrieved 20 February 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  13. ^ "A brush with... Tala Madani". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. 3 February 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  14. ^ "Venus Williams and a group of artists rally to save Nina Simone's home". Financial Times. 11 May 2023. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  15. ^ Westall, Mark (11 June 2021). "Pilar Corrias to open second London gallery space". FAD Magazine. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  16. ^ "On the rise of figurative female painters – and the gallerist championing them". Art Basel. Retrieved 13 September 2022.
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