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“The most important thing that a gallerist can provide is encouragement. Being supportive in any way you can.” —Paula Cooper
This year, Paula Cooper Gallery is celebrating its 50th anniversary, with a highlight being the recent recreation of the gallery’s inaugural exhibition in 50 Years: An Anniversary. The inaugural exhibition, organized by Robert Huot, Lucy Lippard, and Ron Wolin, benefitted the Student Mobilization Committee To End The War In Vietnam and Veterans Against The War In Vietnam. This fall, the beneficiary was March For Our Lives, an organization dedicated to student-led activism around ending gun violence and the epidemic of mass shootings.
As Jason Farago recently wrote in the New York Times, “Many dealers have influenced art history through the works they’ve bought and sold, but only a very few have done something more profound: reshape how we see art and transform what we value. In New York, that dealer is Paula Cooper….” In this video, Art Basel chats with the legendary – and legendarily devoted – dealer (and long-time director Steve Henry) about the history of the gallery, and her plans to never stop.
With this video, Daily Plinth marks 450 videos we’ve shared with you since our private beta launch in December of 2017. Thank you for following us! So this Thanksgiving we’re going to take a little break to spend some time with family – we hope you do too. See you in a few days.
