Foster/White Gallery
American commercial art gallery
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The Foster/White Gallery is an art gallery in Seattle, Washington, in the United States. It was started as the Richard White Gallery in 1966 in the Pioneer Square neighborhood.
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Former name | Richard White Gallery |
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| Established | 1966 |
| Location | Seattle, Washington, USA |
| Coordinates | 47°36′01″N 122°19′48″W |
| Type | Gallery |
| Collections | Contemporary art |
| Website | Official website |
History
Richard White started the Richard White Gallery at 311½ Occidental Avenue South, in the Pioneer Square district of Seattle, in 1966.[1] In 1973, he sold it to Donald Foster, who renamed it the Foster/White Gallery.[2][3] Foster sold it in December 2002 to the Huang family, owners of the Bau-Xi Gallery in Vancouver, British Columbia.[4][5] In April 2006 it moved to a renovated building at 220 3rd Avenue South, a few blocks from its original location.[6] It earlier had other premises in Kirkland, Rainier Square, and Pioneer Square.[5]
In the mid-1980s, Foster/White was one of five galleries which started the Pioneer Square Exhibition Magazine, a monthly magazine to publicize their shows.[7] In 1990 the gallery was among the founding members of the Seattle Art Dealers Association,[8] which in 2005 took over publication of the magazine, renaming it the SADA Exhibition Guide.[7]
The gallery shows mostly contemporary art and work by artists of the Northwest School.[citation needed] Some work by Kenneth Callahan, Alden Mason, Mark Tobey and George Tsutakawa is permanently on show.[9] The first Seattle showing of glass work by Dale Chihuly was at the gallery in 1977.[2] Janna Watson showed work there in 2016.[10]