Galerie Maria Wettergren
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Galerie Maria Wettergren is a contemporary art and design gallery in Paris, France,[1] founded and directed by Maria Wettergren.[2]
The gallery represents a selection of contemporary artists and designers working with different media. Interdisciplinary dialogues between art, design, architecture and crafts are central to the artistic direction of the gallery, with a strong focus on textile arts by women artists, art-design and kinetic photography. The gallery organizes monographic exhibitions, edits catalogues[3] and is responsible for numerous museum collaborations and sales, including sales to the permanent collections of the Centre Pompidou, Paris;[4] Smithsonian Cooper Hewitt Museum, New York;[5] National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne;[6] Malmö Art Museum, Malmö;[7] Museum of Contemporary Design and Applied Arts (mudac), Lausanne;[8] and The Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris,[9] among others.
Galerie Maria Wettergren regularly participates in international art fairs such as The European Fine Art Fair (TEFAF) in New York & Maastricht;[10] the Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain (FIAC 'Hors les Murs');[11] Design Miami/Basel;[12] and PAD Paris/London.[13]
The gallery is a member of the Comité Professionnel des Galeries d'Art.[14]
Galerie Maria Wettergren was founded by Maria Wettergren in 2010 in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district of Paris, on rue Guénégaud.[15] In 2020, the gallery moved to a bigger space located at 121 rue Vieille-du-Temple in the Marais district.[16]
Maria Wettergren received the Finn Juhl Prize in 2014.[17] She was a member of the Audi Award 2014 Jury together with Daniel Buren, Jean de Loisy and Emmanuel Perrotin.[18] Maria Wettergren was included in the American Magazine Art + Auction’s Power 100 of the 100 most important personalities of the art world (December 2013).[19]