Lévy Gorvy, formed by Dominique Lévy and Brett Gorvy, cultivates a program devoted to innovation and connoisseurship in the fields of modern, postwar, and contemporary art.
Read MoreThe gallery represents Enrico Castellani, Chung Sang-Hwa, Gego, Jutta Koether, Seung-taek Lee, Senga Nengudi, Karin Schneider, Pierre Soulages, Pat Steir, Frank Stella, and Günther Uecker, as well as the Estate of Yves Klein, the Estate of Roman Opalka, Carol Rama, and the Estate of Germaine Richier.
A globally respected gallerist, Dominique Lévy formed her eponymous gallery in 2012. Formerly Chairman and International Head of Post War and Contemporary Art at Christie’s, Brett Gorvy is one of the leading forces and tastemakers within the 20th century art market. Gorvy joined forces with Lévy in January 2017.
Lévy Gorvy maintains a gallery in Mayfair, London and inaugurated an expanded New York space located at 909 Madison Avenue in January 2017. The gallery fosters continued dedication to the living artists and artists’ estates it represents and pursues a robust program of exhibitions and multidisciplinary events. The gallery represents two of Korea’s most celebrated modern artists, Chung Sang-Hwa and Seung-taek Lee, and is committed to expanding its program in Asia.
Lévy Gorvy specializes in private sales in the secondary market, with a focus on the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat, Alexander Calder, Willem de Kooning, Lucio Fontana, Alberto Giacometti, Roy Lichtenstein, Pablo Picasso, Robert Ryman, Cy Twombly, and Andy Warhol, among other important 20th century and contemporary artists. It participates in major art fairs worldwide.
The professionals comprising the Lévy Gorvy team represent expertise, depth of knowledge, and passion for art. The gallery’s bespoke advisory and collections management department services collectors, inspired by the vision, personal engagement, and tireless advocacy of the 20th century connoisseur dealers Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Pierre Matisse, Leo Castelli, and Peggy Guggenheim. Lévy Gorvy also works closely with artists’ families, foundations, and estates to advance the legacy of significant artists and the embrace of new generations of curators, collectors, and audiences.
The gallery produces ongoing art historical research and original scholarship publishing exhibition catalogues, monographs, and other key publications.
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Related Press Helen Frankenthaler and Robert Motherwell: The Art of Marriage 28 November 2019, The Brooklyn Rail The cover photograph for the informative catalogue that accompanies this dazzling show was taken by Hans Namuth and catches Robert Motherwell and Helen Frankenthaler at their wedding lunch on April 6, 1958. Her look is all love; Motherwell, averting his gaze from Namuth, has a vacant, slightly ironic expression. Was it because he'd already been...
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Related Press The Surrealist artists who created jewel-sized masterpieces 27 August 2019, The Jewellery Editor The line between art and jewellery has become increasingly blurred since the 20th century, when modernist artists like Meret Oppenheim, Salvador Dalí, Max Ernst and Man Ray began exploring the possibilities of miniature metalwork. These exciting experiments with form challenged the art world's status quo, producing uniquely arresting jewels with...
Related Press Stanley Whitney’s Machine for Painting 13 July 2019, Hyperallergic MAHÓN, Menorca — I usually don't go around ranking artists but I was enormously impressed by the Albert Oehlen retrospective in Venice this past January. I thought, who do we have as good as this guy? Seeing Stanley Whitney's most recent work this summer gave me my answer. While not departing from his known program, his newest seems to...
Related Video & Audio Chung Sang-Hwa: Excavations, 1964-78 11 November 2019, Lévy Gorvy Chung Sang-Hwa discusses the formative decades that led to his profoundly original, finely honed approach to painting. Film by Gary Yeh.
