Art Galleries in Beverly Hills

Boasts some of the most prominent art galleries in Beverly Hills of the Western seafront. Yet, in the shadow of giants like the Gagosian and Ace galleries and the top-notch Downtown art galleries are a handful of equally prestigious art spaces that would satiate even the most avid collectors. Counting the well-respected institutions affiliated with the neighboring University of California Los Angeles campus, one finds an art scene that is mature, established,exciting, and pioneering.


Gagosian Gallery

The gallery's owner and director Gagosian first launched in Los Angeles in 1979, before relocating to New York six years later. Gagosian then opened a new location in Beverly Hills designed by architect Richard Meier. Larry Gagosian has left a mark on the contemporary art world with numerous exhibitions highlighting acclaimed artists of the New York School and has nurtured a legacy as one of the biggest names in the art market. The Beverly Hills director has mounted exhibitions by Frank Gehryand Edward Ruscha, and more recently artists such as William Eggleston. There is no doubt that the Gagosianis the pace for art galleries Beverly Hills ' art scene.

Ace Gallery

The Ace Gallery has been hailed as the oldest contemporary art gallery on the West coast, notably under the guidance of director Douglas Christmas. Ace Gallery holds as much as a place in art space history as it does on the contemporary scene, setting the bar with the largest commercial gallery space on the Western Coast - 30,000 square feet of exhibition space. Christmas continues his excellent program with significant works by artists such as Bernar Venet and Jannis Kounellis, following exhibitions of Warhol, Lichtenstein, and Serra in the 1960s. Christmas is also credited with the creation of the'white cube' gallery space.

Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art Gallery

Operating in its current location since 2000 yet a fixture of the contemporary American and European art market since 1978, Jonathan Novak Contemporary Art specializes in pop art, abstract expressionism, photorealism, Minimalism and Color Field. With an eye for the artisticallyappealing, Jonathan Novak's collection is far worth the effort of arranging appointments to the gallery. A recent exhibitiontitled "Photorealism: The Everyday Illuminated" is a striking analogy for Beverly Hills itself: glossy, vivacious, and perhaps a little too perfect.

Art Marc Selwyn Fine Art Gallery

Marc Selwyn  Fine Art Gallery opened the doors to its new location on Santa Monica Boulevard in February of 2014 in a former auto garage that has been transformed into a meticulous brick gallery space. Marc Selwyn brings a decade of experience of collecting and exhibition to this up-and-coming section of Beverly Hills, maintaining a wisedistance from the Golden Trianglegallery giants. The gallery represents contemporary artists like, Mimi Lauterand Mel Bouchner, in addition to pieces by Richard Serra and others.