Karsten Greve

Karsten Greve
Born	Dahme, Brandenburg
Residence	St Moritz
Nationality	German
Education	University of Geneva, University of Lausanne, Universität zu Köln
Height	1.90
Title	owner of 'Galerie Karsten Greve'
Spouse(s)	Claudia Greve
Children	3
Relatives	Christoph Greve, Jorn Greve
Website	http://www.galerie-karsten-greve.com/

Karsten Greve (* 15 September 1946 in Dahme, Brandenburg) is a German art dealer. He is founder and owner of diverse galleries named Galerie Karsten Greve.

Life

Greve studied jurisprudence and art history at University of Cologne, Germany, University of Lausanne and University of Geneva, Switzerland.

In 1969, Greve started a career as an arts dealer. In 1970, he opened the Möllenhof/Greve gallery together with Rolf Möllenhof. In 1973, Karsten Greve opened his first gallery in Cologne with an exhibition of Yves Klein. Since 1977 his galleries regularly take part in major art fairs like Art Basel, Miami Art fair, Art Cologne and Foire internationale d’art contemporain, Paris.^[1] Meanwhile, he runs three art galleries in Cologne, Paris, and St Moritz, all of which are named Galerie Karsten Greve.^[2]

Galerie Karsten Greve

Galerie Karsten Greve is specialised in postwar and contemporary art and considered as one of the leading European galleries worldwide. ^{[3] [4]} The program is characterized by a high diversity of artistic genres represented these belonging to the classic media painting, drawing and graphic arts, sculpture and installation as well as photography.

Represented and exhibited artists by Galerie Karsten Greve are:

Josef Albers Eugène Atget Roger Ballen Ilse Bing Pierrette Bloch Louise Bourgeois Brassaï Thomas Brummett Alexander Calder Lawrence Carroll John Chamberlain (sculptor) Joseph Cornell Lynn Davis [5] Willem de Kooning Ding Yi Jean Dubuffet Lucio Fontana

Gotthard Graubner [5] Leiko Ikemura Mimmo Jodice Paco Knöller Yiorgos Kordakis Jannis Kounellis[1] Catherine Lee David Malin Sally Mann Piero Manzoni Fausto Melotti Henri Michaux Claire Morgan Manish Nai Mario Nigro Jean-Michel Othoniel Robert Polidori

Norbert Prangenberg Qiu Shihua Gideon Rubin Georgia Russell Joel Shapiro Qiu Shihua Shen Fan David Smith (sculptor) Pierre Soulages Louis Soutter Luise Unger Sergio Vega Wols Zhou Tiehai

References

1. "Galerie Karsten Greve – Cologne". Artfacts.net. Retrieved 15 October 2011.
2. http://www.artnet.com/kgreve.html
3. Art World Europe's Top 55 Galleries You Need To Know artnet
4. Inside the World's Top Galleries: Karsten Greve.
5. "Galerie Karsten Greve". artnet. Retrieved 15 October 2011.

External links

• Groß, Roland (30 June 2007). "'Der Kunstmarkt lebt, aber die Mitarbeiter leiden'". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 15 October 2011. Interview with Greve.
• Homepage of Galerie Karsten Greve