Michael Werner Gallery, which has spaces in New York, London, and Berlin, will add two locations to its portfolio this spring in Los Angeles and Athens.
The Los Angeles space will be located at 415 North Camden Drive in Beverly Hills, across the street from Gagosian’s LA space and a few minutes’ drive to UTA Artist Space. Courtney Treut, who has worked for several blue-chip galleries like Hauser & Wirth, Anton Kern, and Sean Kelly, will serve as director of the LA Space.
The Athens gallery is located in an apartment building at Leoforos Vasileos Georgiou 10, near the Museum of Cycladic Art and the Zappeion Garden. It will mount two shows each year, with former art adviser Maximos Stergiou serving as director.
Gordon VeneKlasen, a partner of Michael Werner Gallery, has a long history with Los Angeles, having maintained a part-time home in Los Angeles for 15 years, before selling it when the gallery expanded to London in 2012. But it wasn’t until recently that he decided to set up shop in Los Angeles, despite encouragement from his longtime friend Hammer Museum director Ann Philbin.
“I’ve always had a fantasy about California and you know, which sort of goes back to Joan Didion,” he said.
