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The Power and Grace of Barbara Gladstone


The venerated gallerist worked for the love of art.

He sketched out a very small drawing of his plans on an index card: For his 1991 debut, now legendary, Barney, would rig himself up with ice screws and rope, and crawl, naked, across the ceiling of 99 Greene Street like a mountaineer. Gladstone soon became major, and the identity Barbara was inventing could be seen reflected in her growing stable of artists: one of broad authority balanced by passion and experimentation. She began exhibiting Banks Violette, Sarah Lucas, Shirin Neshat, Thomas Hirschhorn (a handful of magnificent shows), Carroll Dunham, Philippe Parreno, Anicka Yi, Wangechi Mutu, and more.

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