Women Art Dealers: Creating Markets for Modern Art, 1940–1990

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Véronique Chagnon-Burke (Women Art Dealers Digital Archives (co-founder), USA) Caterina Toschi

Women Art Dealers

Creating Markets for Modern Art, 1940–1990

Véronique Chagnon-Burke (Women Art Dealers Digital Archives (co-founder), USA), Caterina Toschi

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Bloomsbury Visual Arts
24 July 2025

Series: Contextualizing Art Markets

This timely book reveals the significant role played by women in the promotion and dissemination of modern and contemporary art to a global audience. It brings together a range of fascinating case studies of women-led galleries in the postwar period, challenging male-dominated histories by analyzing the work of internationally-minded female dealers who worked across continents and helped to develop transnational art networks.

The book is arranged in three parts, covering gallerists, dealers and regional art scenes. Part 1 focuses on the promotion of postwar modern art by women gallerists; Part 2 examines the contributions by women art dealers toward the birth of new markets and media, such as video art and photography; finally, Part 3 analyzes case studies from the southern European art scene, paying fresh attention to several under-researched markets in the region like Italy and Portugal.

Each chapter study provides a historiographic profile of the gallery under discussion and critical analysis is supported with a wide range of visual material, including portraits of the women art dealers, photographs of the exhibitions they managed, and printed documentation like catalogues, invitations, and posters that were often used to support artists on display in experimental ways. It will be vital reading for students of art market studies, as well as gallery and art market professionals.

Edited by: Véronique Chagnon-Burke (Women Art Dealers Digital Archives (co-founder) USA), Caterina Toschi
Imprint: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 560g
ISBN: 9781350292420
ISBN 10: 1350292427
Series: Contextualizing Art Markets
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 24 July 2025
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Véronique Chagnon-Burke is an art historian, co-founder of Women Art Dealers Digital Archives, co-chair of The International Art Market Studies Association, section editor for the Art Market Dictionary, and former Director of Christie’s Education in New York (2002–2021). Caterina Toschi is Associate Professor of contemporary art history and history of photography at the University for Foreigners of Siena, Italy. She is co-founder of Women Art Dealers Digital Archives and Senzacornice, and Associate Director of the Santa Maddalena Foundation.

Reviews for Women Art Dealers: Creating Markets for Modern Art, 1940–1990

"""Important for starting a conversation on how and why women were dedicated to promoting innovative art and artists ... A strong start to addressing gender imbalance in an emerging field of art history."" --The Art Newspaper ""At a moment when art worlds are finally addressing gender inequalities, this timely volume highlights the crucial role that women art dealers played in shaping modern art markets."" --Olav Velthuis, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands ""This insightful book provides us with 17 detailed portraits of daring and innovative women art dealers and modern art pioneers all around the world, crucially filling a gap in art-market history by focusing on female agency and risk-taking."" --Julie Verlaine, Professor of Contemporary History, the University of Tours, France ""With its 19 thoroughly researched case studies, this fascinating book makes an important contribution to the study of the achievements of women art dealers in the latter half of the 20th century, filling existing gaps in our understanding of the vital role women have played in the art market."" --Nadine Oberste-Hetbleck, Director of ZADIK Central Archive for German and International Art Market Studies, University of Cologne, Germany"