Galerie Lelong
Established in Paris in 1945 by Aimé Maeght, the gallery presented major artists during its first three decades, including Joan Miró, Alexander Calder, Marc Chagall, Alberto Giacometti, Eduardo Chillida, Antoni Tàpies and Francis Bacon.
Following Maeght’s death in 1981, it adopted its current name under three equal partners: Jacques Dupin, Daniel Lelong and Jean Frémon. In 2012, the year of Jacques Dupin’s death, Daniel Lelong passed the presidency to Jean Frémon, who currently leads the Paris and New York galleries.
From the 1980s onwards, artists including Pierre Alechinsky, Louise Bourgeois, Konrad Klapheck and Jannis Kounellis joined the gallery. Galerie Lelong opened in New York in 1985 and has been directed there by Mary Sabbatino since 1990. Its programme expanded to include significant figures from Latin America, including Alfredo Jaar, Cildo Meireles, Hélio Oiticica and Zilia Sánchez.
The gallery continues to present major international artists, including Etel Adnan, Leonardo Drew, Barry Flanagan, Günther Förg, David Hockney, Nalini Malini, David Nash, Jaume Plensa, Sean Scully, Kiki Smith, Barthélémy Toguo and Juan Uslé. It also develops monumental sculptures for public spaces with artists such as Jaume Plensa, Ursula von Rydingsvard and Jean Dubuffet, supported by a close relationship with the Fondation Dubuffet.
Since 1981, the gallery has published more than 180 catalogues, alongside the fourteen-volume catalogue raisonné of Joan Miró’s work, produced with the artist’s estate. A space on the ground floor of the Paris gallery is dedicated to original prints, with new editions produced each year in close collaboration with artists. An additional exhibition space opened on avenue Matignon in 2018.