Charles Cowles (art dealer)

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Charles Cowles (born 1941) is an American

Fine Art at the Seattle Art Museum
from 1975 until 1979.

He opened his contemporary art gallery at 420 West Broadway in

SoHo in lower Manhattan in 1979, mounting the first public exhibition there in April 1980. The Charles Cowles Gallery was finally located on 537 West 24th Street, between 10th and 11th Avenues in Chelsea in New York City
.

In June 2009, after thirty years as an art dealer, Cowles closed his contemporary art gallery and retired.[1]

Cowles was the publisher of Artforum magazine from the mid-1960s until the early-1980s. He graduated from Stanford University in the early-1960s and originally operated the magazine in 1965 from Los Angeles, California. By 1967, he moved Artforum to Manhattan. His family was also connected to publishing via the Cowles Media Company.

Selected artists

During its years of operation from April 1980 through July 2009 the Charles Cowles Gallery exhibited many artists including:

See also

References

  1. ^ Spears, Dorothy (June 21, 2009), "This Summer, Some Galleries Are Sweating", The New York Times, retrieved April 28, 2010
  2. ^ Irish Artist to "Bury" Alter Ego, ARTINFO, May 6, 2008, retrieved 2008-05-14
  3. ^ online biography, retrieved February 2, 2009
  4. ^ Exhibition schedule retrieved December 21, 2009