Daily Management Review

Denis Gardarin: Creating Opportunities for Women Artists and Collectors in the Arts


07/03/2021


Leading Goodman Gallery’s first US venture in East Hampton, New York, Denis Gardarin gives us an insight into his rich career, passion for working with artists, and creating gender parity in the commercial art world.



by Mala Yamey

Denis Gardarin in front of William Kentridge’s Cursive (2020, bronze set of 40). Photograph by Justin Davy. Courtesy of the Artist and Goodman Gallery Johannesburg, Cape Town and London
Denis Gardarin in front of William Kentridge’s Cursive (2020, bronze set of 40). Photograph by Justin Davy. Courtesy of the Artist and Goodman Gallery Johannesburg, Cape Town and London
Could we start by hearing more about your journey in the arts?
I received a Masters in Fine Arts at La Sorbonne and started collecting at 18: a Karel Appel lithograph which I still own. I realized quickly that I wasn’t going to be an artist, and I moved to the United States to study at UCLA. Read more