Esther Schipper (born 1963) is a German art dealer and gallerist.
Early life Schipper is the daughter of Dutch sinologist Kristofer Schipper. She was born in Taiwan and lived there until the age of seven. She later grew up in Paris.Tim Ackermann (April 23, 2011), Mitten im jungen Galerienkiez Die Welt.
Career Schipper gained her first professional experience as an assistant at the Monika Sprüth Gallery in Cologne in 1983/84.
Schipper opened her first gallery in Cologne in 1989. Between 1990 and 1992, Schipper and Daniel Buchholz also operated Buchholz & Schipper, a shop specializing in multiples. In cooperation with Michael Krome, the gallery operated under the name Schipper & Krome between 1994 and 2004.
In 1995, Schipper opened a project space in Berlin, and moved all of its operations there in 1997.Kimberly Bradley (August 12, 2020), Berlin’s Art Scene: Are Reports of Its Death Exaggerated? New York Times. From 2010 until 2017, the gallery was located in a space in the former offices of architect Arno Brandlhuber in Berlin's Tiergarten district. Following negotiations launched in 2014, Schipper acquired the majority shareholding in Jörg Johnen GmbH in 2015Laurie Rojas (June 2, 2015), Berlin galleries join forces to stay in the game The Art NewspaperCatrin Lorch (May 25, 2015), Mittelgroß ist zu klein Süddeutsche Zeitung. and then took over both galleries' sites; the Johnen location eventually closed.Sarah Douglas (December 17, 2020), In Making Gavin Brown a Partner, Barbara Gladstone Is Betting That You Can Get Big and Still Think Small ARTnews.
In 2017, Esther Schipper moved to a space located inside a former printing facility and warehouse for the local Berlin newspaper Der Tagesspiegel on Potsdamer Strasse; the space was designed by Selldorf Architects. In 2021, the gallery had temporary spaces in Palma de Mallorca (), Zhongshan District, Taipei ()Kabir Jhala (June 18, 2021), Sun, sea and Esther Schipper: Berlin gallery pops up in Mallorca and Taipei this summer The Art Newspaper and the Tianjin Free-Trade Zone.Melanie Gerlis (October 7, 2021), Pop-up galleries in Beijing free-trade zone and London Financial Times Since 2022, the gallery has been operating second location in Paris and a third showroom in a four-story building in Seoul's Itaewon neighbourhood, designed by StudioMDA.Andrew Russeth (5 January 2023), Inside South Korea’s Art-Mad Capital New York Times.
In addition to her work as a gallerist, Schipper was a member of the Art Basel art fair's selection committee for ten yearsPhilippe Regnier (June 1, 1997), Basel beckons: from Bacon to Warhol, the cream of twentieth-century art on view The Art Newspaper. and later joined the selection committee of Frieze Art Fair in New York.Nicola Kuhn and Birgit Rieger (13 September 2021), Esther Schipper zur Art Week: „Als Frau wird man einfach nicht ernstgenommen“ Der Tagesspiegel. She was also one of the co-founders of Berlin's annual Gallery Weekend.Rose-Maria Gropp (28 April 2010), Gallery Weekend in Berlin: Die Stadt, die Kunst und die Karawane Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.
Artists Esther Schipper represents several living artists, including:
In addition, the gallery manages various artist estates, including: Rodney Graham (since 2015)
Personal life Schipper lives in Mitte, Berlin, with her partner Florian Wojnar and their two children.
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