The baton is being passed from an elder generation of French art dealer to a younger one, with the purchase of Galerie Malingue by dealer Kamel Mennour, who will take over Malingue’s 4,300-square-foot showroom at 26 Avenue Matignon in Paris’s Matignon district.
“Located in a space with a long history in modern art, formerly Galerie Malingue, this new venue reflects Mennour’s continued growth while setting out a clear direction: the showcasing of significant works by modern, post-war and contemporary artists from private collections,” said the gallery in an emailed announcement.
“This curatorial programme complements the gallery’s primary market activity and its longstanding work with artist estates over the past 25 years,” the statement continued. “It also reinforces Mennour’s increased focus on historical works over recent years, including the exhibition of masterpieces by artists such as Alberto Giacometti, Francis Picabia, Pablo Picasso, Joan Mitchell, Henri Matisse, Tsuguharu Foujita and Yayoi Kusama.”
Daniel Malingue founded his gallery, focused on Impressionism, Surrealism, and modern and postwar art, more than five decades ago. The gallery’s website lists artists including Georges Braque, Gustave Caillebotte, Paul Cézanne, Eugéne Delacroix, Paul Gauguin, Juan Gris, René Magritte, Édouard Manet, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Picasso, Mark Rothko, Dorothea Tanning, and Vincent van Gogh. It often lends to prestigious museum exhibitions and has a history of publishing catalogues raisonné, or comprehensive catalogues of the works of individual artists.
“This new location has been conceived as an exhibition space for works by artists who have truly shaped art history, artworks that come from important collections and that are of museum quality,” said Mennour in a statement. “It will allow us to present historical works, stage monographic and thematic exhibitions, and to foster a dialogue across different generations of artists. I am particularly delighted to take over this historic space and to embark on a new chapter for the gallery.”
The former Galerie Malingue, in Paris’s Matignon district.
Menour opened his gallery in Paris in 1999. He represents about forty artists, including significant figures such as Daniel Buren, Douglas Gordon, Camille Henrot, Alicja Kwade, Ugo Rondinone, and Lee Ufan. In 2023, the gallery launched the Mennour Institute, which promotes research and education in modern and contemporary art through doctoral fellowships, education programs and philanthropy.
In a conversation with ARTnews at the TEFAF Maastricht art fair recently, Mennour expressed his admiration for Malingue, who he described as “like a god to my generation.”
