David Zwirner

Quick Facts

Full Name	David Zwirner
Occupation	Art Dealer
Date Of Birth	Oct 23, 1964(1964-10-23)
Age	60
Birthplace	Cologne
Country	Germany
Birth City	North Rhine-Westphalia
Horoscope	Libra

David Zwirner Biography

David Zwirner is one of the most popular and richest Art Dealer who was born on October 23, 1964 in Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. David Zwirner (born on the 23rd of October 1964) is a German art dealer and the owner of the David Zwirner Gallery in New York City, London as well as Hong Kong, and Paris.

In the months of October 2006, in May 2008 and July 2015 the gallery’s artist Marcel Dzama organized three charity exhibitions and auctions of art on the premises of the gallery New York, all to benefit 826NYC an organization that is non-profit and that assists young people in developing their writing skills. The book was published in 2006 by McSweeney’s Books on the occasion of the 2006 auction the catalogue was limited edition and featuring reproductions of artworks and criticisms by eight-year-olds. In March of 2011, Zwirner and fellow art dealer and parent Christopher D’Amelio organized the art donations to The Grace Church School 25th Annual Scholarship Benefit Auction.

Since 2012, Zwirner has consistently ranked in the top 5 of the ArtReview annual “Power 100” list, the magazine’s survey of most important figures in contemporary art. Zwirner’s rankings were 4 (2010), 5 (2012), 2 (2013), 2 (2014), 3 (2015), 4 (2016), 5 (2017), and 1 (2018) He has been on the list since 2003. In 2012, he was listed at number two in Forbes magazine’s “America’s Most Powerful Art Dealers.”

In April 2014, Zwirner hosted the annual Acria Unframed Auction to benefit HIV/AIDS research and education programs at his New York gallery. The event raised a record-breaking $1 million for charity. In February 2015, David Zwirner organized the annual auction to benefit Friends Seminary, the oldest continuously coeducational school in New York City. The exhibition featured more than 60 works, many donated by gallery artists, and raised over $500,000 for the school’s largest fundraising event to date. In December 2016, gallery artist James Welling selected 65 works for an exhibition and sale to benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Arts (FCA) and grants for individual artists. 16 works were contributed by artists at Welling’s invitation and 49 were selected from the FCA’s collection, including works from its first benefit exhibition in 1963.

The year 2001 was the time Zwirner created his “I Love NY Art Benefit” exhibition at the David Zwirner Gallery in order to help the people affected by 9/11’s World Trade Center attacks. Within a few days of 9/11, the gallery was hit by a massive fire. 11 attack, Zwirner invited the gallery’s artists to contribute their works to the show. He also sought the assistance from the other New York dealers to organize their own benefit shows. This led to a large-scale benefit featuring more than 150 galleries participating and alternative venues. Similar to the exhibit at the David Zwirner Gallery, the entire proceeds collected by the galleries benefitted from the Robin Hood Relief Fund, part of the Robin Hood Foundation.

David Zwirner Net Worth

David Zwirner is one of the richest Art Dealer from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David Zwirner 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

The year 1993 was when Zwirner inaugurated the his David Zwirner Gallery within the SoHo neighborhood in New York City, with the aim of exhibiting an international collection of contemporary artists.

Between 2000 and in 2009, David Zwirner also was an associate of Iwan Wirth at Zwirner & Wirth, a gallery located in The New York’s Upper East Side which focused on private sales. The partnership resulted in a number of exhibitions, which included Gerhard Richter: Early Paintings (2000); Bruce Nauman (2001); Cy Twombly The Letter from Resignation (2002/2003); Claes Oldenburg The early Work (2005); David Hammons (2006); Joseph Beuys Drawing and Sculpture (2007) as well as Dan Flavin: The 1964 Green Gallery Exhibition (2008).

In April 2011, actor, director, and philanthropist Ben Stiller joined with Zwirner to organize Artists For Haiti (Art Auction), an auction to raise funds for education and health programs for children. The auction took place at Christie’s in New York on September 22, 2011. It raised $13,662,000. It said that one hundred percent of the sales will go to support non-profit organizations working in Haiti, including Architecture for Humanity, J/P Haitian Relief Organization, Partners in Health, Grameen Creative Lab, Artists for Peace and Justice, Ciné Institute, and The Stiller Foundation.

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Facts & Trivia

David Ranked on the list of most popular Art Dealer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. David Zwirner celebrates birthday on October 23 of every year.

Who owns David Zwirner Gallery?

David Zwirner Gallery is an American contemporary art gallery owned by David Zwirner. It has three gallery spaces in New York City and one each in London, Hong Kong, and Paris.

Is the David Zwirner Gallery free?

The exhibition is free of charge and open to the public. No tickets are required—the exhibition is first come, first entry.

Who represents David Zwirner?

(New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong—July 16, 2020) David Zwirner is pleased to announce the global representation of the Romanian-born, New York–based artist Andra Ursuţa.

Who distributes David Zwirner?

David Zwirner Books’s titles are distributed internationally in the book trade by Simon & Schuster and Thames & Hudson, and are available in bookstores and museum shops worldwide. The publishing offices are based in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood, located at 529 West 20th Street, 2nd Floor, adjacent to the gallery.

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