Mary Boone

Quick Facts

Full Name	Mary Boone
Occupation	Art Dealer
Date Of Birth	Oct 29, 1951(1951-10-29)
Age	73
Birthplace	Erie
Country	United States
Horoscope	Libra

Mary Boone Biography

Mary Boone is one of the most popular and richest Art Dealer who was born on October 29, 1951 in Erie, United States. Mary Boone (born in c. 1951-1952) is a famous American gallerist and art dealer as well as the director and owner of the Mary Boone Gallery. She played a significant role during the New York art market of the 1980s. Her two first artist, Julian Schnabel and David Salle were recognized internationally and in 1982, she featured as the cover story in New York magazine that was titled “The New Queen of the Art Scene.” Mary Boone Gallery Mary Boone Gallery has represented artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat, Barbara Kruger, Eric Fischl, Ross Bleckner along with Brice Marden. In the beginning, based at SoHo, Boone operated two galleries: one located in midtown in midtown on Fifth Avenue, the other in Chelsea. After her conviction in 2019 and sentence to 30 years in jail for tax-evasion she announced her intention to shut down both of her galleries.

After the art market’s collapsed in 1990, Mary Boone avoided bankruptcy by selling a portion of her private collection. A number of her most famous artists left galleries, such as Salle, Marden and Georg Baselitz however Kruger Fischl, Kruger and Bleckner were left. A Eric Fischl painting she had been able to sell at the height price of $1.4 million was resold during the 1990s for $167,500. In 1996 the Mary Boone Gallery left SoHo and opened a gallery in midtown located on Fifth Avenue. The gallery was reopened within Chelsea in the Chelsea area of art in the year 2000 and added a new generation of artists, including Will Cotton, Tom Sachs along with Inka Essenhigh.

Boone was played by Parker Posey in Julian Schnabel’s 1996 film Basquiat.

Fischl told a reporter in 2008 that Boone had “changed radically. Dramatically but slowly, if that’s possible. She’s really moved from a mono-focused, obsessive, driven character who could be bullying, infuriating, quick to argue and ultimately isolated to somebody who—through her spiritual development, her revelations—serves her community.

Boone was featured on the cover of the 1982 New York Magazine story titled”The New Queen of the Art Scene.

Mary Boone Net Worth

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

Boone was born in and was raised within Erie, Pennsylvania as a member of an immigrants’ Egyptian family. She was a student of Art History at Rhode Island School of Design and earned the BFA at the age of 1973. Concluding that she was not equipped with the skills to succeed as a painter Boone made the move in New York City to study art history at Hunter College. After being a secretary at the well-known Bykert Gallery, she opened her own gallery in SoHo in 1977, receiving the acclamation of. The first two artists she represented, Julian Schnabel and David Salle quickly gained acclaim within the Neo- expressionist movement. When Schnabel became a star artist, Boone was recognized as a new type of dealer, young and abrasive. Boone was capable of expanding her showroom across the street by the year 1981 and later in 1982, she secured the work of emerging artist Eric Fischl. Boone was well-known for her media blitz and hype about her and her artists when she appeared on the front cover of New York magazine that same year. The emerging art guru Jean- Michel Basquiat joined the Mary Boone Gallery prior to his highly received solo exhibition in 1984. A well-established artist Barbara Kruger was the first female artist to join Mary Boone in 1987, a move that shocked the art world by revealing that an influential female feminist “deconstructivist” appropriation artist would join the gallery renowned for its neo-expressionist paintings that are abrasive.

in 1979 Boone got married to the German collector Michael Werner, with whom she has a son named Max. The couple later divorced.

Mary Boone was one of the most successful gallerists of her generation and became “the dealer who epitomized the speculative ’80s art world.” She was the first dealer to require waiting lists for collectors to buy works that had not yet been produced, though some collectors were granted “first refusal”. When the art market crashed in 1990, she was condemned for her role in the over- heated market of the previous decade. Boone was accused of over-hyping her artists or pushing them to release inferior works to fulfill market demand. In a later interview with W magazine, Boone explained without any prompting, “I think I lost my way. It was the Eighties. I got too involved with fame and fortune.”

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Who is Mary Boone Dating?

According to our records, Mary Boone married to Michael Werner. As of December 1, 2023, Mary Boone’s is not dating anyone.

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Facts & Trivia

Mary Ranked on the list of most popular Art Dealer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Mary Boone celebrates birthday on October 29 of every year.

Where is Mary Boone today?

Jailed for tax fraud, the incarcerated Manhattan dealer has been moved to a re-entry facility just under half way through her 30-month sentence. Manhattan art dealer Mary Boone has been released from the prison in which she has been incarcerated just 13 months into her 30 month sentence.

Does Mary Boone Gallery still exist?

Mary Boone, the veteran art dealer, said in an interview on Monday that after a great deal of deliberation with family, friends, lawyers and people who work with her, she has decided to close her two Manhattan galleries while she is in prison serving up to 2½ years for filing false tax returns.

What did Mary Boone do?

Mary Boone Gallery opened in 1977 and quickly left its mark on the art world. Boone was instrumental in creating the idea that an art dealer and her gallery could have as much of a personality, brand, and identity as the artists she represents.

What happened Inigo Philbrick?

former Mayfair art dealer has been jailed for seven years in the US after defrauding art buyers out of more than $86 million (£80 million). Inigo Philbrick, 34, who had galleries in London and Miami and is in a relationship with Made in Chelsea star Victoria Baker-Harber pleaded guilty to federal wire fraud.

Who was Mary Boone married to?

Mary Boone
Education| Rhode Island School of Design Hunter College
Occupation| Art dealer and gallerist
Years active| 1973-present
Spouse(s)| Michael Werner (divorced)