Established in 1965 Galerie Gmurzynska has been for over three generations a leading gallery for 20th century masters with a strong focus on in-depth research. Known for its museum quality and uniquely-curated exhibitions, the gallery has published over 300 art historically recognised books and collaborated with the world’s leading museums and scholars. Representing and working with important 20th century artist estates such as Yves Klein, Louise Nevelson, Wifredo Lam, Roberto Matta and Miro, Galerie Gmurzynska has its primary gallery locations in Zurich and New York.
The gallery was founded in 1965 in Cologne, Germany by Antonina Gmurzynska. From the beginning, the gallery was interested in organizing exhibitions with a historical documentary character and accompanying publications. Up until 1971 the gallery’s program focused on Surrealism and Constructivism and the Russian Avant-garde. Subsequently, classical modern with a special focus on Picasso, Schwitters, Léger, Feininger, and Robert and Sonia Delaunay were incorporated into the gallery’s program. From 1986 Krystyna Gmurzynska continued expanding the gallery’s classic modern program and in 1991 the Cologne building, the ‘Red Cube’ by Roger Diener was inaugurated. 40 years after its establishment, the gallery relocated from Cologne to its flagship location on Zurich’s Paradeplatz in 2005, on the same block in which the Dada movement was founded in 1917. The Paradeplatz gallery hosts the final interior architectural project of Zaha Hadid, conceived for the DADA centennial in 2016 for a major Schwitters retrospective.
