Henry Geldzahler
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Henry Geldzahler (1935, Antwerp, Belgium—August 16, 1994, Southampton, New York) was a well-known curator of contemporary art in the late 20th century. Unlike most curators at the time, he befriended many of the artists he was interested in, and socialized with them as if he were just another artist. Artists he associated with included Willem de Kooning, Jasper Johns, Frank Stella, Andy Warhol, David Hockney, and Larry Stanton.
He worked for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, where he eventually organized the landmark exhibition, New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940-1970, which included his favorite contemporary work.
Geldzahler is the subject of a documentary called Who Gets to Call It Art? by Peter Rosen.
Writings
Geldzhaler wrote, among other works:
- Catalog of New York Painting and Sculpture: 1940-1970 in 1969
- American Painting in the 20th Century (Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1965),
- Charles Bell: The Complete Works, 1970-1990 (Abrams, 1991), and
- Making It New: Essays, Interviews, and Talks (Harvest Books, 1996) with an introduction by Mr. Hockney.
- He co-wrote Art in Transit: Subway Drawings by Keith Haring (1984),
- Andy Warhol: Portraits of the Seventies and Eighties (Thames and Hudson, 1993)
