Leo Castelli
Leo Castelli · Economics & Business
Influential art dealer who originated the modern contemporary-art gallery system and championed Pop Art
1907, Trieste, Austria-Hungary (now Italy) — 1999, New York City, United States
Italy · France · United States
Leo Castelli is recognized among Jewish contributors to Economics & Business — Influential art dealer who originated the modern contemporary-art gallery system and championed Pop Art
Leo Castelli was the art dealer whose New York gallery, opened in 1957, shaped the modern contemporary-art system, launching Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg and championing Pop Art, Minimalism and Conceptual art. His practice of supporting artists with stipends became an industry model. Born Leo Krausz into a Jewish family in Trieste, he took his mother's surname Castelli.
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Influential art dealer who originated the modern contemporary-art gallery system and championed Pop Art
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