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David Zwirner (born October 23, 1964) is an American art dealer and owner of the David Zwirner Gallery in New York City and London (which opened in October 2012 with an exhibition by Luc Tuymans). In 2013, Zwirner was listed at number two in the ArtReview annual "Power 100" list 〔Unattributed, "(2013 Power 100 )," ArtReview, accessed, November 28, 2013.〕 and in 2012, he was listed at number two in Forbes magazine's "America's Most Powerful Art Dealers." ==Biography== Zwirner was born in Cologne, West Germany. The son of art dealer Rudolph Zwirner and his wife Ursula, he was exposed to art at an early age as the family lived in a house with the gallery on the ground floor.〔Nick Paumgarten (December 2, 2013), (Dealer’s Hand ) ''The New Yorker''.〕 At the suggestion of the art dealer Harold Diamond (the father of Mike D, from the Beastie Boys), Rudolf sent David and his sister to the Walden School in New York for one year.〔 He left Germany for the United States after high school and attended New York University. He studied music and performed as a jazz drummer.〔(Kelly Crow "Q&A with David Zwirner" WSJ. Magazine, April 30, 2009 )〕 He returned to Germany and worked in Hamburg in A&R for an affiliate of the PolyGram record label.〔 He soon moved from working with musical talent to visual artists.〔 He also began to build his own art collection, acquiring works by Bernd and Hilla Becher, Hanne Darboven, and Dan Graham.〔 His first job in the States was with the art dealer Brooke Alexander at Brooke Alexander Gallery. In 1993, Zwirner opened David Zwirner Gallery in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City, with the intention of showcasing an international mix of contemporary artists. From 2000 to 2009, David Zwirner also was a partner with Iwan Wirth in Zwirner & Wirth, a gallery on New York's Upper East Side which focused on private sales. The collaboration yielded a series of exhibitions, including ''Gerhard Richter: Early Paintings'' (2000); ''Bruce Nauman'' (2001); ''Cy Twombly: Letter of Resignation'' (2002/2003); ''Claes Oldenburg: Early Work'' (2005); ''David Hammons'' (2006); ''Joseph Beuys: Sculpture and Drawing'' (2007); and ''Dan Flavin: The 1964 Green Gallery Exhibition'' (2008). Zwirner is married to Monica Seeman.〔 She is a designer and founding copartner of handbag and accessories company, MZ Wallace, located in New York City. They have three children and reside in New York City. In 2009, the family bought a house in Montauk from Bruce Ratner.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「David Zwirner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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