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Thaddaeus Ropac (born in 1960,January 16, Klagenfurt, Austria), is a gallerist specializing in International Contemporary art. He founded Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac in 1983 and represents more than 60 International artists today with his galleries in Salzburg (Austria), Paris Marais and Pantin (France). Ropac was raised in Carinthia, Austria's southernmost state. He initially unearthed his passion for art on a school trip to the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna Museum of Art) and went on to serve his first internship with Joseph Beuys in 1982. While in New York, Ropac became acquainted with young artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring and Robert Mapplethorpe. ==Gallery== Ropac opened his first gallery in Salzburg at the age of 23 in 1983, followed by a second one in Paris Marais seven years later. Launched in 1990 with one exhibition room, Ropac's space today stretches across three floors on Rue Debelleyme in Paris's Marais neighborhood. Today his galleries represent some of the most important Austrian artists, such as Erwin Wurm, Hubert Scheibl, Gerwald Rockenschaub and Arnulf Rainer, as well as international artists like Georg Baselitz, Alex Katz, and Anselm Kiefer. In 2012, Ropac renovated a 1900 former heating systems factory in Pantin,〔Valérie Duponchelle (10 September 2012), (Thaddaeus Ropac :«Les artistes ont tous les droits» ) ''Le Figaro''.〕 in the east of Paris, and transformed its eight buildings to make exhibition halls, a performance centre, a library/archive, a viewing room and artists’ studios.〔Georgina Adam (12 May 2012), (Price limits? An abstract concept ) ''Financial Times''.〕 The gallery organizes extensive solo and group exhibitions, often accompanied by comprehensive publications, not only in its own premises, but also in collaboration with major international museums and other non-commercial art institutions. Between 2005 and 2011, in partnership with the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation, Ropac asked Hedi Slimane, Robert Wilson,〔(Robert Mapplethorpe Curated by Robert Wilson ) ''ropac.net''〕 and Sofia Coppola to act as guest curators and to select a series of the foundation's images for three gallery shows.〔Grégory Picard (2 December 2011), (Sofia Coppola Curates a Show of Rare Photos by Robert Mapplethorpe in Paris ) ''ARTINFO''.〕 The Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac is present at all major contemporary art fairs including, the Armory Show in New York, the Art Basel fairs in Basel, Miami and Hong Kong, Frieze Art Fair in London and New York and the FIAC in Paris. In May 2008, the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere in Vienna received 17 works of art〔Orangery, Lower Belvedere: ''Donations to the Belvedere''. Belvedere Museum, Exhibition 2008.〕 by Julius Deutschbauer, Walter Obholzer, Gerwald Rockenschaub, Hubert Scheibl and Erwin Wurm, among others, from Ropac's personal collection. In November 2009, the MdM (Museum der Moderne) in Salzburg organized an exhibition of the 25 works of art donated by Thaddaeus Ropac to the Museum’s permanent collection, which includes works by German, Swiss and Austrian artists.〔The Art Newspaper, Museum der Moderne Salzburg Mönchsberg: ''Donations by Thaddaeus Ropac'', 24 November 2009.〕 In 2012 he opens a gallery in Pantin in the northeast edge of Paris. Ropac wanted to create a magical space to show monumental artworks that was accessible from Paris by metro. 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「Thaddaeus Ropac」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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