Gallery Collaborations

Representing more than sixty artists and estates from sixteen countries worldwide, BLUM’s hands-on approach nurtures a diverse roster of artists at all stages of their practices with a range of global perspectives. The gallery has been a pioneer in its early commitment to Los Angeles as an international arts capital and is recognized for collaborating in launching the careers of artists such as Mark Grotjahn, Friedrich Kunath, Takashi Murakami, Yoshitomo Nara, Asuka Anastacia Ogawa, Anna Park, Umar Rashid, and Henry Taylor. The gallery has also been acclaimed for its groundbreaking work in championing artists of Korean and Japanese postwar and contemporary movements, such as Dansaekhwa, Mono-ha, and Superflat. Across its spaces in Los Angeles (opened 1994), Tokyo (opened 2014), and New York (opened 2014), the gallery has organized museum-caliber solo presentations and historical survey exhibitions, often partnering with renowned curators and scholars, and presenting retrospectives of late artists such as American painter Robert Colescott and multidisciplinary artist Thornton Dial.

Foksal Gallery Foundation was established in 1997 and opened in its current location in the centre of Warsaw in 2001. In 2015 the gallery building was redesigned by Diener&Diener architecture office and ever since it has been an architectural highlight of the Warsaw cityscape.
　
Foksal Gallery Foundation aims at promoting contemporary Polish art both locally and internationally and has been taking part in various art fairs since its appearance at Liste in 2000. It also undertakes a wide range of activities in the artistic and institutional fields.
　
The founder, Andrzej Przywara, former art critic and curator has consistently supported the careers of artists, who transformed Polish contemporary art. Foksal Gallery Foundation represents 20 contemporary artists, among them, Paweł Althamer, Paulina Ołowska, Wilhelm Sasnal, Monika Sosnowska, Piotr Uklański and Artur Żmijewski. The gallery's artists work across a wide spectrum of practices and their works have been included in numerous international exhibitions, biennales and are part of significant public and private collections.
　
Foksal Gallery Foundation works with two important estates – of Erna Rosenstein and Edward Krasiński. The studio of the latter along with the glass pavilion built on the terrace of the studio was transformed into ‘The Avant-Garde Institute’ to foster modern art heritage through exhibitions, performances and lectures.