Almine Rech

Almine Rech opened its doors on April 1st, 1997 in the 13th arrondissement in Paris. The gallery was founded on an axis of California Minimal, Perceptual art and Conceptual art, representing artists such as James Turrell, John McCracken and Joseph Kosuth.

In addition to its stable of internationally recognized, mid-career and emerging artists, it has always been the gallery’s mission to continually seek out and include new artists in its program, opening especially to painters.

The gallery has held longstanding relationships with artists like John McCracken and James Turrell and has since started working with and representing artists such as Alex Israel, De Wain Valentine, Jeff Koons and painters Antoni Tàpies, Karel Appel, Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Vaughn Spann, and Claire Tabouret, among others. In 2006 the gallery moved to a larger space in the Marais district and in 2008 inaugurated a second 1,000 square meter exhibition space in Brussels. In March 2013, Almine Rech launched its new Paris space at 64 rue de Turenne. In June 2014, Almine Rech opened a gallery in London on Savile Row, Mayfair. In October 2016, the gallery moved from Savile Row to a larger space on Grosvenor Hill, Mayfair.

The 400 square meter gallery opened with a solo exhibition by Jeff Koons. Almine Rech also opened in Manhattan’s Upper East Side — the gallery’s first exhibition space in the US — at the end of October, 2016. The New York gallery’s inaugurating exhibition was ‘Calder and Picasso’.

In July 2019, Almine Rech inaugurated its new Shanghai space. The gallery opened on Huqiu Road with a group show titled 'Approaches to Abstraction’ featuring a selection of artists from the gallery’s roster, including John M Armleder, Sylvie Fleury, and Günther Förg in conjunction with an exhibition curated by the gallery at Song Art Museum, Beijing.

In January 2021, Almine Rech inaugurated its second space in Paris on Avenue Matignon with a solo exhibition of new works by Kenny Scharf.