Ileana sonnabend biography death

She developed a taste for high art early on, perhaps due to her membership of the affluent, well-to-do Schapira family of Romania. The Castellis soon divorced. Over 40 years, Ileana Sonnabend gave large shrift to a wide range of Pop and other alternative or challenging artists. Like Eleanor Ward , she too recognized the art of photography, but would also take a liking to Minimalist art like that from Robert Morris and Donald Judd.

She would also give space for performance art, with one piece by Vito Acconci living in particular infamy. After , she managed her remaining SoHo gallery until her death in October In the wake of her death, both the Peggy Guggenheim Museum and the Museum of Modern Art held exhibitions in her name, with artwork spanning the entirety of her career as a titanic art influencer and dealer.

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She died in her sleep after several months of illness, her daughter, Nina Sundell, said yesterday.

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