Ann Freedman

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Ann Freedman
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Ann Freedman appearing in Made You Look in 2020
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWashington University in St. Louis (BFA)
OccupationArt dealer; gallery owner
Years active1977 - present
Known forKnoedler Gallery director

Ann Freedman is an American art dealer and gallery owner. She was previously director of the now-defunct Knoedler Gallery in New York City; she resigned in 2009 after 31 years working for the gallery during a large-scale forgery scandal. Referred to as a "leading New York gallerist" by the New York Times,[1] she was prominently featured in the Netflix documentary Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art by documentary filmmaker Barry Avrich. In 2011, Freedman opened her own gallery called FreedmanArt in Manhattan's Upper East Side.

Biography and career[]

Ann Freedman was born to a real-estate executive from Scarsdale, New York.[2] She attended university at Washington University in St. Louis as a painting major, earning a BFA.[3][2] She first got a job at the gallery of André Emmerich working as a receptionist before starting at Knoedler as a salesperson in 1977.[4] Freedman eventually became director and was referred to by author Anthony M. Amore as "the famous face of Knoedler".[4][5] When many works Freedman had acquired for the gallery turned out to be forgeries, Freedman was removed from her post and eventually resigned in 2009. A lawsuit against Freedman was filed by Italian businessman Domenico De Sole and his wife Eleanore for selling them a fake Rothko for $8.3 million was settled in 2016.[1] Freedman participated in the documentary Made You Look about the experience in 2020. Hyperallergic writer Hrag Vartanian stated Freeman came across "like an art world caricature" in the film.[6]

After leaving Knoedler, Freedman decided to open her own studio in the Upper East Side called FreedmanArt. She represents American painter Frank Stella.[3]

Filmography[]

Film
Year Title Film type Role
2020 Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art Documentary Self
2019 Driven to Abstraction Documentary Self

References[]

  1. ^ a b Moynihan, Colin (February 7, 2016). "Knoedler Gallery Director Settles Lawsuit Over Fake Rothko". The New York Times. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Shnayerson, Michael (April 23, 2012). "A Question of Provenance". Vanity Fair.
  3. ^ a b Anderson, Erica (Nov–Dec 2012). "Ann Freedman: The Gift of Art". Education Update. Retrieved October 26, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  4. ^ a b Tron, Gina (March 5, 2021). "Where Is Ann Freedman, Ex-Knoedler Gallery President Wrapped In $80 Million Art Scandal, Now?". Oxygen. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  5. ^ Amore, Anthony M. (2015). The Art of the Con. St. Martin's Publishing Group. p. 59. ISBN 9781466879119.
  6. ^ Vartanian, Hrag (March 18, 2021). "A Very Rich Take on the Largest Art Fraud in US History". Hyperallergic. Retrieved October 26, 2021.

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