Nikki Diana Marquardt Gallery — About — Slash Paris

Paris based New-Yorker Nikki Diana Marquardt opens her Gallery on the historical Place des Vosges in 1986. Following a doctorate in psychology, Nikki Marquardt worked in the first crisis intervention centre in New York before moving to Europe to study Art History, first in Paris at the Ecole du Louvre and the Sorbonne, then in Italy, becoming a specialist of the Seicento Italiano. Back in Paris, she worked as an assistant to Man Ray, working with his wife Juliet Man Ray after his death.

In 1986, Nikki Marquardt simultaneously opened her Paris Gallery and began her collaboration with Leo Castelli, working with the second generation New York School; Roy Linchtenstein, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Frank Stella as well as American minimalists Donald Judd, Dan Flavin and Carl Andre.

As well as presenting works by more established names of the Contemporary Art world, Nikki Marquardt has actively used her Gallery to launch fresh talent from France and overseas. Far from a purely speculative approach, her artistic flair and open mind have proved fantastic assets in her efforts to showcase a broad range of art forms.

The Nikki Diana Marquardt Gallery is situated in a typically Parisian court-yard of the Marais quarter. Spreading out under a magnificent skylight this sunny open space of 500m2 is used regularly as a backdrop for films, events and fashion shows.