25 Years
Interior view of David Zwirner Books Pop-Up Bookstore, 535 West 20th Street, New York, 2016
Anni Albers: Notebook 1970–1980, published by David Zwirner Books, 2017. The original notebook is included in the exhibition Anni Albers: Touching Vision at The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
David Leiber, Partner, and Lucas Zwirner, Editorial Director of David Zwirner Books "art handling" at The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation in Connecticut during production for Anni Albers: Notebook 1970–1980, 2016
Mamma Andersson and Jockum Nordström signing copies of Who is sleeping on my pillow: Mamma Andersson & Jockum Nordström at the London gallery, 2014. Reprinted by David Zwirner Books in 2014, the book was originally published on the occasion of the artists' concurrent solo shows at David Zwirner, New York, in 2010.
Marcel Dzama and Raymond Pettibon at a joint book signing inside the exhibition Raymond Pettibon: To Wit, 519 West 19th Street, New York, 2013
William Eggleston charming a visitor during his book signing at 24 Grafton Street, London, 2016
William Eggleston: The Democratic Forest, Selected Works, published by David Zwirner Books | Steidl, 2016
Christopher Williams: The Production Line of Happiness, published by Art Institute of Chicago / The Museum of Modern Art / Whitechapel Gallery, 2015
Photo by Randall Slavin
In early 2011, David Zwirner and Ben Stiller joined efforts to organize the charity auction and exhibition Artists for Haiti, following the devastation of the January 2010 earthquake in Haiti. The auction of twenty-six artworks took place at Christie’s, New York, on September 22, 2011, and raised over $13 million, with one hundred percent of the proceeds funding education and health programs for children in Haiti.
Bill Clinton and Marlene Dumas at the dinner celebrating the charity auction and exhibition Artists for Haiti, New York, 2011
David Zwirner, Raymond Pettibon, and Ben Stiller in front of Pettibon's No Title (From life to . . . ) (2011) at the opening of Artists for Haiti, 525 and 533 West 19th Street, New York, 2011
Interior view of the special performance organized inside of Richard Serra’s Equal (2015) to benefit the charity House with Heart, 537 West 20th Street, New York, 2015. The sculpture, comprising four pairs of stacked 40-ton steel blocks, was acquired by The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
Tim Fain, Philip Glass, and Richard Serra at the special performance organized inside of Serra's Equal (2015) to benefit the charity House with Heart, 537 West 20th Street, New York, 2015. Friends since the 1960s—when Glass was one of Serra's studio assistants—they have also been longtime collaborators pairing music and sculpture.
Philip Glass during his special performance organized inside of Richard Serra's Equal (2015) to benefit the charity House with Heart, an organization for women and abandoned children in Nepal that needed funds to rebuild their facilities following the 2015 earthquake, 537 West 20th Street, New York, 2015
Partner Kristine Bell with her son's class inside Richard Serra: Equal, 537 West 20th Street, New York, 2015
Special performance reenacting choreography from Marcel Dzama's video Death Dance Disco (2011), organized on the occasion of the artist's exhibition at the New York Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1, New York, 2015
Oscar Murillo and Yutaka Sone installing Room Services, a multi-day drawing and printing performance done in collaboration with Mandy El-Sayegh, at the New York Art Book Fair, MoMA PS1, New York, 2016
Launched in February 2017, the Viewing Room is a curated space to view artworks online. Chosen by gallery artists and staff, the collection changes regularly.
Installation view, 65 Works Selected by James Welling: Exhibition and Sale to Benefit the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, 533 West 19th Street, New York, 2016
Installation view, The Friends Seminary Auction, 519 West 19th Street, New York, 2015
Isiah "Izzy" Tamar reading his poetry at the David Zwirner Books Pop-Up Bookstore, 535 West 20th Street, New York, 2017. Tamar was the winner of the first annual student literary prize awarded by David Zwirner Books and 826NYC, a literacy nonprofit that the gallery began supporting in 2006. Winners of the prize participate in a summer publishing program that includes work on a writing portfolio.
"Chris Ofili, Richard Prince, Raymond Pettibon and Suzan Frecon are among the illustrious artists who have donated works for a summer exhibition, all proceeds from which will benefit the New York chapter of 826, an American not-for-profit organisation . . . that provides writing programmes for under-resourced children aged six to 18."
The Financial Times
Installation view, Thread Benefit Exhibition, 533 West 19th Street, New York, 2017. Proceeds benefited the Senegal-based nonprofit, an artist residency program and community center founded in 2015 by The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation
Photo: Iwan Baan
View of Thread, the artist residency program and community center in Senegal founded by The Josef and Anni Albers Foundation
Photo: Jason Schmidt
Exterior view of 34 East 69th Street, New York, 2017. Architectural Digest reported, "Selldorf’s latest project for Zwirner is a stately 1907 townhouse, which opened just last week right off of Madison Avenue. 'At a gallery, form follows function,' says Zwirner. 'The important thing is that the art must look as good as it possibly can, and that's what Annabelle excels at. Her understanding of light and space is unique, and that has always been the case.'"
Michaël Borremans: Fire from the Sun, the inaugural exhibition at the Hong Kong gallery, is on view January 27—March 10, 2018.
Art Handler Joel Fennell, Monica Zwirner, Annabelle Selldorf, and Lucas Zwirner at the opening of Michaël Borremans: Fire from the Sun, H Queen's, Hong Kong, 2018. Photo by Pal Wong
Michaël Borremans, Hanna Schouwink, and Kaat De Jonghe at the opening of Michaël Borremans: Fire from the Sun, H Queen's, Hong Kong, 2018. Photo by Pal Wong
Guests at the opening of Michaël Borremans: Fire from the Sun, H Queen's, Hong Kong, 2018. Photo by Stephen Lee
Exterior view of H Queen's, Hong Kong. Photo by Stephen Lee
Flowers at the opening of Michaël Borremans: Fire from the Sun, H Queen's, Hong Kong, 2018. Photo by Kitmin Lee
Gallery artists, directors, and friends at the opening of Michaël Borremans: Fire from the Sun, H Queen's, Hong Kong, 2018. Photo by Kitmin Lee
Debuting in June 2018 and produced in partnership with Slate Studios, Dialogues: The David Zwirner Podcast is the latest installment in a series of initiatives celebrating the gallery’s twenty-fifth anniversary. In each episode of Dialogues, the gallery brings together two extraordinary artists or cultural leaders for an open-ended conversation about art, culture, and the creative process. Featuring leading figures in the worlds of art, architecture, film, music, and beyond—from Jeff Koons to Lisa Yuskavage, Russell Tovey to Jason Moran—each unique pairing of the podcast explores how art shapes, elevates, and shifts our point of view.