Gagosian Gallery is a pioneer in modern and contemporary art, having opened in Los Angeles in 1980. With its nineteen exhibition spaces across the United States, Europe, and Asia, the gallery is renowned for its museum-quality exhibitions of works by leading artists, both living and historical.
It is committed to innovation, and its pioneering use of online viewing rooms has revolutionized the art market. The gallery cares about artists even after they die. Its Building a Legacy program gives artists help and advice on planning their legacies. The gallery has a reputation for presenting unparalleled exhibitions of works by historical artists such as Arakawa, Diane Arbus, Richard Artschwager, Francis Bacon, Louise Bourgeois, Alexander Calder, Willem de Kooning, Walter De Maria, Lucio Fontana, Helen Frankenthaler, Alberto Giacometti, Howard Hodgkin, Roy Lichtenstein, Man Ray, Piero Manzoni, Agnes Martin, Claude Monet, Henry Moore, Jackson Pollock, Cy Twombly, Andy Warhol, Tom Wesselmann, and Zao Wou-Ki, among others. The impressive list of works at the gallery includes the groundbreaking Picasso shows in New York and London that were put together by scholar John Richardson and saw hundreds of thousands of visitors.