Michael Werner | Modern and Contemporary Art Gallery

In 1963, Michael Werner opened his first gallery, Werner & Katz, in Berlin, Germany, with the first solo exhibition of Georg Baselitz. Galerie Michael Werner was later established in Cologne in 1969, and since then, the gallery has worked with several of the most important artists of the twentieth century, including Marcel Broodthaers, James Lee Byars, Peter Doig, Jörg Immendorff, Per Kirkeby, Eugène Leroy, Markus Lüpertz, A.R. Penck, Sigmar Polke, and Don Van Vliet.

In addition to contemporary American and European painting, sculpture, and drawing, the gallery specializes in works by modern masters including Hans Arp, Piero Manzoni, Francis Picabia, and Kurt Schwitters. In 2012, Michael Werner Gallery inaugurated a new location in London’s Mayfair with an exhibition of new paintings by Peter Doig. Other major solo exhibitions in London include Jörg Immendorff: LIDL Works and Performances from the 60s, Peter Saul: Some Terrible Problems, and Puvis de Chavannes: Works on Paper and Paintings.