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Gilbert Brownstone

b. 1938

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About Gilbert Brownstone

Born 1938. Gilbert Brownstone is a Swiss curator, art collector, gallerist and writer.

Gilbert Brownstone (born April 5, 1938, in New York City, New York) is a contemporary art curator and philanthropist. In 1991, Brownstone married Catherine Brownstone, the former fashion director of Vogue France and Elle.

Education

He studied political science as an undergraduate and then entered graduate school at Sorbonne University and took courses in art history. In 1974, he was appointed director of the Musée Picasso (Antibes), then curator of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

Museums and expansion projects

In the 1982s, Brownstone opened his commercial art gallery in Paris, France, called Gilbert Brownstone & Cie., promoting minimalist art trend in Paris. In 1999, he created the Brownstone Foundation with the goal of promoting social justice through culture. Over the past two decades, Gilbert Brownstone has made significant donations of art to museums and institutions such as the Centre Pompidou, Norton Museum of Art, and the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana of Cuba. In 2011, Brownstone gave the Cuban people a set of 138 screen prints depicting artists such as Pablo Picasso, Marcel Duchamp, Alexander Calder, and Joan Miró.

Selected publications and articles

Art in Cuba, Groupe Flammarion, Paris, France, April 2019

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Important facts

Born
1938, New York City
Birth century
Nationality
Awards
Officer of the National Order of Merit

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Gilbert Brownstone?

writer

When was Gilbert Brownstone born?

Gilbert Brownstone was born in 1938 in New York City.

What is Gilbert Brownstone's occupation?

Gilbert Brownstone is a curator, art collector, gallerist and writer.

What nationality is Gilbert Brownstone?

Gilbert Brownstone is Swiss.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Gilbert Brownstone

· Wikidata: Q3105626

· DBpedia: Gilbert Brownstone

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