Joseph Nahmad (born 1990, New York City) is an American art dealer of SyrianJewish descent,[1][2][3] and the founder of the Nahmad Contemporary gallery, located on 980 Madison Avenue in New York. Opened in 2013, the gallery specializes in contemporary artists who rose to prominence during the 1980s, as well as European Modern masters from the 20th century.[4][5]
The exhibitions presented by Joe Nahmad include curated shows that historicize contemporary artists by highlighting a distinct series, medium, or focus within their body of work:
in 2017, Joe Nahmad presented Warhol, Wool, Guyton, an exhibition that featured late abstract paintings by Andy Warhol alongside paintings by two of today’s leading contemporary artists: Christopher Wool and Wade Guyton [30][31][32][33]
in 2018, Joe Nahmad presented an exhibition by Joan Miro's textile works (the Sobreteixims created in the 1970s) in conversation with contemporary artist David Hammons's tarp paintings;[34]
in 2020, Joe Nahmad foregrounded the conceptual affinities between two French artists, Daniel Buren and Pierre Huyghe which presented a selection of Buren’s vanguard striped paintings from 1966 in dialogue with one of Huyghe’s dynamic aquarium ecosystems.[35]
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