Mary Boone

Art dealer, Person

1951 –

50

Who is Mary Boone?

Mary Boone is the owner and director of the Mary Boone Gallery and was instrumental in the New York art market of the 1980s. Her first two artists, Julian Schnabel and David Salle, became internationally known and, by 1982 she had earned a cover story on New York magazine tagged "The New Queen of the Art Scene." The Mary Boone Gallery has represented notable artists including Jean-Michel Basquiat, Barbara Kruger, Eric Fischl, Ross Bleckner, and Brice Marden. Originally based in SoHo, Boone currently has two galleries, one in midtown on Fifth Avenue, the other in Chelsea.

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Born
Oct 29, 1951
United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Hunter College
  • Rhode Island School of Design

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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