Ballet dancer, gallerist, art dealer and collector
Alexander Iolas (Greek: Αλέξανδρος Ιόλας) (March 26, 1908 – June 8, 1987) was an Egyptian-born Greek-American art gallerist and significant collector of classical and modern art works, who advanced the careers of René Magritte, Andy Warhol and many other artists.[1] He established the modern model of the global art business, operating successful galleries in Paris, Geneva, Milan and New York.[2]
^Christian House, 'Grow Forever, Grow Eternal: A Profile of Alexander Iolas, 12 May 2017, Sothebys.com [1]
^Adrian Dannatt, On How Alexander Iolas And André Mourges (Practically) Invented The Contemporary Art World, 11 March 2022, Sothebys.com [2] Archived 2023-02-12 at the Wayback Machine
From an early age, Iolas showed an inclination towards the arts and consequently, in 1928, he moved to Athens, Greece. There, Iolas began to associate...
longer but [Israel] Miller didn't mind. Miller loved them." In 1952, AlexanderIolas is credited as discovering Andy Warhol, and he organized first solo...
the '70s he collaborated extensively with the prolific gallerist AlexanderIolas. Iolas exhibited his work in shows organized in Geneva (1971), Milan (1973)...
had her first one-woman show in New York City, at the gallery run by AlexanderIolas. It included Homage to Le Facteur Cheval, a shooting gallery where...
Mentor of Rhodes. Another such personage was Phanes of Halicarnassus. Alexander the Great conquered Egypt at an early stage of his conquests. He respected...
to the city in 1879. At Via Manzoni 12 was also the art gallery of AlexanderIolas. A part of the street forms the approximate north-western boundary...
York, NY (solo) 1987: Art Space Mirage, Tokyo, Japan (solo) 1987: AlexanderIolas Gallery, New York, NY (solo) 1976: Leonora Carrington : a retrospective...
1984 – Gordon Jacob, English composer and academic (b. 1895) 1987 – AlexanderIolas, Egyptian-American art collector (b. 1907) 1997 – George Turner, Australian...
Nivola, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Donald De Lue 1987 in art – Death of AlexanderIolas, Andy Warhol, Jean Hélion, André Masson, Raphael Soyer 1986 in art...
Yogi Horton, 33, American R&B, funk, jazz and rock drummer, suicide. AlexanderIolas, 79, Egyptian-Greek-American art gallerist, AIDS. Daniel Mandell, 91...
magnate. She was introduced to contemporary art by Athens art dealer AlexanderIolas in 1975. Karpidas is a patron of young artists whose work she displays...
1895) 19 April – Milt Kahl, American animator (b. 1909) 8 June - AlexanderIolas, Egyptian born Greek gallerist and collector (b. 1908) 30 July – Michel...
artist’s books. After a successful exhibition of his paintings at the AlexanderIolas Gallery in New York in 1963 Beery left town to take residence in San...
Art Gallery, Chattanooga, TN 1954 - Hugo Gallery, New York 1955 - AlexanderIolas Gallery, New York 1957 - Carstairs Gallery, New York - Recent Paintings...
had his first New York one-person show, at the Zodiac Room of the AlexanderIolas Gallery, and met Clement Greenberg, who exhibited Olitski's paintings...
path made of pozzolana ash. In 1967 Mattiacci started exhibiting with AlexanderIolas in Paris and New York. In 1972 he was invited to the Venice Biennale...
the Selected Artists Gallery in New York in 1968 and 1970. In 1972 AlexanderIolas exhibited her entire studio in his gallery in Manhattan. In the mid-1970s...
Gallery, New York 1953 Naviglio, Milan 1952, 1953 Cavallino, Venice 1952 AlexanderIolas Gallery, New York 2005 Centre de Cultura Contemporania de Barcelona...
assistant director and, later, as director of the AlexanderIolas Gallery in New York City. Through the Iolas Gallery, Charlotte met and befriended Andy Warhol...
Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst, Dorothea Tanning, and dealers Julien Levy, AlexanderIolas, acquiring works directly from them. Other artists from the Dada and...
John Parker (alternate) France Henri de Vabres (judge) Robert Falco (alternate) Soviet Union Iona Nikitchenko (judge) Alexander Volchkov (alternate)...
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