Barnes Dubai Magazine Second Edition

ART

Gilles Dyan, Founder and Chairman of Opera Gallery Group and Isabelle de La Bruyere, CEO

by decades of connoisseurship, have seen the gallery place historically significant works by artists such as Marc Chagall, Pablo Picasso, Alexander Calder and many more. Seeking to cultivate the lineages that run between emerging and established artists, Opera Gallery represents over twenty international emerging and established artists, such as Andy Denzler, Fred Eerdekens, Anthony James, Manolo Valdés, Fernando Botero, Juan Genovés, and André Brasilier, covering works across all media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, photography, and video. First established in Paris and Singapore in 1994, with the two exhibition spaces opening simultaneously, Opera Gallery can now be found in New York, Miami, Miami Bal Harbour, Aspen, London, Monaco, Geneva, Beirut, Hong Kong, Seoul, Singapore and Madrid. Boasting two locations in Dubai, Opera Gallery Dubai's flagship location at Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC), opened in 2008, has become a permanent fixture in the city's art and culture scene, having hosted over 40 critically recognised exhibitions and solo shows and curating several prominent public art initiatives. In 2023, the gallery's presence expanded, marking its 16th location worldwide, taking up residence at Atlantis The Royal, the ultra-luxury resort located on Dubai's Palm Jumeirah. In addition to curating the resort's public areas, the Opera Gallery Dubai will primarily focus on exhibiting modern and contemporary masters in the secondary market and a selection of contemporary blue-chip artists

in the primary market. The gallery also has a dedicated exhibition program featuring works by artists such as Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Marc Chagall, Yayoi Kusama, and more. Gaillard continued, "Earlier last year, we proudly opened our second location in Dubai, cementing our presence in the city and our desire to please collectors. While the last ten years seemed to have passed like a flash, I am incredibly grateful for being part of the broader Opera Gallery adventure and celebrating with the Dyan family the 30th anniversary of the group."

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