Acquavella Galleries is distinguished for its expertise in the fields of 19th, 20th and 21st century art. The gallery, founded by Nicholas Acquavella in the early 1920s, is now a three-generation, family-owned business: Bill Acquavella joined his father in 1960, Bill’s daughter Eleanor joined in 1997, and his sons Nick and Alexander joined in 2000 and 2003 respectively. The gallery first specialized in works of the Italian Renaissance and old master paintings, but Bill expanded the focus to include the masters of Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, Cubism, and Surrealism. In the late 1980s, the gallery also began dealing in postwar and contemporary art. Today, the gallery regularly exhibits works by artists such as Paul Cézanne, Claude Monet, Edgar Degas, Amedeo Modigliani, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Pierre Bonnard, Joan Miró, Fernand Léger, Paul Klee, Alberto Giacometti, Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, Mark Rothko, Jean Paul Riopelle, Jean Dubuffet, Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Cy Twombly, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Lucian Freud. On the primary market, the gallery represents Miquel Barceló, Jacob El Hanani, Damian Loeb, and Wayne Thiebaud.

For more than 90 years, Acquavella Galleries has sold major paintings and sculpture to private collectors and museums worldwide. Through its exhibitions, it has also gained a reputation for organizing shows of particular note, both loan exhibitions and for-sale shows. Among the most significant over the past several decades include The Pop Object: The Still Life Tradition in Pop Art (2013), Lucian Freud Drawings (2012), Georges Braque: Pioneer of Modernism (2011), Robert and Ethel Scull: Portrait of a Collection (2010), Picasso’s Marie-Thérèse (2008), Manolo Millares (2006), James Rosenquist: Monochromes (2005), Lucian Freud: Recent Paintings & Etchings (2004), Cézanne Watercolors (1999), Alberto Giacometti (1994), Robert Rauschenberg Drawings: 1958-1968 (1986), Lyonel Feininger (1985-1986; this exhibition traveled to The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C.), Edgar Degas (1978), Claude Monet (1976), Henri Matisse (1973) and many others. In addition, each year, the gallery curates exhibitions that offer a variety of 19th and 20th century masterworks.

Michael Findlay, Esperanza Sobrino, Tsutomu Takashima, and Ken Yeh are the directors of Acquavella. Their combined experience represents a wide range of expertise in acquisition, appraisal and education. Business can be conducted in French, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Taiwanese, Spanish, and English.

Acquavella is located at 18 East 79th Street in New York City, occupying a five-story French neo-classical townhouse.

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Selected Press

The Brooklyn Rail  Jacob El Hanani Drawings by Taney Roniger  July 13, 2015   PDF (321 K)
The Wall Street Journal  Miquel Barcelo Turns a Childhood Memory Into a Home in Mallorca  July 2, 2015   PDF (2 MB)
Art Investment  Special Report: Art Basel  July 2015   PDF (9 MB)
Art News  Review of Jacob El Hanani Drawings  June 2015   PDF (661 K)
Art Investment  Cover Story on Acquavella Galleries  March 2015   PDF (1.1 MB)
artron.net  Ken Yeh: Monet "Poplar Trees" estimated over 100 millions (RMB), art market continues to rise  February 3, 2014   PDF (705 K)
CANS Chinese Art News  A Day with Ken Yeh: Visiting the Leonard Lauder Collection at the Met  January 2015   PDF (806 K)
The Art Newspaper  Guggenheim Abu Dhabi to do 1960s onwards, the Louvre up to that date  December 2014   PDF (14.6 MB)
The New York Times  Review by Karen Rosenberg  September 12, 2014   PDF (1.3 MB)
The New York Times  Homing in on a Couple's Basquiat Drawings  January 31, 2014   PDF (708 K)
Art & Auction  In the Studio: James Rosenquist  February 2014   PDF (4.7 MB)
Art & Auction  Power 100  December 2013   PDF (1.4 MB)
Wall Street Journal  The Secret Life of Lucian Freud  October 22, 2013   PDF (245 K)
Harper's Bazaar China  Black and White Picasso with Michael Findlay  January 2013   PDF (3.3 MB)
Art Investment Magazine  Art Basel HK Coverage  July 2013   PDF (316 K)
Chinese Contemporary Art News  Art Basel HK  June 2013   PDF (1.1 MB)
GalleristNY  And the Winners Are: AICA Names the Best Shows of 2012  March 2, 2013   PDF (123 K)
Art Investment Magazine  March 2013   PDF (1.6 MB)
Art Asia Pacific  Chairman of Christie's Asia to Join Acquavella Galleries  February 18, 2013   PDF (507 K)
The New Yorker  Cover Story: Wayne Thiebaud  December 3, 2012   PDF (591 K)
The Wall Street Journal  In Search of Refreshments  November 10-11, 2012   PDF (0.9 MB)
ARTnews  James Rosenquist Review
The Wall Street Journal  Commerce and Collecting: The Value of Art  May 31, 2012   PDF (0.8 MB)
Art in America  Michael Findlay on the Value of Looking  April 30, 2012   PDF (43 K)
The New York Observer  Michael Findlay's "Value of Art" Tells Tales, Just Wants People to Like Art  May 2, 2012   PDF (59 K)
ARTnews  Review of The Value of Art by Michael Findlay  May 2012   PDF (515 K)
Financial Times  Lucian Freud Drawings, Blain Southern, London  February 20, 2012   PDF (46 K)
TimeOut London  Review of Lucian Freud Portraits and Drawings  February 9, 2012   PDF (58 K)
Bloomberg  Freud's Obese Nudes, Bohemian Cohorts Star in London Show  February 6, 2012   PDF (20 K)
The Telegraph  Lucian Freud: Portraits, National Portrait Gallery, Review: A show that proves Freud's greatness  February 6, 2012   PDF (96 K)
The Guardian  Lucian Freud Portraits - Review  February 5, 2012   PDF (51 K)
The Financial Times  Lunch with the FT  October 1 / October 2, 2011   PDF (259 K)
Frankfurter Allgemaine Zeitung  Keine Angst vorm Neuen  May 16, 2010   PDF (675 K)
NY Times Magazine  Just Looking  May 7, 2010   PDF (80 K)
New York Times  Appetite for New and Next New  April 16, 2010   PDF (43 K)
New York Times  Showing a Couple's Eye for Art (and Money)  April 10, 2010   PDF (44 K)

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