Dealer Tim Blum Renames His Gallery and Expands in New York After the Departure of His Longtime Partner Jeff Poe
Tim Blum,co-founder of Blum & Poe gallery, blazoned moment that he’d brand the company ahead of a planned relocation of his New York City space.As it moves to an expanded 6,200- forecourt- bottom space at 9 White Street in Tribeca in 2024, the gallery will be renamed Blum.The news came after launching mate Jeff Poe resolve from the company, which also has locales in Los Angeles and Tokyo. When Poe blazoned that he’d be stepping back in August, the gallerist said he wanted to work on the “ quieter aspects ” of the gallery and continue working with artists singly.At the time, it was revealed that Matt Bangser, a longtime mate who joined the New York gallery in 2009 and oversaw its 2014 expansion, would step into the new part of managing mate with Blum.“ It’s been an extraordinary trip erecting this gallery with Jeff, ” Blum said in a statement to Artforum at the time.Poe is no longer listed on the company’s list of workers and the website, now changed toblum-gallery.com, indicates that the new name has also been given to the Los Angeles and Tokyo locales.The company said it’ll celebrate the relocation of the New York City gallery, which falls on the company’s 30th anniversary, with a check exhibition of Japanese art from the 1960s to moment. The show will beco-organized by Blum and independent watchman MikaYoshitake.The show “ reflects ” on Blum’s first trip to Japan 40 times agone , which the company said “ catalyzed the gallery’s groundbreaking work with Japanese and transnational artists. ”“ It’s a major moment in the gallery’s history, in my particular history, my family’s, and our collaborative future, ” Blum said in a statement. “ This coming chapter will unveil new connections with artists, new enterprise in publishing, and a beautiful new space in Tribeca which will enable us to make upon the heritage of ambitious shows that we’ve been carrying in Los Angeles, Tokyo, and New York for times. ”