Galerie Daniel Templon

Founded in 1966 by Daniel Templon, the gallery celebrates its fiftieth anniversary in 2016. A pioneer of contemporary art in Paris, she played a key role in the opening of the French scene to the international creation. With over 500 exhibits and nearly 300 artists, history merges with half a century of contemporary art.

Many artists now entered the history of art, exhibited in the space of the rue Beaubourg, often for the first time in France. In chronological order: Martin Barré, Arman, César, Christian Boltanski, Ben, Joseph Kosuth, Art Review, Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Sol LeWitt, Donal Judd, Ellsworth Kelly, Kenneth Noland, Robert Morris, Jules Olitski, Frank Stella, Olivier Mosset, Richard Serra, Andy Warhol, Willem de Kooning, Roy Lichtenstein, Claes Oldenburg, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Tom Wesselmann, Julian Schnabel, Karel Appel, Sandro Chia, Francesco Clemente, Helmut Newton, Jean-Michel Alberola, Jörg Immendorff, Lawrence Weiner, Daniel Buren, Robert Mapplethorpe, Jean-Michel Basquiat, David Salle, Robert Mappelthorpe, Joel Shapiro, Keith Haring, Peter Halley, Robert Longo, Jasper Johns, Paul Rebeyrolle, George Condo, Georg Baselitz, Eric Fischl, Raymond Hains, Alain Jacquet, Guillermo Kuitca, Vik Muniz, Malcolm Morley, Jaume Plensa, Jake and Dinos Chapman, Claude Viallat, Daniel Dezeuze, Bertrand Lavier, Christopher Wool, Jim Dine, Jan Fabre, Richard Long, Tunga, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Garouste Mike Kelley, William Eggleston, Ed Ruscha, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Yayoi Kusama, Anthony Caro, Richard Deacon, Robert Longo, Larry Bell.

Ardent defender of French creation and spokesman of its evolution, Daniel Templon founded with Catherine Millet in 1972 the magazine Art Press. In 1986, Artstudio, review analysis of the great movements of contemporary art. In 1989, he created a museum, Daniel Templon Foundation in Frejus in southern France. In 1994 he was a founding member of the ADIAF (Association for the International Diffusion of French Art), which includes many collectors and annually awards the Prix Marcel Duchamp.

True to its principle, the gallery today continues to be confirmed or younger artists with strong personalities beyond the modes or special media. The exhibition program creates a dialogue between historical or established artists such as Anthony Caro, Jim Dine, Claude Viallat and experiences of younger artists like Philippe hatchet, James Casebere, Jonathan Meese or Iván Navarro.

In 2007, the gallery opened a second space Impasse Beaubourg.

Galerie Daniel Templon is a member of the Professional Committee of Art Galleries.