Gallerist Chantal Crousel On Four Decades of the Art Market in Paris and Passing the Reins of the Gallery to the Next Generation
Nothing predestined Chantal Crousel to become one of the most successful gallerists in Paris. Born in Belgium as the daughter of a bank manager, Crousel was working in Brussels as a secretary for a forklift truck company when, one day, she spotted a drawing by Man Ray in a storefront window. This serendipitous acquisition propelled Crousel to move to Paris, study art history, and become a gallerist. She inaugurated her eponymous gallery near the Centre Pompidou in 1980, where early exhibitions on artists from Alighiero Boetti to Cindy Sherman revealed Crousel’s international outlook and int...