The Gallery
Patrice Trigano has been a gallerist since 1973. His gallery, born from a deep passion for art—as
reflected in the title of one of his books, Une Vie pour l’Art—is the culmination of a lifelong dedication
to the field. A founding member of the FIAC Organizing Committee, he also co-founded the Galerie Beaubourg,
which he co-directed until 1978, before opening his own gallery at 4 bis Rue des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1983.
Steering clear of passing trends, the gallery showcases various historical movements in modern and contemporary
art, including Surrealism, lyrical and geometric abstraction, Pop Art, New Realism, and Lettrism.
Over the years, the gallery has hosted exhibitions dedicated to 20th-century masters such as Henri
Matisse, Joan Miró, Henri Michaux, Pablo Picasso, Francis Picabia, Victor Brauner, André Masson, Alberto Giacometti,
Hans Hartung, Alberto Magnelli, André Derain, and Zao Wou-Ki. It has also championed internationally renowned artists
like Chu Teh-Chun, Arman, Clavé, Lucien Clergue, Allen Jones, Jean Dewasne, Gérard Schneider, Jean Hélion, Jacques
Hérold, Georges Mathieu, Mel Ramos, Manolo Valdés, César, and Hiquily.
The gallery has organized more than 300 exhibitions, both at its own venue and at major art fairs such as FIAC,
Art Paris, the Abu Dhabi Art Fair, Art Miami, Art Basel, TEFAF, Brafa, ARCO Madrid, and Arte Fiera Bologna.
The gallery also specializes in monumental sculpture.
In addition to his work as a gallerist, Patrice Trigano is a distinguished writer. He has published several
works, including La Canne de Saint Patrick, a novel about the life of Antonin Artaud, which won the Drouot Prize in
2011, and À l’ombre des flammes, a series of dialogues on rebellion with Alain Jouffroy.
