Barry Friedman Ltd. has been an important presence in the international art market for the past 40 years, bringing 20th century European fine and decorative art works to the attention of the American audience. The gallery presents 6-8 exhibitions a year featuring contemporary art, cutting-edge furniture, studio glass, ceramics, and photography.
Additionally, we deal in avant-garde painting, works on paper and sculpture from 1900-1940; vintage photography.
Landmark exhibitions presented by Barry Friedman Ltd. have included: Venice. 3 Vision in Glass: Cristiano Bianchin,
Yoichi Ohira, Laura de Santillana (traveling to Nelson Atkins Museum, Kansas City; Naples Museum of Art, Florida;
Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris); Ron Arad: A Retrospective Exhibition 1981-2004; Yoichi Ohira: A Phenomenon in
Glass; Emergence: Early American Studio Glass & Its Influences: 1964-1989; Fernand Khnopff and the Belgian
Avant-garde; Tamara de Lempicka; Bernard Boutet de Monvel; Mackintosh to Mollino: Fifty Years of Chair Design;
The Bauhaus: Masters & Students; Gerrit Rietveld: A Centenary Exhibition; Design Italian Style (furniture of Carlo
Mollino and Carlo Graffi and important Italian glass), and numerous important photography exhibitions.