Catherine Issert

After working for Jean Fournier and at the Maeght Gallery in the early 1970s, Catherine Issert opened her gallery in Saint-Paul-de-Vence in 1975. In it, she defends an aesthetic audacity that gives her a role as a pioneer and witness to the upheavals of art history in the 20th century. Far from locking herself into a specialty or giving in to trends, she has maintained a coherent and diverse line, supporting artists from Fluxus, Supports/Surfaces, conceptual art, or even Land art, Free Figuration and Arte Povera.

• Since its creation, the gallery, located at the entrance of the village, has presented four exhibitions per year and participated in contemporary art fairs.

• Claude Viallat, Jean Charles Blais, John M Armleder, Christo, Lars Frederikson, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Minjung Kim, or Thomas Müller are among the artists who have exhibited at the gallery.

• To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the gallery, Bernard Chauveau is publishing a book this year recounting its history, richly illustrated with more than 300 images.