David Maupin


David Maupin is an American gallery director.
With Rachel Lehmann, he opened the Lehmann Maupin gallery in SoHo, Manhattan, in October 1996. Before opening Lehmann Maupin, Maupin was the director of Metro Pictures.

Early life and education

Born in California, he studied art history at the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Pennsylvania.

Lehmann Maupin gallery

History

Lehmann Maupin gallery has organized and curated exhibitions for international contemporary artists working in all media. The gallery has given a number of artists their first one-person exhibitions in New York City, including Kutluğ Ataman, Tracey Emin, Anya Gallaccio, Shirazeh Houshiary, Do-Ho Suh, and Adriana Varejão. In addition, the gallery has exposed emerging talents, such as Suling Wang, Teresita Fernández, and the Japanese artist Mr., through exhibitions at the gallery and participations in select art fairs.
The gallery's first raw, plywood-panelled space in Chelsea was designed by Rem Koolhaas in 1996. It was a storefront gallery located at 39 Greene Street. In September 2002 the gallery moved to a bigger space, also located in Chelsea. A second New York gallery at 201 Chrystie Street opened in November 2007. In 2013, Koolhaas designed a gallery space in the historic Pedder Building in Hong Kong. The inaugural exhibition featured Korean artist Lee Bul.
Lehmann Maupin’s current three-story gallery space, designed by Peter Marino, opened in Chelsea in September 2018. Shortly after, the gallery inaugurated its nearly black box space for film screenings.
In 2019, Lehmann Maupin opened a space in London.

Artists

Maupin's partner is Stefano Tonchi, the editor-in-chief of the magazine W.