September 16, 2021

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New Vintage Art Ephemera Posted Daily

Depending on your age, collecting vintage art ephemera is either nostalgic or educational. Since Gallery 98’s founding over five years ago, we have amassed a huge collection of art gallery cards and posters covering the years 1964 to 2001. Although our specialty is the art of downtown New York, we also have art ephemera from other American cities, as well as Europe.

Keep up with our new additions on Instagram where our username is OnlineGallery98. We post new items daily.

Ludwig Köln Museum (Germany), Timothy Greenfield-Sanders, Portrait of Cindy Sherman, Card, 1996. Size: 4.25 x 6 Inches.

#ludwigkolnmuseum #ludwigkoln #timothygreenfieldsanders
#cindysherman #cindyshermanportrait #artistportrait

Photographic Resource Center (Boston University), Sarah Charlesworth, Playing It Again: Strategies of Appropriation, Group Show Also Includes Barbara Kruger and Richard Prince, Card, 1986. Size: 7.75 x 5.25 Inches

#sarahcharlesworth #barbarakruger #barbarakrugerart
#richardprince #photographicresourcecenter #strategiesofappropriation

Printed Matter, Jenny Holzer, Ten For Ten: Celebrating Printed Matter, Card, 1986. Size: 6 x 4.25 Inches

#printedmatter #jennyholzer #picturesgeneration #jennyholzerquote
#jennyholzerart #printedmatterinc

Koury Wingate Gallery, Eric Fischl, St. Tropez: An Exhibition of Photographs, Card, 1990. Size: 7 x 5 Inches.

#kourywingategallery #ericfischl #sttropez #ericfischlphotographs

Allan Frumkin Gallery, Peter Saul, “Self”, Card, 1987. Size: 8.25 x 6.25 Inches

#allanfrumkingallery #petersaul #petersaulart #petersaulpainting #popart #contemporaryart

Sonnabend Gallery, Hilla and Bernd Becher, Card, 1972. Size: 8.5 x 6.5 Inches

#sonnabendgallery #hillabecher #berndbecher #berndbecherandhillabecher
#conceptualphotography #conceptualart

Contortions, James White & The Blacks, Poster, Early 1980s. Size: 16.5 x 11 Inches

#jameschance #thecontortions #jameswhiteandtheblacks
#nowave #nowavemusic #nowavenewyork #jameschanceandthecontortions

Fun Gallery, Dondi White, Quarter Page Advertisement From Artforum, March 1984.

#fungallery #dondiwhite #artforum #dondi #graffiti #80snyc

Konrad Fischer Gallery (Germany), Sol LeWitt, Card, 1981. Size: 6 x 4.25 Inches

#sollewitt #konradfischergalerie #konradfischer #walldrawings #conceptualart #minimalart

Fraenkel Gallery, Peter Hujar (Self-Portrait), Nan Goldin (Image Inside), Oversized Folded Card, 2002. Size: 8 x 10.5 Inches

#peterhujar #nangoldin #fraenkelgallery #peterhujararchive #nangoldinphotography

Paul Andriesse Gallery (Netherlands), Rineke Dijkstra, Card, 1993. Size: 4 x 6 Inches

#rinekedijkstra #paulandriessegallery

Zeno X Gallery (Belgium), Luc Tuymans, Card, 1990. Size: 4.25 x 5.25

#luctuymans #zenoxgallery

September 22, 2021
A FORGOTTEN ART MOVEMENT Photorealism: Cards and Catalogues, 1970s–90s

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The success of Pop Art in the 1960s opened the way for other new styles of representational art. “Photorealism” was a term applied to a group of artists whose fastidious paintings strove to imitate photography. Like pop artists, photorealists favored imagery drawn from everyday life and the American vernacular. OK Harris Gallery and the …
September 8, 2021
EUROPEAN ART EPHEMERA, 1970s – 1990s Christo, Koons, Abramović, Sherman, Currin

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When a collection of art ephemera only includes items from American galleries it inevitably does not convey the full picture. During the final decades of the 20th century Europe was not only the birthplace of important artists (e.g., Christo, Marina Abramović, Anselm Kiefer) but it was also a key market for American artists. Gallery 98’s goal is to capture…
September 2, 2021
JENNY HOLZER, JEFF KOONS, RICHARD PRINCE German Magazine Gives Artists Editorial Control, 1990s

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Selected issues of the German Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) magazine from the 1990s are today coveted collector items because of the publication’s radical decision to give famous artists editorial control in the design of the magazine’s cover, as well as lengthy picture spreads featuring whatever images they chose.
August 26, 2021
CHUCK CLOSE (1940 – 2021) An Artist’s Ephemera Lives On

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Last week the art world was fixated on the death of Chuck Close, a pioneer photorealist painter who was also connected with conceptual and post-minimal art. As one of the most celebrated artists from the 1970’s, Close’s personal story also fueled media interest.
August 12, 2021
ART EPHEMERA AND PERFORMANCE ART Promoting & Preserving Transitory Events

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Art ephemera plays a particularly important role in promoting performance art. Not only are announcement cards and flyers a key factor in attracting audiences for these short duration events, they also live on after the performance, and are sometimes the only surviving record of what took place. Here is…
August 5, 2021
LOTTERY DRAWINGS BY NEKE CARSON Remains From Three Participatory Performances, 1977-1979

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Neke Carson has always had his ardent advocates. A pioneer performance artist with roots in Fluxus, Conceptual Art and Pop, Carson has had an unusual and remarkably varied career.
July 29, 2021
WORK BY NOW FAMOUS ARTISTS BEFORE THEY HAD A MARKET Creating for Themselves and Friends, 1970s-80s

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In the 1970s and 80s the number of young artists hoping for careers in New York far exceeded the opportunities available through the city’s commercial galleries. This in no way deterred the truly committed who redirected much of their creativity to DIY outlets and events that catered primarily to friends and other artists. Gallery…
July 22, 2021
SOME MEMORABLE ART EPHEMERA FROM OUR INVENTORY Gallery Invites, Flyers, Posters, and Publications, 1970s-90s

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There are so many engaging items among the 5,000 examples of art ephemera posted on Gallery 98 that it is sometimes difficult to decide what to feature in our weekly newsletter. This assortment of favorites was chosen to appeal to a broad range of tastes and interests.
July 15, 2021
TIN PAN ALLEY: A TIMES SQUARE BAR, 1980s. Welcoming Downtown Women Artists

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Best known now as the inspiration for the fictional bar Hi Hat in the television serial The Deuce, Tin Pan Alley (1978-88), located on West 49 Street in Times Square, was also an artist hangout and exhibition place. Founded by Maggie Smith in 1978 in a neighborhood where the sex industry flourished, the bar took…
July 8, 2021
THE OFFENDERS BY SCOTT B & BETH B, 1979 No Wave’s Fusion of Art, Music and Club Culture

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If one wanted to encapsulate with a single work the spirit of the downtown art scene in the late 1970s, an appropriate choice might be Beth B & Scott B’s independent film The Offenders. A “savage satire” full of violence and nihilism, this low budget Super 8 film embodies the period’s…
July 1, 2021
DIEGO CORTEZ (1946 – 2021) Tracing a Life with Art Ephemera

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In the 1970s and 80s Diego Cortez né James Curtis was a conspicuous downtown trendsetter. His stylish good looks, ability to forge relationships with top talents, and a confident air that at times bordered on snobbishness lent an important boost to selected artists and musicians exploring new creative directions during…
June 24, 2021
BOOKS ABOUT GRAFFITI Preserving the History of a Singular Art Form

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It is not surprising that a transient art form like graffiti has inspired so many books. Whether this new kind of art was created on the streets or in the subways, most of the key early examples that brought attention to the phenomenon in the 1970s and 80s…

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September 22, 2021A FORGOTTEN ART MOVEMENT Photorealism: Cards and Catalogues, 1970s–90s

September 8, 2021EUROPEAN ART EPHEMERA, 1970s – 1990s Christo, Koons, Abramović, Sherman, Currin

September 2, 2021JENNY HOLZER, JEFF KOONS, RICHARD PRINCE German Magazine Gives Artists Editorial Control, 1990s

August 26, 2021CHUCK CLOSE (1940 – 2021) An Artist’s Ephemera Lives On

August 12, 2021ART EPHEMERA AND PERFORMANCE ART Promoting & Preserving Transitory Events

August 5, 2021LOTTERY DRAWINGS BY NEKE CARSON Remains From Three Participatory Performances, 1977-1979

July 29, 2021WORK BY NOW FAMOUS ARTISTS BEFORE THEY HAD A MARKET Creating for Themselves and Friends, 1970s-80s

July 22, 2021SOME MEMORABLE ART EPHEMERA FROM OUR INVENTORY Gallery Invites, Flyers, Posters, and Publications, 1970s-90s

July 15, 2021TIN PAN ALLEY: A TIMES SQUARE BAR, 1980s. Welcoming Downtown Women Artists

July 8, 2021THE OFFENDERS BY SCOTT B & BETH B, 1979 No Wave’s Fusion of Art, Music and Club Culture

July 1, 2021DIEGO CORTEZ (1946 – 2021) Tracing a Life with Art Ephemera

June 24, 2021BOOKS ABOUT GRAFFITI Preserving the History of a Singular Art Form

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New Vintage Art Ephemera Posted Daily

September 22, 2021
A FORGOTTEN ART MOVEMENT Photorealism: Cards and Catalogues, 1970s–90s

September 8, 2021
EUROPEAN ART EPHEMERA, 1970s – 1990s Christo, Koons, Abramović, Sherman, Currin

September 2, 2021
JENNY HOLZER, JEFF KOONS, RICHARD PRINCE German Magazine Gives Artists Editorial Control, 1990s

August 26, 2021
CHUCK CLOSE (1940 – 2021) An Artist’s Ephemera Lives On

August 12, 2021
ART EPHEMERA AND PERFORMANCE ART Promoting & Preserving Transitory Events

August 5, 2021
LOTTERY DRAWINGS BY NEKE CARSON Remains From Three Participatory Performances, 1977-1979

July 29, 2021
WORK BY NOW FAMOUS ARTISTS BEFORE THEY HAD A MARKET Creating for Themselves and Friends, 1970s-80s

July 22, 2021
SOME MEMORABLE ART EPHEMERA FROM OUR INVENTORY Gallery Invites, Flyers, Posters, and Publications, 1970s-90s

July 15, 2021
TIN PAN ALLEY: A TIMES SQUARE BAR, 1980s. Welcoming Downtown Women Artists

July 8, 2021
THE OFFENDERS BY SCOTT B & BETH B, 1979 No Wave’s Fusion of Art, Music and Club Culture

July 1, 2021
DIEGO CORTEZ (1946 – 2021) Tracing a Life with Art Ephemera

June 24, 2021
BOOKS ABOUT GRAFFITI Preserving the History of a Singular Art Form