Ann Freedman

Ann Freedman is an American art dealer and gallery owner. She was previously director of the now-defunct Knoedler Gallery in New York City; she resigned in 2009 after 31 years working for the gallery during a large-scale forgery scandal. Referred to as a "leading New York gallerist" by the New York Times,[1] she was prominently featured in the Netflix documentary Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art by documentary filmmaker Barry Avrich. In 2011, Freedman opened her own gallery called FreedmanArt in Manhattan's Upper East Side.

Ann Freedman
Ann Freedman appearing in Made You Look in 2020
NationalityAmerican
Alma materWashington University in St. Louis (BFA)
OccupationArt dealer; gallery owner
Years active1977 - present
Known forKnoedler Gallery director

Biography and career

Ann Freedman was born to a real-estate executive from Scarsdale, New York.[2] She attended university at Washington University in St. Louis as a painting major, earning a BFA.[3][2] She first got a job at the gallery of André Emmerich working as a receptionist before starting at Knoedler as a salesperson in 1977.[4] Freedman eventually became director and was referred to by author Anthony M. Amore as "the famous face of Knoedler".[4][5] When many works Freedman had acquired for the gallery turned out to be forgeries, Freedman was removed from her post and eventually resigned in 2009. A lawsuit against Freedman filed by Italian businessman Domenico De Sole and his wife Eleanore for selling them a fake Rothko for $8.3 million was settled in 2016.[1] Freedman participated in the documentary Made You Look about the experience in 2020. Hyperallergic writer Hrag Vartanian stated Freeman came across "like an art world caricature" in the film.[6]

After leaving Knoedler, Freedman decided to open her own studio in the Upper East Side called FreedmanArt. She represents American painter Frank Stella.[3]

Filmography
Film
YearTitleFilm typeRole
2020Made You Look: A True Story About Fake ArtDocumentarySelf
2019Driven to AbstractionDocumentarySelf

References
  1. Moynihan, Colin (February 7, 2016). "Knoedler Gallery Director Settles Lawsuit Over Fake Rothko". The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 26, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  2. Shnayerson, Michael (April 23, 2012). "A Question of Provenance". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on August 28, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  3. Anderson, Erica (Nov–Dec 2012). "Ann Freedman: The Gift of Art". Education Update. Archived from the original on October 26, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: date format (link)
  4. Tron, Gina (March 5, 2021). "Where Is Ann Freedman, Ex-Knoedler Gallery President Wrapped In $80 Million Art Scandal, Now?". Oxygen. Archived from the original on October 26, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
  5. Amore, Anthony M. (2015). The Art of the Con. St. Martin's Publishing Group. p. 59. ISBN 9781466879119.
  6. Vartanian, Hrag (March 18, 2021). "A Very Rich Take on the Largest Art Fraud in US History". Hyperallergic. Archived from the original on December 9, 2021. Retrieved October 26, 2021.
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