Elizabeth Dee is the Founder, Creative Director and CEO of Independent, a mission driven organization that serves galleries, collectors and institutions. Originally established in 2010 with a critically acclaimed art exhibition at the former Dia Center for the Arts, Independent produces two landmark, highly curated shows (Independent and Independent 20th Century), publishes editorial features and scholarship, and creates content programming on range of research based initiatives that bring together leading artists, gallerists, curators, arts writers, historians and thought leaders.
For twenty years, Dee ran a New York gallery, representing a global roster of artists including John Giorno, Miriam Cahn, Adrian Piper and Ryan Trecartin; and curated and published several historical surveys of the 20th Century. She also co-produced ten films with Trecartin. From 2020 to 2022, she launched and directed the John Giorno Foundation, establishing its endowment in honor of the artist and preserving his enduring legacy.
Her recent publications include The New York Art Market Report (by arts economist Claire McAndrew), Ryan Trecartin (co-published with Rizzoli), Every Future Has a Price: 30 Years After Infotainment, and With the Eyes of Others: Hungarian Artists of the 60s and 70s. She has written articles on the market, artists and curatorial practice for The Art Newspaper, Artnet, and Time Out New York.
From 2020 to 2024, Dee served on the faculty at New York University in it's graduate program. Earlier in her career, she was a curatorial advisor to the Kramlich Collection in San Francisco, the world's largest private collection of 20th-century video art. Dee has been profiled in numerous international publications, including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Vogue. In her combined gallery and art fair work, Dee has curated more than 25 art fairs and 250 gallery exhibitions.
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