At Frey Norris Gallery, we provide an inviting environment for experiencing contemporary and modern art. We present an eclectic program of exhibitions, augmented with rigorous publishing, insightful art world and community events, and a growing library and archive. Through this diverse array of activities, we attract a broad audience who often seek guidance in navigating the complex global art market.
Since 2002, our exhibitions and artists have been reviewed and featured in The International Herald Tribune, the San Francisco Chronicle, Art in America, ARTnews, Art Ltd., Art Week, 7x7 Magazine, Yishu Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art, SF Weekly, KQED's Emmy Award winning arts program Spark, CNBC, ABC, NPR, and on the Internet at Artnet, SF Gate, Artslant, Shotgun Review and Laughing Squid, among others. Since 2002, we have placed works in major museums around the world, including the de Young Museum, The Cantor Art Center at Stanford University, SFMOMA and the Museo de Monterey in Mexico. We collaborate continuously with museums by participating in traveling exhibitions and loaning works from the gallery's extensive collection. Recent loans include the Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City, The Seattle Art Museum, and "L'Arte delle Donne: dal Rinascimento al Surrealismo" at the Palazzo Reale in Milan.
Our contemporary gallery features art from California and Asia in a wide range of media. We have hosted the American debuts of some of the most intriguing artists in China, Korea, Pakistan, India and Japan. These artists amuse, provoke, surprise and challenge, exploring fresh meaning and expressing innovative perspectives. We operate a nimble program, attending to each artist's particular vision, whether he or she is widely celebrated or as yet relatively unknown.
Our Annex, located above the main gallery on the third floor, focuses on classic Surrealism from its birth in 1924 to the 1960's, and specializes in women artists associated with this movement. Recent exhibitions include "Wolfgang Paalen: Implicit Spaces" and "Leonora Carrington: The Talismanic Lens". Featured artists include Victor Brauner, Leonora Carrington, Oscar Dominguez, Max Ernst, Leonor Fini, Andre Masson, Wolfgang Paalen, Stella Snead, Dorothea Tanning and Remedios Varo, among others. The Annex possesses one of the most significant collections of Surrealism available in a private gallery in the United States.
