Jeffrey Deitch
Jeffrey Deitch (pronounced DIE-tch;[1] born July 9, 1952) is an American art dealer and curator. He is best known for his gallery Deitch Projects (1996–2010) and curating groundbreaking exhibitions such as Lives (1975) and Post Human (1992), the latter of which has been credited with introducing the concept of "posthumanism" to popular culture.[2][3] In 2010, ArtReview named him as the twelfth most influential person in the international art world.[4]
Jeffrey Deitch
Deitch has been closely associated with artists such as Andy Warhol, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Jeff Koons. From 2010 to 2013, he served as director of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles (MOCA).[5] He currently owns and directs Jeffrey Deitch Gallery, an art gallery with locations in New York and Los Angeles.[6]
Early life and education[edit]
Deitch was born on July 9, 1952, and grew up in Hartford, Connecticut, where his father ran a heating oil and coal company and his mother was an economist.[7] He attended public high school in West Hartford, Connecticut, from 1967 to 1970. He was an exchange student in Paris in 1968,[8] and in Japan in 1969.[7] He graduated from Wesleyan University in 1974 and received an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1978.[9]