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German art dealer and gallerist
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Biography
Introduction
Esther Schipper (born early 1960s) is a German art dealer and gallerist.
Early life
Schipper is the daughter of the Dutch sinologist, Kristofer Schipper. She was born in Taiwan in the early 1960s, and lived there until the age of seven.
Career
Schipper opened her first gallery in Cologne in 1989. The artists she represents include Philippe Parreno, Tino Sehgal, Tomás Saraceno, Hito Steyerl, and Simon Fujiwara.
In 1995, Schipper opened a space in Berlin, and moved all of its operations there in 1997. In 2017, the gallery moved to a "massive new space" in Potsdamer Strasse, Berlin.
Personal life
Schipper lives in Mitte, Berlin, with her partner Florian Wojnar and their two children.