Au 108 rue Vieille du Temple: A Shared Legacy with Galerie Yvon Lambert

On Kawara’s rigorous practice found a receptive audience in Paris, where he showed three times with Yvon Lambert (pictured: On Kawara: Date Paintings 1966-1987, 1988).

Cy Twombly was an important part of the program in exhibitions that linked American postwar painting with European audiences. Lambert’s space at 108 rue Vieille du Temple opened with a Twombly show in 1986 (pictured is an artist-designed invite from a 1980 exhibition with Lambert).

Richard Serra’s work was introduced to a wider European audience through exhibitions organized by Lambert (pictured: Richard Serra: Drawings, 1990).

Lambert was also a major champion of Sol LeWitt; pictured is an invite designed by the artist to his 1987 solo show.

Lambert was one of the earliest European gallerists to support Jean-Michel Basquiat, most notably in a major solo exhibition in 1988

Lambert’s gallery was also one of the first in Europe to show Lawrence Weiner’s work, first exhibiting his language-based works in 1970 and with five solo exhibitions over the years. (This installation view is of a show at 108, rue Vieille du Temple in 2009.)

Barbara Kruger’s critical text-based works resonate with the conceptual and politically engaged practices of the Lambert program. This show card from 1999 is for a major solo presentation at the gallery.

Sol LeWitt was a major figure in the Lambert program, with fifteen solo exhibitions over the years.

A Weiner-designed show card from 1997.

Lambert played a significant role in introducing the work of Anselm Kiefer to French audiences through six solo presentations in the gallery.

Nan Goldin’s intimate and unflinching photography was supported early on by Yvon Lambert, who presented her work across three solo exhibitions and in many group shows (pictured is the invite to her 2004 solo presentation).

Niele Toroni, whose work Lambert began showing in the 1970s, was closely associated with the gallery for many years, with 10 solo exhibitions in Le Marais space.

Louise Lawler’s investigations into the display and circulation of art echo the institutional awareness that helped shaped Lambert’s program. Lawler presented five solo shows over the years; the above installation image is from 2014.

After moving into 108 rue Vieille du Temple, David Zwirner inaugurated its first Paris gallery with an exhibition of new and significant works by Raymond Pettibon in 2019.

A major solo presentation of Dan Flavin’s work followed in the gallery in 2019, spanning three decades of the artist’s career.

In 2021, Francis Alÿs had his first solo exhibition in Paris, with the debut of a major body of work bringing together various media.

The works of Alberto Giacometti and Fred Sandback, artists who held complimentary ideas about the use of space and line, transformed the gallery in 2022, in a two-person exhibition.

In 2024, David Zwirner presented rarely seen early paintings by On Kawara at 108 rue Vieille du Temple, a nod to the artist’s long history at this location.