David Klein Gallery

www.dkgallery.com

163 Townsend Street
Birmingham, MI 48009
248 433 3700

David Klein Gallery was established in Birmingham, MI in 1990 with an exhibition program focused on presenting national and regional contemporary artists. Since its founding, the gallery has maintained a strong interest in Post War American and European art, presenting historical surveys by significant 20th Century artists including Alexander Calder, Richard Diebenkorn, Jean Dubuffet, Max Ernst, Alex Katz, and Bob Thompson.

In 2015, a second gallery was opened in downtown Detroit on historic Washington Boulevard. The scale of this architecturally significant space allowed for an expansion of the gallery’s contemporary program to include large-scale exhibitions of paintings, sculpture, photography, and installations by emerging, mid-career, and established contemporary artists. Exhibited artists include Ebitenyefa Baralaye, Emmy Bright, Susan Goethel Campbell, Jack Craig, Iris Eichenberg, Kim McCarty, Kelly Reemtsen, Robert Schefman, Rosalind Tallmadge, and Neha Vedpathak.

Throughout its thirty-three year history, David Klein Gallery has consistently cultivated a dialog between contemporary and historical artists. By working closely with the estates of Al Held, Clement Meadmore, Robert Motherwell, and Jack Tworkov, the gallery presents compelling and historically significant exhibitions to our Detroit audience. That practice, paired with a diverse program of exceptional contemporary artists, affirms its status as one of the leading galleries in the Mid-West. It is the only Detroit based member of the prestigious Art Dealers Association of America (ADAA). In addition to the rigorous exhibition schedule in both Metro Detroit locations, David Klein Gallery partcipates annually in art fairs in New York, Chicago, Miami, and Los Angeles.

David Klein Gallery has helped build notable collections with discerning collectors since its inception and maintains working relationships with numerous museums and curators. The gallery has placed work in multiple national institutions including the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Cranbrook Art Museum, the University of Michigan Museum of Art, the Flint Institute of Arts, the Williams College Museum of Art, and the International African American Museum.

Artists Represented:

Elise Ansel

Ebitenyefa Baralaye

Emmy Bright

Susan Goethel Campbell

Matthew Hawtin

Kim McCarty

Marianna Olague

Kelly Reemtsen

Robert Schefman

Rosalind Tallmadge

Neha Vedpathak

Works Available By:

Milton Avery

Larry Bell

Norman Bluhm

Alexander Calder

Giorgio Cavallon

John Chamberlain

Mark di Suvero

Jean Dubuffet

Michael Goldberg

Al Held

Hans Hofmann

Alex Katz

Sol Lewitt

Robert Mangold

Conrad Marca-Relli

John McLaughlin

Clement Meadmore

Louise Nevelson

Milton Resnick

George Rickey

Joel Shapiro

David Smith

Richard Stankiewicz

Jack Tworkov

Bernar Venet

Tom Wesselmann

Scott Hocking at David Klein Gallery, Detroit

Kenny Scharf at David Klein Gallery, Detroit

Two Painters: Carrie Moyer & Anke Weyer at David Klein Gallery, Detroit

New Work, New Year, David Klein Gallery, Detroit

Past Exhibition

Leif Ritchey

Sky Studio

March 1, 2025 - April 5, 2025

David Klein Gallery, 163 Townsend Street, Birmingham, Michigan, is pleased to present Leif Ritchey, Sky Studio, March 1 – April 5, 2025. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, March 1st from 4 to 7pm. Leif Ritchey is an American contemporary artist whose practice spans across the disciplines of art, music, and fashion. He is in that generation of artists whose practice is defined by its commitment to a multi-disciplinary approach. A devoted colorist, Leif is known for his use of pale pastel colors and manipulated pours. Various materials including textiles, papers and bits of dried paint find their way into the composition, resulting in a densely textured and layered surface. My process involves layering, imprinting, and excavating…building and removing layers. In doing this I can weave the collage materials and paint with the energy of the moment. - Leif Ritchey February 2025 From 2002 – 2009 Ritchey and his wife owned and operated a fashion line called Leif & Tooya, which was recognized for erasing the boundaries between design and craft. He is a founding member, with his father James Ritchey, of the musical group Shades, an Ann Arbor based improvisational band. Leif notes "colors are colors and objects are objects, they dance together make music - a jam. I listen to the music and lose myself in it, dance along, live it, colors and forms find alchemy unknown". Ritchey’s work has been exhibited in New York, NY; Los Angeles, CA; Detroit, MI; Torino, Italy; Copenhagen, Denmark; Luxembourg and Singapore. A native of Ann Arbor, Ritchey maintains a studio in Detroit.