A Half-Century of Prints with Sidney Felsen of Gemini GEL

Getty Art + Ideas
Getty Art + Ideas
A Half-Century of Prints with Sidney Felsen of Gemini GEL
/

In 1966, at the age of forty-one, Sidney Felsen moved from the world of accounting to that of art, founding the artists’ workshop and fine-art print publisher Gemini GEL in Los Angeles. With Gemini GEL, Sidney quickly got to work with some of the biggest artists of the twentieth century: Man Ray, Josef Albers, Jasper Johns, and Robert Rauschenberg, to name a few. And Gemini GEL continues its work with new generations of artists, including Julie Mehretu, Tacita Dean, and David Hammons.

In this episode, Felsen talks about how Gemini GEL got started and grew into the organization it is today, sharing stories about the artists he’s worked with along the way.

For images, transcripts, and more, visit getty.edu/podcasts.

Author: Getty Media

Getty staff select highlights of Getty multimedia, new and from the archives.