Wholesale Portrait of The Art Dealer as a Young Man

One of today’s most respected art dealers, Michael Findlay launched his career surrounded by the most exciting figures of the late twentieth-century art scene. His generously illustrated memoir traces his childhood in Scotland to his arrival in New York, where he directed one of the first art galleries in SoHo, exposing American audiences to the likes of Joseph Beuys and Sean Scully. Findlay launched the first solo exhibitions of John Baldessari, Hannah Wilke, Stephen Mueller, and Billy Sullivan. He offers fascinating recollections about his relationships with painters and sculptors, art dealers and art collectors, actors, models, and the creative talents at the heart of New York’s Downtown scene. Making appearances in Findlay’s stellar cast of characters are Andy Warhol, David Hockney, Bridget Riley, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, Ray Johnson, Gerald Laing, Joseph Cornell, Allen Ginsberg, model Naomi Sims, and the poet Gerard Malanga.