A LIST OF FAMOUS ARTISTS WHO WERE GALLERY ASSISTANTS
Vincent van Gogh - clerk - Goupil & Cie
Jackson Pollock - framer, visitor counter - The Museum of Non-Objective Painting (later the Guggenheim)
Nigel Henderson - assistant picture restorer - National Gallery
Henry Mundy - gallery assistant - AIA Gallery
Larry Rivers - delivery man - ‘an art supply shop’
Alex Katz - carver - ‘a frame shop’
Sol LeWitt - night desk - MoMA
Claes Oldenburg - library assistant - Cooper Union
John Button - front desk - MoMA
Gillian Ayres - gallery assistant - AIA Gallery
Richard Anuszkiewicz - model restorer - MET, New York
Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt - department for exhibitions - Academy of Arts East Berlin
Joan Jonas - assistant to Richard Bellamy - Green Gallery
Richard Tuttle - assistant to Betty Parsons - Betty Parsons Gallery
Stephen Willats - gallery assistant - Drian Galleries
Ib Benoh - assistant to Betty Parsons - Betty Parsons Gallery
Harvey Tulcensky - art handler - MoMA
Louise Lawler - administrative assistant - Metro Pictures
Cindy Sherman - bookkeeper - Hallwalls
- receptionist - Artists Space
Jeff Koons - ticket seller, membership desk - MoMA
Christopher D'Arcangelo - technician and cleaner - John Webber Gallery
Mark Flood - museum assistant - Menil Collection
Keith Haring - gallery assistant - Tony Shafrazi Gallery
Jack Pierson - gallery assistant - Pat Hearn Gallery
Adam Fuss - waiter at previews - MoMA
Cary Leibowitz (Candy Ass) - print specialist - Christie’s
Damien Hurst - technician - Anthony d’Offay Gallery
Andrea Zittel - gallery assistant - Pat Hearn Gallery
Alec Soth - darkroom technician - Minneapolis Institute of Art
Oscar Murillo - installer - ‘small local galleries in East London’
Khadija Saye - intern - PEER