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Sprüth Magers Celebrates a Decade in Los Angeles With the Artists Who Helped Define a City

Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers spent decades building relationships with the artists who would shape Los Angeles' art scene, and their tenth anniversary show, "10 Years in L.A.!," is an apt expression of what that investment yielded.

When Germany-based art gallery Sprüth Magers first set up shop in L.A. in March 2016, their timing was impeccable. They staked out a location directly across the street from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and opened their doors a few weeks before Hauser & Wirth cut the ribbon on their Arts District location. Both arrived at a time when L.A. was on its way to becoming one of the country’s leading art destinations—only five years after the landmark show “Pacific Standard Time: Art in L.A., 1945-1980” brought the city’s modern art history to the art world’s attention, highlighting L.A.-centric movements like Light and Space and Finish Fetish across some 60 institutions throughout the area.

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But Sprüth Magers’ success here didn’t happen overnight. Its founders Monika Sprüth and Philomene Magers spent decades building relationships with artists whose work would go on to define the L.A. scene—John Baldessari, Barbara Kruger, Ed Ruscha, Sterling Ruby and more. Today, Sprüth Magers has spaces in Berlin, London, New York City and Los Angeles, which marked the gallery’s first location in the United States. Celebrating their anniversary is “10 Years in LA!,” a group show of blue-chip artists from all over the world.

“I’m just so happy that the gallery is here,”........

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