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| Galería Patricia Ready | |
|---|---|
| Name | Galería Patricia Ready |
| Established | 1990s |
| Location | Santiago, Chile |
| Type | Contemporary art gallery |
| Director | Patricia Ready |
Galería Patricia Ready is a contemporary art gallery based in Santiago, Chile, active in promoting modern and contemporary visual arts regionally and internationally. The gallery participates in major art fairs, mounts solo and group exhibitions, and collaborates with museums, collectors, curators, and cultural institutions. It engages with artists across painting, sculpture, photography, installation, video, and new media, maintaining relations with galleries, foundations, biennials, and private collections.
The gallery emerged during the post-dictatorship cultural resurgence in Santiago alongside institutions such as the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes (Chile), Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos, Fundación Telefónica Chile, Centro Cultural Palacio de La Moneda, and Biblioteca Nacional de Chile. Early interactions connected it with collectors and patrons who had links to Patricio Aylwin, Ricardo Lagos, Michelle Bachelet, Augusto Pinochet-era transitions, and the broader Latin American art market that included networks like Galería Ruth Benzacar, Galería Luisa Strina, Galería Vera Cortés, and Galería Elba Benítez. The gallery has shown work contemporaneously with events such as the Santiago a Mil International Festival, Bienal de São Paulo, Venice Biennale, Documenta, and Art Basel circuits, while collaborating with curators associated with the Museum of Modern Art, Tate Modern, Centre Pompidou, and Guggenheim Museum. Over decades it navigated Chilean cultural policy shifts tied to the Ministry of Culture, Arts and Heritage (Chile) and municipal programming in Santiago Province.
Exhibitions at the gallery have included solo presentations, thematic group shows, and retrospective projects referencing figures like Roberto Matta, Violeta Parra, Cecilia Vicuña, Alfredo Jaar, and Sebastián Salazar Bondy as contextual anchors. The gallery collaborates with institutions such as the Museo de Arte Contemporáneo (MAC) Chile, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Santiago, Museo de Arte Precolombino, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Museo Tamayo, Museo de Arte Moderno de Buenos Aires, and Museo de Bellas Artes de Buenos Aires for loans and exchanges. It has lodged works by artists whose careers intersect with the São Paulo Art Biennial, Bienal de Mercosul, Bienal de La Habana, Biennale di Venezia, and the Frieze Art Fair. The gallery’s exhibition program has featured curators and critics affiliated with Artforum, Flash Art, ArtReview, The Art Newspaper, and Art in America.
The roster has included Chilean and Latin American artists as well as international practitioners with ties to institutions like Yale School of Art, Royal College of Art, Columbia University, Goldsmiths, University of London, and Universidad de Chile. Names associated through exhibitions and collaborations include Cecilia Vicuña, Alfredo Jaar, Roberto Matta, Francis Bacon (through curatorial reference), Joaquín Torres-García, Enrique W. Bravo, Matilde Pérez, José Balmes, Carlos Leppe, Isabel Parra, Gracia Barrios, Sumaya Véliz, Alejandro Jodorowsky (artistic collaborations), Hernán Miranda, Iván Navarro, Lotty Rosenfeld, Claudia del Fierro, Pablo Neruda (ephemeral art projects inspired), Juan Downey, Guillermo Núñez, Alfredo Rodríguez, Eugenio Dittborn, Francisco Smythe, Rosario López, Marcela Cabello, Catalina Bauer, Alejandro María Varela, Claudia Aravena, Cecilia Brunson, Mariana Matthews, Javier Berton, Nicolás Franco, Diego Ortiz, Paula Castillo, and Teresa Margolles in contexts of dialogue or exchange.
Located in a commercial and cultural district of Santiago de Chile, the gallery shares urban context with landmarks like Plaza de la Constitución, Barrio Lastarria, Providencia, and institutions such as Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral (GAM), Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, and Parque Forestal. The physical space comprises exhibition halls, storage meeting conservation standards comparable to those at the Getty Conservation Institute and the Courtauld Institute of Art laboratories, and viewing rooms suitable for installations referenced by curators from Pace Gallery, Hauser & Wirth, and White Cube. Facilities support climate control practices aligned with guidelines used by the International Council of Museums and shipping logistics tied to fairs including Art Basel Miami Beach and Zona Maco.
Programming includes artist talks, panel discussions, and guided tours engaging partners such as Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad de Santiago de Chile, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, and international residency programs like Residencias Artísticas, Fonderia Artistica, and exchanges with the British Council. Public programming has been linked to curricular activities at institutions like Escuela de Bellas Artes de la Universidad de Chile and collaborations with NGOs such as Fundación Imagen de Chile and Fundación Ena, hosting talks by critics from Damián Ortega-led forums and scholars from Instituto de Estudios Avanzados.
Critical reception has been documented in outlets and platforms including El Mercurio (Chile), La Tercera, Revista Ñ, Artforum, Flash Art, The Guardian, The New York Times, Le Monde, El País (Spain), The Washington Post, and the BBC. The gallery’s exhibitions have influenced collecting patterns among regional patrons connected to collectors like Eli Broad (as comparative reference), Patricia Phelps de Cisneros, Ibrahim Lakhany, Octavio Zaya, and institutions that have acquired works for holdings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, National Gallery of Art, and Latin American collections at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Managed by a private proprietor with professional ties to curators, advisors, and advisory boards, the gallery operates within networks that include members from Chilean Council of Culture, International Association of Art Dealers, Consejo de la Cultura y las Artes (Chile), and commercial partners like UBS and J.P. Morgan that sponsor art programs. Governance reflects collaborations with legal and art market entities such as Sotheby's, Christie's, Bonhams, and regional art fair organizers including ArtBo and SP-Arte.
Category:Art galleries in Chile