About Hackett-Freedman Gallery

The owners of Hackett-Freedman Gallery announced today that they will close their public exhibition program as of May 1, 2009; thereafter, they will continue to operate privately and by appointment, while retaining the same location and
contact information.  

 “After more than 300 exhibitions and scores of publications,
we are proud to have grown a highly respected business and to
conclude our public exhibitions with two very strong shows,” says
co-owner and director Tracy Freedman. “At this juncture, we are
excited to expand our horizons, both personally and in the business.
This move to a quieter level of operations will allow us to consider
new possibilities.”
In private mode, Hackett-Freedman will remain in its
current location and will continue to consult with collectors and
curators and to offer a select inventory of twentieth-century and
contemporary works of art, including works by Milton Avery,
Norman Bluhm, Giorgio Cavallon, Richard Diebenkorn, Howard
Hodgkin, Hans Hofmann, Frank Lobdell, Conrad Marca-Relli,
Manolo Millares, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, Manuel Neri,
David Park, Roland Petersen, and Emerson Woelffer.
Founded in 1986 by Michael Hackett and Tracy Freedman,
Hackett-Freedman Gallery established a reputation for representing
leading contemporary artists and superior 20th-century works of
art and for organizing unusual and provocative exhibitions and
publications. The gallery organized the first San Francisco public
solo exhibitions of such notable 20th-century artists as Marsden
Hartley, Elie Nadelman, Gaston Lachaise, Milton Avery, Max
Weber, Patrick Heron, and Esteban Vicente. California artists, both
past and present, have also been an important focus. “Bay Area
artists bring a unique quality of freedom and invention to their
work, yet remain grounded in tradition,” says co-owner and director
Michael Hackett. “This is in some ways a metaphor for how we have
approached our gallery, and describes the kind of passion I feel for
every work of art we have handled. It has been a wonderful journey
and I look forward to the next phase.”

Founded in 1987, Hackett-Freedman Gallery specializes in finding and exhibiting important works by twentieth-century modern masters and select contemporary artists with a strong emphasis on postwar American and Californian art. The gallery has developed a reputation for curating museum-quality exhibitions and is considered a leading source for superior American modern, abstract expressionist, and Bay Area figurative works.

Hackett-Freedman has mounted significant exhibitions of works by Milton Avery, Marsden Hartley, Hans Hofmann, Gaston Lachaise, Elie Nadelman, Max Weber, Joan Miró, among others. The gallery organizes bimonthly solo and group exhibitions featuring historic or current work by postwar masters including Richard Diebenkorn, Louise Nevelson, David Park, Manuel Neri, Frank Lobdell, Paul Wonner, Judith Rothschild, Gustavo Ramos Rivera, Wayne Thiebaud, Willem de Kooning, Joan Mitchell, Robert Motherwell, and Emerson Woelffer.

We continue to explore many aspects of art from California, featuring artists who in our estimation have produced notable work. We also organize survey exhibitions highlighting the richness of postwar San Francisco and Southern California artistic circles and drawing connections to parallel movements within the New York School and other artistic movements.

Co-owners Michael Hackett and Tracy Freedman and the gallery’s professional staff organize bimonthly exhibitions and extensive catalogues to showcase historically important and exceptional works. The gallery’s extensive website permits viewers real-time access to new works in inventory, exhibition information, essays, biographical details, and bibliographic links for more than fifty artists. The gallery also advises museums, curators and private collectors on modern and contemporary works in their collections and assists publishers in organizing monographs and exhibitions.