Roberts Projects

Roberts Projects was founded in 1999 as Roberts & Tilton by partners Bennett Roberts,{{cite web |last1=Rommel |first1=Dianne |title=One of LA's Top Gallerists Shares How You Can Become an Art Collector |url=https://www.insidehook.com/article/culture-los-angeles/one-las-top-gallerists-shares-you-can-become-art-collector |website=Inside Hook |access-date=22 December 2022}} Julie Roberts and Jack Tilton in Los Angeles.{{cite web|title=Gallery Chat with Jack Tilton|url=https://the-adaa.tumblr.com/post/140284221211/gallery-chat-jack-tilton|website=ADAA|accessdate=13 October 2020}} Following the death of Jack Tilton (1951– 2017),{{cite news |title=Jack Tilton, Art Dealer With an Eye for the New, Dies at 66 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/arts/design/jack-tilton-dead-manhattan-gallery-owner.html |work=The New York Times |date=10 May 2017 |access-date=14 April 2021|last1=Grimes |first1=William }} the gallery changed its name to Roberts Projects on January 1, 2018.{{cite web|title=Art Industry News January 3, 2018|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-industry-news-january-3-2018-1190207|website=ArtNet|date=3 January 2018 |accessdate=13 October 2020}}

Roberts & Tilton opened its first space in 2000 at the 6150 Wilshire gallery complex located in the Miracle Mile section of LA, a focal place for viewing art in the early 2000's. From 2008 through 2022 Roberts Projects occupied a former coffee-roasting factory in Culver City.{{cite web|title=The L.A. architects who design buildings that make you say, 'Huh?,' then 'Wow!|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2019-10-16/los-angeles-architects-johnston-marklee-sharon-johnston-mark-lee|work=Los Angeles Times|date=16 October 2019 |accessdate=13 October 2020}}

In August 2020, Roberts Projects was elected as a member of the Art Dealers Association of America.{{cite web|title=Art Industry News August 13, 2020|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/art-industry-news-other-stories-4-1901644|website=ArtNet|date=13 August 2020 |accessdate=14 October 2020}}

Roberts Projects relocated in January 2023 to 442 South La Brea Avenue, renovating a 10,000 square foot historic automobile showroom space that was once a Max Barish car dealership.{{cite news |last1=Finkel |first1=Jori |date=16 February 2023|title=Wheeling and dealing: Los Angeles galleries move into old car showrooms|url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/02/16/wheeling-and-dealing-los-angeles-galleries-move-into-old-car-showrooms|access-date=9 May 2023|agency=The Art Newspaper}} The space features four exhibition spaces, a bookshop, and a permanent site-specific space conceived by artist Betye Saar.{{cite news |last1=Vankin |first1=Deborah |title=Roberts Projects is leaving Culver City, as gallery scene shifts to Central L.A. |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-10-20/roberts-projects-new-gallery-betye-saar-kehinde-wiley |access-date=1 November 2022 |agency=LA Times |newspaper=LA Times |date=20 October 2022}}

The building was originally erected in 1948 as the Max Barish Chrysler-Plymouth dealership, "Auto Dealer to the Stars" where Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Cary Grant, Bob Hope and Michael Landon bought their automobiles.{{cite web |last1=Stathaki |first1=Ellie |title=Roberts Projects turns historic car dealership into characterful LA art space |url=https://www.wallpaper.com/architecture/roberts-project-johnston-marklee-los-angeles-usa |website=Wallpaper Magazine |date=3 May 2023 |access-date=22 June 2023}}

The architectural conversion was realized by the firm of Johnston Marklee which designed Roberts Projects' Culver City location in 2008.{{cite web |last1=Block |first1=Annie |title=Roberts Projects Expands its Footprint With New L.A. Gallery |url=https://interiordesign.net/designwire/roberts-projects-los-angeles-gallery/ |website=Interior Design |access-date=22 June 2023}}

• Kehinde Wiley, Colorful Realm, 2023.{{cite web |last1=Akinkugbe |first1=Alayo |title=

Kehinde Wiley: "My Figures Demand to Be Taken Seriously"|url=https://www.anothermag.com/art-photography/14641/kehinde-wiley-interview-colourful-realm-roberts-projects-exhibition |website=AnOther Mag|date=26 January 2023 |access-date=9 May 2023}}{{cite news |last1=Lynne |first1=Jessica |title=Kehinde Wiley is reaching for a new language of grace|url=https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/image/story/2023-02-16/kehinde-wiley-on-radical-freedom-life-in-la-community-finding-grace-through-art|newspaper= LA Times |date=16 February 2023 |access-date=9 May 2023}} Roberts Projects was the first gallery on the westcoast to show artist Keginde Wiley.

• Betye Saar, Black Doll Blues, 2021.{{cite web |last1=Scott |first1=Chadd|title=Betye Saar 'Black Doll Blues' Forms Latest Chapter In Her Legendary Career|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/chaddscott/2021/09/03/betye-saar-black-doll-blues-forms-latest-chapter-in-her-legendary-career/?sh=159155453dcc|website= Forbes|date=3 September 2021|access-date=9 May 2023}}{{cite web |last1=Little |first1=Colony|title=For Inspiration, Betye Saar Turns to Her Doll Collection

|url=https://hyperallergic.com/679999/betye-saar-turns-to-her-doll-collection/|website= Hyperallergic|date=28 September 2021|access-date=9 May 2023}}{{cite web | title=Betye Saar: Black Doll Blues @ Roberts Projects, Los Angeles |url=https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/installation/betye-saar-black-doll-blues-roberts-projects-los-angeles/|website= Juxtapoz|date=14 September 2021|access-date=9 May 2023}}

• Amoako Boafo, SINGULAR DUALITY: ME CAN MAKE WE, 2021.{{cite web |last1=Furman |first1=Anna |title=A Portrait Inspired by the Bright Colors of Los Angeles |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/09/t-magazine/amoako-boafo-art.html|website= The New York Times T Magazine |date=9 October 2021|access-date=9 May 2023}}
• Amoako Boafo, I See Me, 2018.{{cite web |last1=Valentine |first1=Victoria |title=Amoako Boafos top selling paintings at auction are dominated by the color yellow |url=https://www.culturetype.com/2022/03/28/amoako-boafos-top-selling-paintings-at-auction-are-dominated-by-the-color-yellow/ |website=Culture Type |date=29 March 2022 |access-date=19 April 2022}}
• L.A. Object and David Hammons Body Prints, 2007.{{cite web |last1=Julie Halperin |first1=Charlotte Burns |title=What Does the Road to Success Look Like? Case Studies of African American Artists From Three Generations |url=https://news.artnet.com/the-long-road-for-african-american-artists/case-studies-artists-1351016 |website=Artnet |date=20 September 2018 |publisher=Artnet News}}
• Bliss featuring Noah Davis, 2007{{cite web |last1=Indisrik |first1=Scott |title=How Noah Davis Became a Powerful Painter and Museum Founder before His Death at Age 32 |url=https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-noah-davis-powerful-painter-museum-founder-death-age-32 |website=Artsy |date=8 January 2020 |access-date=14 April 2021}}
• Kehinde Wiley Pictures at an Exhibition, 2003.{{cite web |last1=Hainsley |first1=Bruch |title=Kehinde Wiley, Roberts and Tilton |url=https://www.artforum.com/print/reviews/200401/kehinde-wiley-46176 |website=Artforum |date=January 2004 |access-date=14 April 2021}}

The gallery represents various artists such as:

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• Amoako Boafo{{cite web |last1=Freeman|first1=Nate |title=The Swift, Cruel, Incredible Rise of Amoako Boafo: How Feverish Selling and Infighting Built the Buzziest Artist of 2020|url=https://news.artnet.com/art-world/amoako-boafo-1910883|website=artnet news |date=28 September 2020 |access-date=9 May 2023}}
• Jeffrey Gibson{{cite web |last1=Chiotakis |first1=Steve |title=Native American crafts meet pop culture and activism: Jeffrey Gibson's new Culver City show |url=https://www.kcrw.com/news/shows/greater-la/covid-vaccine-timeline-in-la/jeffrey-gibson-it-can-be-said-of-them |website=Greater LA |date=14 January 2021 |publisher=KCRW}}{{cite web |last1=Durón |first1=Maximilíano |title=L.A.'s Roberts & Tilton Now Represents Jeffrey Gibson|url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/l-a-s-roberts-tilton-now-represents-jeffrey-gibson-7488/|website=ARTnews |date= 15 December 2016 |access-date=20 April 2021}}
• Eberhard Havekost{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}
• James Hayward{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}
• Betye Saar{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}
• Ed Templeton{{cite web |last1=Davis |first1=Randall C. |title=GALLERY ROUNDS: Ed Templeton

|url=https://artillerymag.com/gallery-rounds-ed-templeton/|website=Artillery Mag|date=17 February 2022 |access-date=9 May 2023}}

• Kehinde Wiley{{cite magazine |last1=Lucas |first1=Julian |title=How the Artist Kehinde Wiley Went from Picturing Power to Building It

|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/01/02/how-the-artist-kehinde-wiley-went-from-picturing-power-to-building-it|magazine=The New Yorker|date=26 December 2022 |access-date=9 May 2023}}

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{{Reflist}}

• {{Official website|www.robertsprojectsla.com}}
• https://www.artsy.net/partner/roberts-projects

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