In 1966, at the age of forty-one, Sidney Felsen moved from the world of accounting to that of art, founding the artists’ workshop and fine-art print publisher Gemini G.E.L. in Los Angeles. With Gemini G.E.L., Sidney quickly got to work with some of the biggest artists of the twentieth century: Josef Albers, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, and Man Ray, to name a few. And Gemini G.E.L. continues its work with new generations of artists, including Tacita Dean, Julie Mehretu, and Analia Saban.
In this episode, Sidney talks about how Gemini G.E.L. got started and grew into the organization it is today, sharing stories about the artists he’s worked with along the way.