The main purpose has always been to serve the cause of art and the artists.

  • - LEO CASTELLI

Portrait of Leo Castelli

by Silas Shabelewska, July 1994 Mougins, Castellaras (France).

© 1994 Silas Shabelewska / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York NY

In 1989, while working in film production in New York, I met JC Castelli, who introduced me to his father Leo Castelli. I became a regular at 420 West Broadway in Soho. Little did I know that years later I would work in the art world and open my own gallery in 2014. To this day, Leo remains my example and inspiration. Hence, I wished to share this quote by him which has kept me going all these years.

In gratitude, Silas von Morisse.