The göppinger galerie — gg for short — was founded in the spring of 1956 by the owner of Göppinger Kaliko- und Kunstleder-Werke GmbH, Dr. Herbert Müller. It was located in an office block built in the same year at Berliner Straße 27 in Frankfurt am Main. Kaliko-Werke was one of the most important sponsors of the first documenta in 1955. The company donated the plastic foils known as «göppinger plastics» which Arnold Bode used generously as wall and window hangings and room dividers.
The 300 square meters of exhibition space at gg were originally intended for the presentation of both, the Kaliko-Werke product range and that of other companies.