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Ocula Member Galleries are selected by a committee of respected gallerists with the purpose of presenting only the best of contemporary art on Ocula. Ocula is proud to include many of New York's leading galleries as Ocula Members.

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Offering up a myriad of art galleries to explore, contemporary art can be found all across the city, from the Upper East Side, and Lower East Side, to Midtown, Soho, and Chelsea and over to Brooklyn and beyond.

Chelsea offers art collectors and other art lovers, one on the most accessible and largest art clusters, with rows and rows of gallery lined streets, and it is here you can find the flagship outposts of global mega galleries Gagosian, David Zwirner, White Cube and more.

The Uptown art galleries dotted along Manhattan's Upper East Side, not far from the Guggenheim and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, also offer up exceptional viewing, albeit the spaces are different from those found in Chelsea's art gallery district. Many of the art galleries are situated in late-19th and early 20th-century townhouses, like LGDR situated on Madison Avenue.

Not to be outdone, the Lower East Side is also a go-to destination for gallery-goers, with edgy spaces, like that of Karma's, found within former storefronts and upstairs lofts.

Brooklyn is famous for being home to many of New York's artists, and while rising rents have pushed many artists out of the suburb it still retains its arty edge, offering up a plethora of exceptional galleries to visit. You can find gallery spaces in just about every neighbourhood from Greenpoint, and Bushwick, to Red Hook, and beyond.

Almine Rech contemporary art gallery in New York, USA
Almine Rech Current Exhibition:
Darío Escobar
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Andrew Kreps Gallery, 55 Walker St contemporary art gallery in 55 Walker Street, New York, USA
Andrew Kreps Gallery, 55 Walker St Current Exhibition:
Annette Kelm
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Andrew Kreps Gallery, 394 Broadway contemporary art gallery in 394 Broadway, New York, USA
Andrew Kreps Gallery, 394 Broadway Current Exhibition:
Oliver Lee Jackson
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Andrew Kreps Gallery, 22 Cortlandt Alley contemporary art gallery in 22 Cortlandt Alley, New York, USA
Andrew Kreps Gallery, 22 Cortlandt Alley Current Exhibition:
Hadi Falapishi
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Cheim & Read, 547 W 25th St contemporary art gallery in 547 W 25th St, New York, USA
Cheim & Read, 547 W 25th St Upcoming Exhibition:
Peter Shear
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Cheim & Read, 23 E 67th St contemporary art gallery in 23 E 67th St, New York, USA
Cheim & Read, 23 E 67th St Current Exhibition:
Joel Mesler
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David Kordansky Gallery contemporary art gallery in New York, USA
David Kordansky Gallery Current Exhibition:
Jason Fox
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David Zwirner, 52 Walker contemporary art gallery in 52 Walker, New York, USA
David Zwirner, 52 Walker Current Exhibition:
Gordon Matta-Clark, Pope.L
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David Zwirner, 69th St contemporary art gallery in 69th Street, New York, USA
David Zwirner, 69th St Current Exhibition:
Dan Flavin
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David Zwirner, 19th St contemporary art gallery in 19th Street, New York, USA
David Zwirner, 19th St Current Exhibition:
Franz West
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David Zwirner, 20th St contemporary art gallery in 20th Street, New York, USA
David Zwirner, 20th St Current Exhibition:
Gerhard Richter
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Eli Klein Gallery contemporary art gallery in New York, USA
Eli Klein Gallery Current Exhibition:
Xiao Kegang
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Eva Presenhuber contemporary art gallery in New York, USA
Eva Presenhuber Current Exhibition:
Klara Lidén, Daniele Milvio
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Gagosian, 555 West 24th St contemporary art gallery in 555 West 24th Street, New York, USA
Gagosian, 555 West 24th St Current Exhibition:
Paul McCarthy, Albert Oehlen
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Gagosian, 541 West 24th St contemporary art gallery in 541 West 24th Street, New York, USA
Gagosian, 541 West 24th St Current Exhibition:
Helen Frankenthaler
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Gagosian, 980 Madison Ave contemporary art gallery in 980 Madison Avenue, New York, USA
Gagosian, 980 Madison Ave Current Exhibition:
Amoako Boafo
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Gagosian, West 21st St contemporary art gallery in West 21st Street, New York, USA
Gagosian, West 21st St Upcoming Exhibition:
Richard Avedon
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Gagosian Shop contemporary art gallery in 976 Madison Avenue, New York, USA
Gagosian Shop Current Exhibition:
Bennett Miller
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Galerie Buchholz contemporary art gallery in New York, USA
Galerie Buchholz Current Exhibition:
Marcus Behmer
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Galerie Lelong & Co. New York contemporary art gallery in New York, USA
Galerie Lelong & Co. New York Current Exhibition:
Nancy Spero
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Gladstone Gallery, 515 West 24th St contemporary art gallery in 515 West 24th Street, New York, USA
Gladstone Gallery, 515 West 24th St Current Exhibition:
Robert Bechtle
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Gladstone Gallery, 530 West 21st St contemporary art gallery in 530 West 21st Street, New York, USA
Gladstone Gallery, 530 West 21st St Current Exhibition:
LaToya Ruby Frazier
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Gladstone Gallery, Gladstone 64 contemporary art gallery in Gladstone 64, New York, USA
Gladstone Gallery, Gladstone 64 Current Exhibition:
Alfredo Volpi & Fábio Miguez
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Hauser & Wirth, 22nd St contemporary art gallery in 22nd Street, New York, USA
Hauser & Wirth, 22nd St Current Exhibition:
Roberto Cuoghi
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Hollis Taggart, New York L1 contemporary art gallery in New York L1, USA
Hollis Taggart, New York L1 Upcoming Exhibition:
Ralph Iwamoto
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Hollis Taggart, New York L2 contemporary art gallery in New York L2, USA
Hollis Taggart, New York L2 Upcoming Exhibition:
Group Exhibition
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Jane Lombard Gallery contemporary art gallery in New York, USA
Jane Lombard Gallery Current Exhibition:
Group Exhibition
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Karma, 22 E 2nd St contemporary art gallery in 22 E 2nd Street, New York, USA
Karma, 22 E 2nd St Current Exhibition:
Thaddeus Mosley
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Karma, 188 E 2nd St contemporary art gallery in 188 E 2nd Street, New York, USA
Karma, 188 E 2nd St Current Exhibition:
Paul Mogensen
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Lehmann Maupin contemporary art gallery in 501 West 24th Street, New York, USA
Lehmann Maupin Current Exhibition:
Group Exhibition
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Lisson Gallery contemporary art gallery in West 24th Street, New York, USA
Lisson Gallery Current Exhibition:
Dan Graham
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Malin Gallery contemporary art gallery in New York, USA
Malin Gallery Current Exhibition:
Angela China
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Marian Goodman Gallery contemporary art gallery in New York, USA
Marian Goodman Gallery Current Exhibition:
Dan Graham
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Miles McEnery Gallery, 525 West 22nd St contemporary art gallery in 525 West 22nd Street, New York, USA
Miles McEnery Gallery, 525 West 22nd St Current Exhibition:
Kevin Appel
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Miles McEnery Gallery, 520 West 21st St contemporary art gallery in 520 West 21st Street, New York, USA
Miles McEnery Gallery, 520 West 21st St Current Exhibition:
Yunhee Min
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Miles McEnery Gallery, 511 West 22nd St contemporary art gallery in 511 West 22nd St, New York, USA
Miles McEnery Gallery, 511 West 22nd St Current Exhibition:
Nick Aguayo
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Pace Gallery, 510 West 25th St contemporary art gallery in 510 West 25th Street, New York, USA
Pace Gallery, 510 West 25th St Current Exhibition:
Hermann Nitsch
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Pace Gallery, 540 West 25th St contemporary art gallery in 540 West 25th Street, New York, USA
Pace Gallery, 540 West 25th St Current Exhibition:
Leo Villareal
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Perrotin contemporary art gallery in New York, USA
Perrotin Current Exhibition:
Sophia Narrett
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Sean Kelly contemporary art gallery in New York, USA
Sean Kelly Current Exhibition:
Candida Höfer
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SILVERLENS contemporary art gallery in New York, USA
SILVERLENS Current Exhibition:
James Clar
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Sundaram Tagore Gallery contemporary art gallery in New York, New York, USA
Sundaram Tagore Gallery Current Exhibition:
Edward Burtynsky
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Tara Downs contemporary art gallery in New York, USA
Tara Downs Current Exhibition:
Annabell Häfner
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Templon contemporary art gallery in New York, USA
Templon Current Exhibition:
Michael Ray Charles
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Thomas Erben Gallery contemporary art gallery in New York, USA
Thomas Erben Gallery Current Exhibition:
Barbad Golshiri
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Tina Kim Gallery contemporary art gallery in New York, USA
Tina Kim Gallery Current Exhibition:
Tania Pérez Córdova
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New York exhibitions
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Explore the current and upcoming exhibitions showing at Ocula Member Galleries, Institutions and non-profit art spaces.

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Our exhibition profiles include press releases, installation images, and for gallery spaces, a selection of artworks being shown in New York. They also include access to profiles on exhibiting artists. With the aim to present only the best of contemporary art on Ocula, our Members are determined by a selection committee of respected and influential international gallerists.

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New York
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Ocula Magazine has developed a reputation for thoughtful and in-depth editorial dedicated to exploring the best in contemporary art.

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Our team regularly covers shows and art news relevant to New York. Ocula has interviewed many of the world's leading artists who show regularly in New York galleries and museums, including Haegue Yang, Do Ho Suh, Ugo Rondinone, and Anish Kapoor. Our editorial team also covers exhibitions via insights and features.

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Ocula Advisory
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Explore Ocula Advisory, which provides insightful content to collectors wanting an insider's view on the art market.

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Led by Ocula founder Simon Fisher, Ocula Advisory assists new and established collectors in building and managing their collections.

Through 40+ years of combined experience and extensive relationships with galleries, auction houses, art dealers, and collectors, the Ocula Advisory team has exceptional knowledge about and access to a broad spectrum of modern and contemporary artworks.

Follow the Advisory team for their Picks on must-see art shows in New York, exceptional artworks in the city, and artists to follow as well as art market news.

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Artists on show
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In New York you can view work by some of the world's most exciting artists. Below is a selection of artists with works currently on view in exhibitions showing with Ocula Member Galleries.

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Artworks
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Representing leading galleries in New York, on Ocula you can view a selection of artworks by important established artists, and emerging new talents currently being shown in the city.

Evergreen by Nick Aguayo contemporary artwork painting
Nick Aguayo Evergreen, 2022 Acrylic and marble dust on canvas
48 x 36 inches
Miles McEnery Gallery Contact Gallery
Sleeping Beauty by Cumwizard69420 contemporary artwork painting
Cumwizard69420 Sleeping Beauty, 2022 Oil on canvas
36 x 48 inches
Cheim & Read Contact Gallery
Philodendron Stenolobum (70% chance of rain) by Tania Pérez Córdova contemporary artwork sculpture
Tania Pérez Córdova Philodendron Stenolobum (70% chance of rain), 2022 Iron, epoxy clay, plastic, acrylic, gold plated brass chain, patterns of leaf damage
30 x 195 x 76 cm
Tina Kim Gallery Contact Gallery
Breathe out 1 by Tania Pérez Córdova contemporary artwork sculpture
Tania Pérez Córdova Breathe out 1, 2022 Pumice stone, breath of a person, blown glass
34.5 x 23 x 32 cm
Tina Kim Gallery Contact Gallery
BONELAND by Gilbert & George contemporary artwork painting, works on paper, sculpture, photography, print
Gilbert & George BONELAND, 2023 Mixed media
88.98 x 99.61 inches
Lehmann Maupin Contact Gallery
Blessings (虚) by Mandy El-Sayegh contemporary artwork painting, works on paper
Mandy El-Sayegh Blessings (虚), 2022 Oil, acrylic on panel with collaged and silkscreened elements
23.62 x 16.54 inches
Lehmann Maupin Contact Gallery
no title by Paul Mogensen contemporary artwork painting
Paul Mogensen no title, 1965 Hansa orange acrylic on canvas
48 x 73 inches
Karma Contact Gallery
Banana (80% chance of rain) by Tania Pérez Córdova contemporary artwork sculpture
Tania Pérez Córdova Banana (80% chance of rain), 2022 Iron, epoxy clay, plastic, acrylic, gold plated brass chain, patterns of leaf damage
78 x 180 x 72 cm
Tina Kim Gallery Contact Gallery
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The exact date that New York became the perceived centre of the Western art world is debatable. Some say it was in the early 1940s—during World War II—when a number of European artists immigrated to the United States. Others argue that it was not until Abstract Expressionism was established later that decade. Regardless, over 70 years after Willem de Kooning had his first solo gallery exhibition at Charles Egan Gallery on 57th Street in 1948, New York remains an art world powerhouse.

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One reason for New York's significance is the city's many well-endowed cultural institutions. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, founded in 1870, houses a behemoth collection that encompasses over two million works of art made over a period of 5,000 years. Devoted to the evolving story of contemporary art around the world, The Museum of Modern Art holds 200,000 paintings, sculptures, drawings, prints, photographs, media and performance art works, architectural models and drawings, designed objects, and films.

Other notable institutions dedicated to modern and contemporary art include the famed Solomon R Guggenheim Museum, designed by the legendary architect Frank Lloyd Wright, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, founded in 1930 by sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney. MoMA PS1—an offshoot of the stalwart Museum of Modern Art—has been one of the largest American non-profit art institutions since its establishment in 1971, while The Met Breuer—the recently opened annex to The Metropolitan Museum of Art—provides ample opportunity to encounter 20th- and 21st-century masterpieces on Madison Avenue.

The concentration of galleries in New York is perhaps most important to its status in the art world. In total, the city is estimated to contain close to 1,500 galleries. These galleries range from blue chip institutions to non-profit art spaces and artist-run initiatives. While these spaces are spread out across the city's five boroughs, many of them can be found in the following six neighbourhoods: Chelsea, the Lower East Side, Soho, 57th Street, Williamsburg/Bushwick/Greenpoint, and Dumbo.

Chelsea—a former industrial neighbourhood ripe with wide-open warehouse spaces along the far west side of Manhattan between 14th and 34th Streets—is home to mega-galleries Hauser & Wirth, David Zwirner, Gagosian, Pace, Anton Kern, Gladstone, Marianne Boesky, and Lehmann Maupin, among many, many others. DIA Chelsea—the New York branch of the DIA Foundation—is one of the notable non-profit spaces in the area.

The Lower East Side is often cited as home to the more avantgarde or experimental spaces. These include Bodega, Chapter NY, CANADA, JTT, 47 Canal, Invisible Exports, Zach Feuer Gallery, 33 Orchard, Foxy Productions, and Sargent's Daughters. More traditional contemporary art galleries—such as Sperone Westwater and Lehmann Maupin—also have strong presences in the neighbourhood. Extending from Chinatown to Houston Street, the art scene centres around Manhattan's only museum devoted to contemporary art: the New Museum on the Bowery. Recently opened spaces in the area include the Brant Foundation Art Study Center, located in a century-old building previously designed for Consolidated Edison and later used as the home and studio of Walter De Maria until his death in 2013.

Adjacent to the Lower East Side is the gallery district of Soho, once the thriving center of the avantgarde. Though not the epicentre it once was, significant current residents include the Drawing Center, Team Gallery, Jeffery Deitch, and Walter De Maria's Earth Room.

57th street and the Upper East Side have similarly ceded dominion over the art world, but continue to house internationally renowned galleries. These are Pace, Gagosian, and Salon 94, among others, as well as standalone institutions such as Craig F Starr, Acquavella Galleries, Half Gallery, and Venus Over Manhattan.

The six neighbourhoods listed above are also home to the city's auction houses, with Christie's located at 20 Rockefeller Plaza, Sotheby's at 72nd street and York Avenue, and Phillips on Park Avenue.

If you really want to see where the cool kids hang, visit the sprawling neighbourhood of Williamsburg/Greenpoint/Bushwick, which in recent years has become the centre of the art, music, and food scenes in New York. Notable galleries include Front Room, Sideshow, Soloway Fine Art, and Figureworks. Dumbo—another neighbourhood in Brooklyn—holds more studio spaces than it does galleries, but it is worth visiting the art spaces—among them Art in General and AIR—if only for views of the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges just down the street.

Further into the borough, the evolving Brooklyn Museum has been making a splash in the art world since 1999, when then-mayor Rudy Giuliani threatened to close the institution for its exhibition Sensation. It had included Chris Ofili's now-iconic The Holy Virgin Mary (1996), a work that depicted the Madonna as a black woman made of elephant dung. New York, as residents know, has never been afraid to confront the powers-that-be with revolutionary culture, and that remains true today, even in an increasingly safe and wealthy metropolis.

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