James Cohan Gallery
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| Established | 1999 |
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| Type | Art gallery |
| Website | jamescohan |
James Cohan is a contemporary art gallery in the Tribeca neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City.
History[edit]
The gallery had a branch in the Chelsea neighborhood of Manhattan. It opened another in the former French Concession of Shanghai in 2008,[1] and in 2015 opened a third branch, in Chinatown, Manhattan.[2]
In 2024, James Cohan joined forces with galleries Bortolami, Kaufmann Repetto, Anton Kern, Andrew Kreps and Kurimanzutto to buy the 78,000-square-foot Ockawamick School and its surrounding 22 acres in Claverack, New York.[3]
Artists[edit]
The gallery has been representing living artists including:
- Kathy Butterly (since 2017)[4]
- Michelle Grabner[5]
- Trenton Doyle Hancock[6]
- Byron Kim[7]
- Mernet Larsen (since 2015)[8]
- Josiah McElheny (since 2018)[9]
- Matthew Ritchie (since 2018)[10]
- Bill Viola[11]
- Grace Weaver (since 2017)[12]
- Xu Zhen[13]
The gallery works with artists' estates, including the following:
- Firelei Báez (2018–2023)[14][15]
- Lee Mullican (since 2016)[16]
- Robert Smithson[17]
Controversy[edit]
A coalition of Asian American groups entered and protested Omer Fast's October 2017 exhibit that attempted to reproduce stereotypical Chinatown aesthetics. Fast apologized but not before characterizing the protesters as few in number and comparing them to the right-wingers who stormed Charlottesville earlier in the year.[18][19]
References[edit]
- ^ Philip Tinari (18 July 2008). Shanghai Express. Artforum. Accessed August 2021.
- ^ Hilarie M. Sheets (30 July 2015). James Cohan Gallery Expands to Lower East Side. The New York Times. Accessed August 2021.
- ^ Laura van Straaten (8 May 2024), An Abandoned School Becomes a Canvas for Art Galleries New York Times.
- ^ Alex Greenberger (29 November 2017), James Cohan Gallery Now Represents Kathy Butterly and Grace Weaver ARTnews.
- ^ Alex Greenberger (26 February 2018), James Cohan Gallery Now Represents Josiah McElheny ARTnews.
- ^ Alex Greenberger (26 February 2018), James Cohan Gallery Now Represents Josiah McElheny ARTnews.
- ^ Alex Greenberger (26 February 2018), James Cohan Gallery Now Represents Josiah McElheny ARTnews.
- ^ Hannah Ghorashi (11 November 2015), James Cohan Gallery Now Represents Mernet Larsen ARTnews.
- ^ Alex Greenberger (26 February 2018), James Cohan Gallery Now Represents Josiah McElheny ARTnews.
- ^ Claire Selvin (1 May 2018), James Cohan Gallery Now Represents Matthew Ritchie ARTnews.
- ^ Alex Greenberger (26 February 2018), James Cohan Gallery Now Represents Josiah McElheny ARTnews.
- ^ Alex Greenberger (29 November 2017), James Cohan Gallery Now Represents Kathy Butterly and Grace Weaver ARTnews.
- ^ Alex Greenberger (26 February 2018), James Cohan Gallery Now Represents Josiah McElheny ARTnews.
- ^ Maximilíano Durón (10 October 2018), James Cohan Gallery Now Represents Firelei Báez ARTnews.
- ^ Alex Greenberger (18 September 2023), Firelei Báez Joins Hauser & Wirth Ahead of Surveys in Europe and the US ARTnews.
- ^ Alex Greenberger (13 December 2016), James Cohan Gallery Now Represents the Estate of Lee Mullican ARTnews.
- ^ Alex Greenberger (26 February 2018), James Cohan Gallery Now Represents Josiah McElheny ARTnews.
- ^ Sayej Nadja (20 October 2017). New York's Chinatown Hits Back at Omer Fast's 'Poverty Porn' Art Exhibition. The Guardian.
- ^ Chris Fuchs (19 October 2017). Chinatown Activists Criticize Art Installation Called ‘Racist,’ ‘Poverty Porn’. NBC News.
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