NextGen Gallery Guide
Our guide by neighborhood to NextGen’s favorite galleries, featuring work by emerging artists.
Chelsea
Montague Contemporary
526 West 26 Street, #621
New York, New York 10001
One of New York’s first galleries to focus on contemporary African Artists, Montague Contemporary aims to foster new dialogue between audience and artist and evolve traditional white cube model into an experience-based programming model.
Davidson Contemporary
521 West 26 Street
New York, New York 10001
Davidson Contemporary specialize in twentieth and twenty-first century Modern and contemporary masters, with an emphasis on sculpture and, in particular, kinetic sculpture and Op-Art.
Susan Inglett Gallery/I.C. Editions Inc.
522 West 24 Street
New York, New York 10011
Susan Inglett Gallery was founded to exhibit publications as well as the unique work of emerging and established artists. Activities in the gallery have ranged from print demonstrations and lectures, to early realizations of the Editions/Artists’ Book Fair, to exhibitions of artist’s editions. Inglett has also been responsible for the organization of a number of exhibitions seen locally and nationally focusing on the print and multiple medium.
Winston Wächter specializes in the acquisition and placement of contemporary and 20th Century works of art. Established in 1995 by Stacey Winston Levitan and Christine Wächter-Campbell, the gallery’s mission is to assist clients with the intricacies of acquiring works of art.
DC Moore
535 West 22 Street
2nd floor
New York, New York 10011
DC Moore Gallery represents a lively mix of more than twenty contemporary artists and also offers the finest in twentieth-century American painting, sculpture, and works on paper, including Modernism, Ashcan, African American, Regionalism, Social Realism, and mid-century Abstraction.
Lower East Side
Voltz Clarke Gallery
195 Chrystie Street
New York, New York 10002
An independent company spearheaded by Southern entrepreneur Blair Clarke. Focusing on the exposure of contemporary artists through private consulting and public exhibitions, the company has a particular emphasis on introducing international artists to the US market.
The Hole
312 Bowery
New York, New York 10012
The Hole presents monthly solo and group exhibitions with a focus on emerging art and thematic group exhibitions. In between exhibitions they host performances, events and special projects across disciplines to support collaboration and the downtown artist community.
McKenzie Fine Art
55 Orchard Street
New York, New York 10002
Established in 2002, McKenzie Fine Art exhibits mid-career artists who work in painting, drawing, and sculpture. After ten years in Chelsea, the gallery relocated to the Lower East Side in 2012.
Massey Klein Gallery
124 Forsyth Street
New York, New York 10002
Husband and wife team, Garrett Klein and Ryan Massey, believe in the collaborative partnership between artist, gallery, and collector. Massey Klein specializes in figurative painting, contemporary sculpture, and mixed media design. The gallery supports both local and international mid-career and emerging artists.
Derek Eller Gallery
300 Broome Street
New York, New York 10002
Derek Eller Gallery opened in September of 1997 with the mission of promoting emerging artists and championing critically acclaimed but under-recognized established artists.
Chapter NY
249 East Houston Street
New York, New York 10002
Founded in 2013 by Nicole Russo, Chapter NY is committed to supporting artists at various phases in their careers, by providing first solo shows and offering a platform for specific investigations within more established practices. By focusing on solo-presentations and working closely with each artist, Chapter NY helps realize tightly envisioned exhibitions that foster artistic exploration and growth.
Tribeca
Denny Dimin
39 Lispenard Street
New York, New York 10013
Denny Dimin Gallery specializes in work by emerging and mid-career artists whose practices are interdisciplinary, process-oriented, aware of their social and institutional contexts, and engaged with contemporary issues, materials and technologies.
Brooklyn
A.I.R. Gallery
155 Plymouth Street
Brooklyn, New York 11201
A.I.R. Gallery is an artist-run non-profit arts organization and exhibition space founded in 1972. A.I.R. supports the open exchange of ideas and risk-taking by women and non-binary artists in order to provide support and visibility. A self-directed governing body, the organization is an alternative to mainstream institutions and thrives on the network of active participants.re.
Clearing
396 Johnson Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11206
C L E A R I N G focuses on young contemporary artists and has given several internationally acclaimed emerging artists—including Korakrit Arunanondchai, Marina Pinsky, Calvin Marcus, and Harold Ancart—their first gallery shows. Founded by Olivier Babin in Brooklyn in 2011, the gallery expanded to Brussels in 2012, enabling its American artists to exhibit in Europe and vice versa
Patrick Parrish Gallery
50 Lispenard Street
New York, New York 10013
Founded in 1994, Patrick Parrish Gallery (formerly Mondo Cane) is a New York based gallery presenting both contemporary and 20th century art and design. The Tribeca design gallery exemplifies what is hot in modern art and furniture. The showroom is part art gallery exhibiting contemporary talent, like Cody Hoyt and Jonathan Nesci, and part antique dealer.
Minus Space
16 Main Street
Brooklyn, New York 11201
Opened in 2003, MINUS SPACE specializes in contemporary reductive abstract art, and represents pioneering emerging and established artists and estates from the United States, Europe, South America, and Australasia.